Collison brothers 'plan stock market debut of €95bn Stripe payments startup'

Company has taken its first major step toward a stock market debut by hiring a law firm to help with its plans

Patrick and John Collison, co-founders of Stripe, which has become Siilcon Valley's most valuable private startup.

Digital payments processor Stripe, the most valuable Silicon Valley startup that is led by Ireland's young Collison brothers, has taken its first major step toward a stock market debut by hiring a law firm to help with its plans, Reuters has reported. 

The 11-year-old company, which was valued by investors at $95bn (€80bn) in a fundraising round as recently as March, in which the Irish State through the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, or Isif, injected $50m.