PayPal

About

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

San Jose,California,United States
10001 - max
https://www.paypal.com/home

Highlights

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