Stripe

Lobbying Organisation Stripe

Date published 21 May, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area EU Affairs

Period 1 Jan, 2025 to 30 Apr, 2025

Specific Details Event “Scaling Europe Summit: How Startups Can Grow a Competitive Online Economy,” hosted in collaboration with the Lisbon Council and Stripe.

Intended results Inform EU debate on competitiveness and advocate on behalf of European startups and scaleups for a more supportive policy and regulatory environment to power European growth

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity John Collison

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Event / Reception (1)

Event entitled “Scaling Europe Summit: How Startups Can Grow a Competitive Online Economy,” hosted in collaboration with the Lisbon Council and Stripe, which saw approximately 140 attendees including startup founders, venture capital firms and policymakers gather to discuss ways to unlock the growth potential of European startups and scaleups.

Submission (1)

Lisbon Council report published with the support of Stripe entitled 'When Europe Scales - How Startups and Scale-ups Can Drive European Competitiveness and Why Good Regulation Is More Important than Ever'.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Cynthia Ní Mhurchú MEP (European Parliament)

Gerry Cross Director (Central Bank of Ireland)

Sean Kelly MEP (European Parliament)