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Yes, Stripe Capital is fully legitimate — embedded financing from Stripe Inc, the privately-held payments giant ($95B+ valuation, processing $1T+ annually). Launched 2019. Single fixed fee, no FICO check, no application form. Pre-qualified offers appear in Stripe Dashboard. Repayment auto-deducts as percentage of daily Stripe transactions.
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Stripe Capital is a legitimate financing product from Stripe Inc — the privately-held but Fortune-100-equivalent payments infrastructure company (valued at $95B+ in latest round). Stripe processes over $1T in transactions annually. Capital launched in 2019, expanded to Stripe-platform-customer merchants in 2021.
Track record: Stripe does not publicly disclose Capital origination volume, but the program funds tens of thousands of merchants annually across the US, UK, and Canada. Partnered with Celtic Bank (Utah-chartered industrial bank) for US loan origination.
Availability: only merchants with active Stripe accounts qualify. No formal application — Stripe evaluates your account using Stripe transaction data and surfaces pre-qualified offers in your Stripe Dashboard. SaaS founders, marketplaces, and platform-customer merchants are the primary eligible base.
Pricing: single fixed fee (5-18% of advance, no compounding factor). Repayment as percentage of daily Stripe transaction volume (typically 10-25%). No fixed term — repayment scales with revenue. No FICO check. No personal guarantee on standard offers.
Underwriting: 6+ months active Stripe processing, consistent volume (Stripe's specific minimums not publicly disclosed). Personal credit irrelevant — Stripe uses transaction data only. This makes Capital accessible for early-stage SaaS founders with limited personal credit history.
Where to be careful: switching payment processors mid-loan triggers payoff acceleration. Eligibility entirely Stripe's discretion — no appeal process. Higher-tier offers may include personal guarantee. Stripe Capital is a financing tool, not a banking product — funds delivered to your bank, not held by Stripe.
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