It looks like Stripe is raising a really big funding round
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There is no single consensus on how much Stripe is looking to raise. Re/Code reported that Stripe is in talks to raise new funding at a valuation of around $5 billion (£3.2 billion). A TechCrunch source noted that the round could be as big as $500 million (£320 million), adding that Russian billionaire Yuri Milner's DST Global is thought to be one of the leading investors in the deal.
Milner has also invested in Facebook and Twitter, and more recently Indian companies FlipKart and Ola Cabs.
A Stripe spokesperson declined to comment on the funding rumours.
Stripe's software makes it really easy for website owners and app developers to take almost any kind of payment method, including credit cards, bitcoin, and Apple Pay.
Back in December the company was valued at $3.5 billion (£2.2 billion) and has raised $190 million (£120 million) in funding so far from the likes of PayPal founders Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, Andreessen Horowitz, and Sequoia Capital.
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