[fmakunbound]

What’s the difference between internal and external valuation?

[dudus]

Stripe is pre-IPO so any valuation is internal given there's no public market to set a value for it.

It would matter in case they try to raise capital again in the future. By lowering the valuation they make the company cheaper to invest.

[peanuty1]

Fidelity has its own valuation for Stripe.

[peanuty1]

Internal val is the val decided by Stripe. External vals are the vals decided by external 3rd parties like Fidelity.