Reported · from Lemon Squeezy's published milestones
Payments, subscriptions and tax handling for software businesses, as merchant of record. Went from idea to acquisition in under four years without taking a venture round.
Lemon Squeezy has not published revenue figures we can check, so this timeline carries none. Every moment below is sourced and links to where it was published.
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Lemon Squeezy becomes Stripe Managed Payments.
ReportedFirst major milestone published after the acquisition, as the product was folded toward Stripe's managed payments.
ReportedLemon Squeezy now supports PayPal subscriptions as of the announcement date.
ReportedAcquired by Stripe with a team of thirteen, having never raised, and having been built on Stripe from day one.
ReportedLemon Squeezy launched its new Affiliates platform for all merchants.
ReportedLemon Squeezy celebrated 1 year in operation after 10 years in the making.
Reported$1M ARR nine months after launching, then turned down a $50M Series A.
ReportedBuilt on Stripe from the first day — the company it would eventually be bought by.
ReportedLaunched, into a category already held by much larger incumbents.
ReportedFounded by JR Farr and Gilbert Pellegrom under Make Lemonade, a studio building several products at once.
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