Recent investment activity
Corporate information
Company type
Web-based payment services.Overview
Fueled by a fundamental belief that having access to financial services creates opportunity, PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) is committed to democratizing financial services and empowering people and businesses to join and thrive in the global economy. Our open digital payments platform gives PayPal's more than 250 million active account holders the confidence to connect and transact in new and powerful ways, whether they are online, on a mobile device, in an app, or in person. Through a combination of technological innovation and strategic partnerships, PayPal creates better ways to manage and move money, and offers choice and flexibility when sending payments, paying or getting paid. Available in more than 200 markets around the world, the PayPal platform, including Braintree, Venmo and Xoom, enables consumers and merchants to receive money in more than 100 currencies, withdraw funds in 56 currencies and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in 25 currencies.
Funding rounds
Acquisition USD 1,500,000,000
USD 1,500,000,000 ( ) at USD 1,500,000,000 pre-money valuation
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
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eBay Inc | American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website. | USD 1,500,000,000 (USD 1,500,000,000) |
Series C
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Compass Technology Partners LP | ||
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Goldman Sachs & Co | Investment bank | |
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Madison Dearborn Partners LLC | ||
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Qualcomm Ventures (QCV) | The corporate venturing arm of Qualcomm. | |
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Elon Musk | Individual investor. |
Series B
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| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
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BlueRun Ventures | Early stage venture capital firm focused on Internet, mobile and media opportunities | USD 4,000,000 (USD 4,000,000) |
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Clearstone Venture Partners | Venture capital firm | |
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GIV Venture Partners | Global Internet Ventures |
Selected investments
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Billfloat Inc | Offers consumers “more time to pay” their bills on time to help avoid late fees, overdraft charges, service termination and high cost loans. | Seed | |||
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Blockchain Capital V | Fund Closing Initial investment | ||||
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Exchange Corporation KK (Paidy), (ExCo) | Provider of purchase settlement technology for Japan. | Acquisition Initial investment led the round USD 2,700,000,000 (USD 2,700,000,000) | |||
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Honey Science Corp | Acquisition Initial investment led the round 4,000,000,000 (USD 4,000,000,000) | ||||
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Iron Pearl | Acquisition | ||||
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iZettle | Financial technology company that revolutionises mobile payments with the world’s first mini chip card reader and software for mobile devices. | Acquisition led the round USD 2,200,000,000 (USD 2,200,000,000) | |||
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Libra Association | Consortium governing Facebook's cryptocurrency. | Seed Initial investment | |||
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mFoundry Inc | Provider of mobile banking and payment solutions. | Series C Initial investment | |||
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Raisin | Pan-European fintech marketplace for savings and investment products. | Series D | |||
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Tradeshift Inc | Supply chain payments and marketplaces. | Seed led the round | |||
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Uber Technologies Inc (Uber) | On-demand car service that allows everyone to have a private driver experience through iPhone, SMS, and web based requests. | Private Equity led the round |
Team
| Employee | Position | ||
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| Jose Fernandez da Ponte | Senior Vice President
Blockchain Crypto and Digital Currencies |
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| Dan Schulman |
Former team members
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Max Levchin (founder) | Affirm Inc | |||
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Max Levchin (founder) | SignalFire | |||
| Luke Nosek (founder) | Gigafund | Managing Partner
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| Luke Nosek (founder) | Founders Fund LLC | Managing Partner
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Peter Thiel (founder) | FF Miruvor Management LLC | |||
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Peter Thiel (founder) | Palantir Technologies Inc | |||
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Peter Thiel (founder) | Valar Ventures Management LLC | |||
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Peter Thiel (founder) | Mithril Capital Management LLC | |||
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Peter Thiel (founder) | Clarium Capital Management LLC | |||
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Peter Thiel (founder) | Founders Fund LLC | [email protected] | ||
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Roelof Botha | Sequoia Capital Operations LLC | General Partner
Responsibilities: Seed, early stage and growth |
[email protected] | |
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Elon Musk | The Boring Co | |||
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Elon Musk | xAI Corp | |||
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Elon Musk | Twitter Inc | |||
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Elon Musk | Tesla Inc | |||
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Elon Musk | Neuralink | |||
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Elon Musk | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | |||
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Reid Hoffman | Entrepreneur First Investment Manager LLP | |||
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Reid Hoffman | Greylock Partners | |||
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Reid Hoffman | The Rise Fund |
