PayPal

company

About

PayPal is a financial service company that provides online payment solutions to its users worldwide.

Details

Last Funding Type
Series C
Last Funding Money Raised
$100M
Industries
E-Commerce Platforms,FinTech,Mobile Payments,Transaction Processing
Founded date
Dec 1, 1998
Number Of Employee
10001 - max
Operating Status
Active
Stock Symbol
nasdaq:PYPL
Legal Name
PayPal Pte. Ltd.
Also Known As
Confinity

PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 375 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
6
$216M
PayPal has raised a total of $216M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 20, 2015 from a IPO round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Jul 20, 2015 IPO Detail
Feb 16, 2001 Series D $90M 5 Detail
Apr 5, 2000 Series C $100M 16 Madison Dearborn Partners Detail
Jan 20, 2000 Series B $23M 2 Clearstone Venture Partners
Goldman Sachs
Detail
Jul 1, 1999 Series A $3M 1 BlueRun Ventures Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
29
9
PayPal has made 29 investments. Their most recent investment was on Nov 8, 2022, when Fordefi raised $18M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Nov 8, 2022 Fordefi
Seed $18M Blockchain
Aug 4, 2022 Meta
Post-IPO Debt $10B Augmented Reality Yes
Mar 13, 2022 Lava Network
Seed Blockchain
Feb 8, 2022 Shopware
Series Unknown $100M E-Commerce Yes
Jul 1, 2021 CHER®
Seed $130K Financial Services

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
4
25
PayPal is funded by 25 investors. Madison Dearborn Partners and BlueRun Ventures are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Madison Dearborn Partners Yes Series C
BlueRun Ventures Yes Series A
Bankinter Series D
eBank Series D
ING Group Series D
Omnes Capital Series D
Providian Financial Series D
Sequoia Capital Series C
Capital Group Series C
Clearstone Venture Partners Series C

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
202
PayPal has 202 current employee profiles, including Executive George Ruan
Executive
Executive
Board member
Executive
Executive

Exits

PayPal has had 7 exits. PayPal most notable exits include Gojek ,   Tink

Date Company Name Exit Type Industry
Apr 11, 2022 Gojek IPO Consumer Applications Detail
Jun 24, 2021 Tink M&A Banking Detail
May 9, 2019 Uber IPO Logistics Detail
Oct 26, 2018 CoVi Analytics M&A Analytics Detail
Mar 14, 2013 mFoundry M&A Banking Detail

Acquisition

PayPal has acquired 23 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Confinity on Mar 1, 2000. They acquired Confinity for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Mar 1, 2000 Confinity
E-Commerce acquisition Detail
Jan 28, 2008 Fraud Sciences
FinTech Detail
Apr 28, 2011 FigCard
E-Commerce Detail
Jul 17, 2012 card.io
Android Detail
Mar 12, 2013 Duff Research LLC
Software acquisition Detail