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whitepoplar on Sept 19, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Stripe’s new funding round values company at $35B

If they're wildly profitable, why would they need this latest funding round?

dagw on Sept 19, 2019 [–]

Perhaps they needed some short term liquidity to make a new investment in something. Or perhaps they wanted to let some early investors/employees cash out.

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