San Francisco — John and Patrick Collison sold their first company for $5m when they were still teenagers. A decade or so later, the second business they founded is now worth $95bn, making it the most valuable US start-up.

Stripe’s valuation has almost tripled in less than a year. The online payments processing company drew $600m in its latest fundraising, it said in a statement...

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