Square
Founded Year
2009Stage
PIPE | IPOTotal Raised
$716.75MMarket Cap
35.20BStock Price
59.25Revenue
$0000About Square
Square (NYSE: SQ) is a merchant services aggregator and mobile payment company It helps sellers run businesses with commerce solutions, business software, and banking services and provides guidance at the corporate level. It was formerly known as Square. It serves food and beverage, beauty salon, health and fitness, and home and repair industries. It was founded in 2009 and is based in Oakland, California.
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Research containing Square
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CB Insights Intelligence Analysts have mentioned Square in 27 CB Insights research briefs, most recently on Mar 30, 2023.
Expert Collections containing Square
Expert Collections are analyst-curated lists that highlight the companies you need to know in the most important technology spaces.
Square is included in 6 Expert Collections, including Store tech (In-store retail tech).
Store tech (In-store retail tech)
1,543 items
Startups aiming to work with retailers to improve brick-and-mortar retail store operations.
Digital Lending
1,883 items
This collection contains companies that provide alternative means for obtaining a loan for personal or business use and companies that provide software to lenders for the application, underwriting, funding or loan collection process.
SMB Fintech
2,001 items
Payments
2,682 items
Companies and startups in this collection enable consumers, businesses, and governments to pay each other - online and at the physical point-of-sale.
Fintech
7,974 items
US-based companies
Regtech
110 items
Square Patents
Square has filed 1094 patents.
The 3 most popular patent topics include:
- Payment systems
- Payment service providers
- Mobile payments
Application Date | Grant Date | Title | Related Topics | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
5/29/2020 | 5/2/2023 | Merchant services, Marketing, Bonds (finance), Payment systems, Health promotion | Grant |
Application Date | 5/29/2020 |
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Grant Date | 5/2/2023 |
Title | |
Related Topics | Merchant services, Marketing, Bonds (finance), Payment systems, Health promotion |
Status | Grant |
Latest Square News
May 5, 2023
8:06 AM MYT FILE PHOTO: An advertisement for the Square Inc payment processor is seen outside a vendors site along the High Line in New York March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (Reuters) - Block Inc posted a rise in first-quarter revenue on Thursday as its popular payments platform Cash App continued to drive growth, a metric investors will be closely watching following U.S. short-seller Hindenburg Research's disclosure in March of short positions in the firm. The company posted total net revenue of $4.99 billion in the quarter ended March 31, up 26% from the prior year, compared with analysts' estimate of $4.59 billion, according to Refinitiv data.
Square Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
When was Square founded?
Square was founded in 2009.
Where is Square's headquarters?
Square's headquarters is located at 1955 Broadway, Oakland.
What is Square's latest funding round?
Square's latest funding round is PIPE.
How much did Square raise?
Square raised a total of $716.75M.
Who are the investors of Square?
Investors of Square include Tiger Global Management, Victory Park Capital, Colchis Capital, Goldman Sachs, Rizvi Traverse Management and 35 more.
Who are Square's competitors?
Competitors of Square include Stripe, Till Payments, Oxygen, Atoa, Eligma, TouchBistro, FIN-PAY, TakeMe, Ezetap, Plastiq and 60 more.
Compare Square to Competitors
Stripe is a financial technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet. The company offers an online-based, payment processing platform that gives online merchants the ability to securely accept credit card payments through the use of custom-built forms. Stripe's software and APIs allow user's to accept payments, send payouts and manage businesses online. The company serves clients globally with a use case for SaaS, platforms, marketplaces, eCommerce, creator economy, crypto and embedded finance. It was founded in 2010 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Obopay is a mobile payment service in the US that lets consumers get, send and spend money from mobile phones. The Obopay management team is comprised of former executives from Visa International, Microsoft, Yahoo, Expedia, AT&T Wireless, Western Union, First Data Corporation, Norwest Bank and Chordiant Software.
Klarna offers a range of payment solutions to e-stores. It offers services such as direct payments, pay-after-delivery options, and installment plans. It also provides security solutions for credit and fraud risks for e-stores. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Pine Labs offers cloud-based point-of-sale (PoS) payments solutions, allowing merchants to accept credit or debit card payments, as well as methods such as e-wallets, QR code payment solutions, and unified payments interface (UPI)-based solutions.
GoCardless is an online direct debit provider. It is an international payments network for businesses to take and settle recurring payments from anywhere, to anywhere, in any currency. It was founded in 2011 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
Mswipe provides point-of-sale (POS) solutions for all types of payment acceptance. Its solutions include cards, wallets, mobile payment applications, and quick response (QR) payments. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Mumbai, India.
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