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Ambitious startups have grown into multibillion-dollar businesses on Stripe—scaling from pre-seed to post-IPO. Incorporate your company, test and accept payments with no-code tools, and automate financial operations to move faster.

Designed to support venture-backed businesses that are just getting started.

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Millions of successful startups are powered by Stripe. Let’s build the right foundation for yours.

Designed for venture-backed businesses that are just getting started, Stripe’s startup program gives founders access to financial benefits, a focused community, and expert resources to help accelerate growth.

Launch faster with credits to offset your Stripe fees, plus an exclusive cap on Stripe Invoicing (starting at 0.4%) up to $10 per invoice.

Tap into expert insights and how-to programming that support your learning and startup growth journey.

Tailored advice and recommendations on integrations, no-code options, and third-party tools, so you can reduce decision fatigue and focus on your business.

Build a network of founders and Stripe leaders.

Stripe has been with us from the beginning. It helped us generate our first dollars of revenue, and helped enable our growth since 2018.

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We’ve built our entire payment and billing tech stack on Stripe’s APIs. We can focus on pushing the boundaries of AI while our payments infrastructure evolves alongside us. It’s not just a platform; it’s a growth partner that understands the pace and potential of AI-driven businesses.

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We’ve been on Stripe since day one. We processed our first payment on Stripe and we processed our most recent payment on Stripe.

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Usage‑based billing lets us define meters in days, ingest real‑time usage from Lovable Cloud, and bill accurately from day one – so we could launch Lovable Cloud and Lovable AI fast and scale.

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Stripe offers a range of options to accept payments, from no-code to low-code to powerful APIs.

Establish a strong foundation by streamlining financial workflows.

Easily test billing models—such as usage-based, outcome-based, per seat, metered, and hybrid—to generate more revenue.

Automatically monitor, calculate, and collect sales tax in 40+ markets.

Easily update your investors and gather customer insights with data consolidation and custom reporting.

SaaS platforms and marketplaces such as Shopify and DoorDash use Stripe Connect to embed payments into their products.

Integrate payments directly into your platform or marketplace with user onboarding, multiparty fund flows, payouts, and managed risk and support.

Embed financial services in weeks, not months.

From expense management to order fulfillment, launch a card program quickly and customize key details like card design and spend limits.

Attract, retain, and grow your customer base while earning more revenue.

Enable your customers to hold funds, pay bills, earn yield, and manage cash flow.

Stripe Projects automates services like hosting, databases, authorization, analytics, AI, and more, so you can go from an idea to a live app in minutes.

Connect the tools that run your business—like Mailchimp, Salesforce, and Xero—to Stripe. Add apps from the Stripe App Marketplace or create custom integrations for your workflows.

Run finance operations, gather insights, and track performance on one customizable interface.

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New businesses launching on Stripe every week

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Countries where Stripe is available to businesses

Venture capital firms and startup accelerators can unlock Stripe discounts and other benefits for their portfolio companies by joining Stripe’s startup partner network.

Our ecosystem of experts can help you find the right solution, integrate faster, and stay agile.

Get a custom proposal from our sales team, who will tailor a solution to your specific business model and challenges.

Talk to a dedicated support team that knows your integration and gives you extra attention to solve issues faster.

Engage a certified Stripe partner to help with strategy, implementation, deployment, global expansion, or managed services for your Stripe solution.

Work with software, platform, or cloud providers that offer integrated solutions and connect with Stripe for easy deployment.

Get started and grow quickly, with the help of our expert implementation and advisory teams.

Quickly create a new Stripe account today and get started in minutes.