Stripe

Founded in 2010 by brothers Patrick and John Collison, Stripe's mission is to "increase the GDP of the internet." The company provides a comprehensive suite of payment processing tools and application programming interfaces (APIs) for e-commerce websites and mobile applications. Its services simplify the process of accepting and managing online payments, handling everything from credit card processing to subscriptions, invoicing, fraud prevention (Radar), and business incorporation (Atlas). Stripe has become a foundational technology for millions of businesses, from small startups to large public companies, by building the economic infrastructure for the internet.