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Adyen
Fintech · Amsterdam, Netherlands · Founded 2006 · IPO Euronext 2018 Decacorn
Founded in 2006 in Amsterdam, Adyen is a single-platform global payments processor used by some of the world's largest digital businesses — Spotify, Uber, eBay, Microsoft, McDonald's. The company IPO'd on Euronext Amsterdam in June 2018 at a €7B valuation and remains one of Europe's most valuable scaled fintechs.
Adyen is one of the rare European Decacorns to reach $100M+ revenue without splitting its tech stack across acquisitions. See where its early backers rank →
Backed by Power Law investors
5 Power Law-ranked investors are on Adyen's cap table
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Adyen mafia
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Former Adyen employees who went on to start their own companies. Sourced from Dealroom's alumni founder dataset.
Global footprint
How Adyen is built — by talent, geography, and demand
A snapshot of where Adyen's people sit, the share of AI specialists in its workforce, and the countries driving its product demand.
(161 of 5,259 staff)
Adyen employees
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Patent intelligence
$0 patent value — Adyen's moat is regulatory, not IP
Patent value is the more meaningful signal than patent count: a single ML breakthrough can dwarf a thousand defensive filings. By that measure, Adyen's IP portfolio is worth nothing — and the company is worth $50B+ regardless. Patent values via Dealroom Patent Intelligence, powered by Patsnap.
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