Patrick Collison
Unicorn founderFounder/CEO at Stripe · Founder at Auctomatic
San Francisco Bay Area
About
Patrick Collison is the CEO of Stripe and a cofounder of the Arc Institute.
Founder/CEO at StripeYC S09
Intro paths
YC
Patrick went through Y Combinator (Summer 2009) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Patrick can intro founders to Stripe's investors below.
Stripe's investors · 60
Aglae VenturesParis · $108K – $5.4M checksAir Street CapitalSt. Peter Port · $500K – $10M checksAlkeon InnovationNew YorkAltos VenturesBurlingame · $1M – $3M checksAlvenParisAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2026AtomicoLondonBase PartnersSão PauloBoxGroupNew York · $1M checksCapitalGSan Francisco · $50M – $100M checksCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checksDesigner FundSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checksDria VenturesNew YorkEmerson Collective InvestingPalo Alto · $100K – $1M checksEntrée CapitalTel Aviv · $150K – $15M checksFelicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checksFirestreak VenturesFounders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checksGaldana VenturesBarcelonaGeneral CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checksGlade Brook Capital PartnersGreenwichGlynn Capital ManagementMenlo ParkGolden Gate VenturesSingapore · $473K – $60M checksGoose Valley VenturesStockholm · $870K checksGreen Meadow VenturesWest Hollywood · $500K – $3M checksGreenoaksSan Francisco · $1M – $50M checksHeavybitSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checksICONIQSan FranciscoImaginary Venture CapitalNew York · $1M – $10M checksInterplay Ventures Early Stage Management LlcNew York · $1M checksInvestXVancouverJuniperoMiamiKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checksKleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checksLowercase CapitalJacksonMoment Ventures, LlcPalo AltoNight CapitalCapitolaNotable CapitalSilicon Valley · $5M – $50M checksParadigmSan Francisco · $1M – $100M checksPreston-Werner VenturesSan Francisco Bay Area · $500K – $3M checksPrime VenturesAmsterdam · $5.4M – $16.2M checksRedpoint VenturesWoodside · $100K – $10M checksSciFi VCSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checksSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2024Sherpalo VenturesMenlo ParkSixth StreetSan Francisco · $50M – $2.5B checksSouth QuadSquare Peg CapitalSydneySquareOneBerlin · $378K – $3.8M checksSquareOne CapitalMiamiStandard CapitalSan FranciscoSV AngelSan FranciscoThe Players' ImpactThrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks · since 2026Union Square Ventures (USV)New York City · $1M – $8M checksVelocityBengaluru · $480K checksWAGMI VenturesWealthUnion$10K checksXYZ Venture CapitalSan Francisco · $10K – $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2009
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Co-founders at Stripe
JC
John CollisonFounder/President
WG
William GaybrickExecutive Officer
Founder at AuctomaticYC W07
Intro paths
YC
Patrick went through Y Combinator (Winter 2007) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Patrick can intro founders to Auctomatic's investors below.
Auctomatic's investors · 1
Co-founders at Auctomatic
HT
Harj TaggarFounder
KT
Kulveer TaggarFounder
Experience
- Arc InstituteCofoundercurrent2021 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- StripeCEOcurrent2010 — present
- AuctomaticCofounder2007 — 2008
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMathematics (incomplete)2006 — 2010
Skills & more
Programming Languages6Software Engineering15Artificial Intelligence4Distributed Systems4APIs9Flying1
Languages French · German · Irish
From Patrick's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Patrick Collison work?
- Patrick Collison is Founder/CEO at Stripe and Founder at Auctomatic.
- What companies did Patrick Collison found?
- Patrick Collison founded Stripe, Auctomatic.
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Y Combinator mafia8,729
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia524
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Stripe mafia87
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Auctomatic mafia4
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Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,281
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars
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Shared employers
Also worked at Arc Institute2
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