Adyen on the rise
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Raised a €250M round and later took investment from Iconic (Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg connections) at a €1.2B valuation while remaining profitable with about €45M net on >€300M revenue. Company builds its own end‑to‑end payments platform replacing legacy rails to serve global merchants (Facebook, Spotify, Uber, EasyJet), unifying online POS and mobile into one system and solving returns and shipping workflows. Operates 12 offices, about processing €45B per year, scales by careful doubling and heavy investment in developer culture centered in Amsterdam.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:50Do you still consider yourself a startup
- 3:58Who invented FinTech
- 6:39Who sold Adyen to
- 7:28Disruption
- 9:09Allies
- 10:05Travel retail
- 11:24Adyen vs Stripe Square
- 12:28Adyen offices
- 13:36Scaling up
- 16:05Where do you attract people
- 17:41Fundraising
- 21:29Payments channels
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