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Checkout.com — Startup ProfileThe payment performance platform for enterprise digital commerceHQ: London, United Kingdom | Founded: 2012 | Employees: ~1,900-2,000 | Stage: Late Stage — Decacorn (Private) | Website: https://www.checkout.comAboutCheckout.com is a global digital payments company headquartered in London, providing an end-to-end payments platform that lets enterprises accept, process, and disburse payments across 150+ currencies, 30 new local payment methods added in 2024, and 50+ direct acquiring markets. Founded in Singapore in 2009 as Opus Payments by Swiss entrepreneur Guillaume Pousaz and rebranded to Checkout.com in 2012 upon relocating to London, the company bootstrapped until its record $230M Series A in May 2019. It focuses exclusively on enterprise digital commerce — fintechs, marketplaces, travel, and retailers — with customers including Netflix, Sony, Klarna, Alibaba, Uber Eats, Revolut, Coinbase, eBay, Shein, Temu, and Wise. The platform offers a single API for gateway, acquiring, risk, vaulting (2.5B caKey Metrics

Peak Valuation: $40B (Jan 2022, Series D)

Current Valuation: $12B (Sep 2025 buyback, +28% vs $9.35B 2023)

Total Funding: $1.83B across 4 rounds

Net Revenue: $488M (2024, GetLatka) / $297M (Sacra est.)

Processed Volume: $300B+ in 2025 (+64% YoY)

Employees: ~1,900-2,000 across 19 offices

Funding Rounds

Round: $230M (2019-05-02) — Insight Partners, DST Global

Round: $150M (2020-06-22) — Coatue Management

Round: $450M (2021-01-12) — Tiger Global Management

Round: $1B (2022-01-12) — Tiger Global, Coatue, GIC, Insight Partners

Round: Undisclosed (buyback) (2025-09-26) — Internal (Company-sponsored)

Key People

Guillaume Pousaz

Céline Dufétel

Meron Colbeci

Mariano Albera

Key Competitors

Stripe —

Adyen —

Checkout.com —

Braintree (PayPal) —

Timeline Highlights

2025-09-26: Employee buyback at $12B signals recovery

2024-12-31: Profitable exit to 2024 with 45% growth

2022-12-13: Internal valuation cut to $11B (72% markdown)

2022-01-12: $1B Series D at $40B — Peak Valuation

2021-01-12: Series C triples valuation to $15B