A consortium of investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Baillie Gifford, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, MSD Partners, and Thrive Capital, led a $6.5bn Series I investment round in Stripe, a financial services and software as a service company, with participation from GIC, Goldman Sachs and Temasek. “Over the last 12 years, current and former Stripes have helped build foundational economic infrastructure for millions of businesses around the world, and this transaction gives them the opportunity to access the value they’ve helped create. But the internet economy is still young, and the opportunities of the next 12 years will dwarf those of the recent past. There’s so much to discover and to create. For us, it’s now back to work," John Collison, Stripe Co-Founder and CEO.