𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗲: 𝗔 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 🏭
Patrick & John Collison didn’t just create a payment processor – they built a talent incubator.
Ex-Stripes have founded 25+ VC-backed startups, raising $20B+.
And interestingly, 5+ did it with their siblings!
Here are some examples:
• Darragh Buckley (Employee #1) now building Increase
• Greg Brockman (CTO) co-founded OpenAI
• Daniela Amodei founded Anthropic with her brother
• Anurag Goel started Render
• Lauren Dai launched Cocoon
• Mark Wong launched Kopperfield, aiming to reduce US carbon emissions
• Christian Baroni founded the colorful crypto wallet RAINBOW
• Tolu Alabi co-founded Cleva (YC W24)
• Pranav Kashyap co-founded Central (YC S24)
• Achuthanand Ravi launched recruitment automation platform Kula
• Alex Kehayias founded compliance software Mosey
• Stanislas Polu & Gabriel Hubert co-founded Dust(custom AI for teams)
• Adam Stevenson created health benefits platform Thatch