On: Stripe’s new funding round values company at $35B

[danesparza]

Because they are wildly profitable already without outside capital investment. Also: much less paperwork to do.

[whitepoplar → danesparza]

If they're wildly profitable, why would they need this latest funding round?

[dagw → whitepoplar]

Perhaps they needed some short term liquidity to make a new investment in something. Or perhaps they wanted to let some early investors/employees cash out.