This Week in Startups · Monday, October 26, 2026
Alex Wilhelm discussed recent acquisition activity surrounding PayPal, revealing that Stripe and Advent International made a joint offer to acquire PayPal for $60.50 a share, valuing the company at roughly $53 billion before the deal ultimately stalled out.
“Of course, as we sort of teased, Stripe and Advent International made a joint offer to acquire PayPal for about $60.50 a share. That would have valued it at about $53 billion, a little bit more.”
“an update from PayPal. It looks like maybe that particular deal has sort of stalled out. Just, you know, in retrospect, funny, nine years after these comments that they sort of came back around to each other.”