Stripe Startups Program
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VariesStripe fee credits (or waived processing fees) up to an account-specific threshold + Invoicing capped at 0.4%/max $10 per invoice for 12 months
Fee credits or waived processing fees for early-stage, venture-backed startups processing on Stripe.
Key terms
- Must be early-stage and venture-backed with proof of institutional funding
- Account active, verified, on standard pricing; one offer per startup; not on a platform controlling pricing
- Fee credits in ~30 countries; elsewhere waived processing fees
- Excludes Crypto, Capital, Atlas, Terminal devices, PayPal and FX fees; 12 months from activation
Eligibility
- Where
- Worldwide
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed, seed, series-a
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- Yes
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- Yes
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Not eligible
- Nonprofits
- Not eligible
How to apply
Apply at stripe.com/startups or via your investor's private referral link; verify your account first.
- Benefit
- credits
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- 2–3 business days
- Credit validity
- 12 months
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-22 · source