BitPay was founded in 2011 by Anthony Gallippi and Stephen Pair. BitPay has not officially endorsed a plan to participate in an IPO.

BitPay is a Bitcoin payment solution for businesses. Per Forge data, BitPay has raised a total of $114.3M in funding over 9 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 22, 2021, from a Series B round. Key investors include Index Ventures, Founders Fund, Aquiline Capital Partners, Menlo Ventures, and Virgin Group.

These comments should not be interpreted to mean that the company is formally pursuing or foregoing an IPO.

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Is BitPay a publicly traded company?

BitPay is a private company and not publicly traded.

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Will BitPay go IPO?

BitPay has not yet filed for an IPO. However, it's important to note that IPOs are not the sole avenue for a private company to transition to public trading. Private companies can also go public through alternative methods such as but limited to Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), direct listings, or through mergers and acquisitions. Find out which companies are eyeing an IPO on our Tech IPO Calendar 2024.

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What is BitPay's funding to date?

BitPay has raised $76.65MM to date.
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When was BitPay founded?

BitPay was founded in 2011.

Who are BitPay's major investors?

Index Ventures
Menlo Ventures
Gaingels
RRE Ventures
Founders Fund
AME Cloud Ventures
G Squared
Horizons Ventures
Black River Ventures
Ripple
MicroVentures
K2 Global

BitPay funding rounds and last known valuation

Date Funding Round Funding Raised Price per Share Last Known Valuation
4/2/2018

Series B and B-1

$43.45MM raised $XXX.XX $XXX.XX
5/13/2014

Series A

$30.5MM raised $XXX.XX $XXX.XX
5/16/2013

Series Seed-2

$2MM raised $XXX.XX $XXX.XX
1/7/2013

Series Seed

$700K raised $XXX.XX $XXX.XX
Based on primary financings
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