Square has experienced rapid growth processing $2 billion in annual payments in November 2011 growing to $8 billion by September 2012. The number of accepting users also grew from 500,000 in July 2011 to over 2 million by June 2012. This 25% monthly growth led to a valuation of Square at $3.25 billion after a Series D funding round of $200 million in September 2012.

1. The impressive Rise of
Square
André M. Bajorat - amb consult
September 2012
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2. Processing
Annual Payments 11/2011: 2 Billion
Annual Payments 03/2012: 4 Billion
Annual Payments 04/2012: 5 Billion
Annual Payments 06/2012: 6 Billion
Annual Payments 09/2012: 8 Billion - Update
Monthly Volume 05/11: 90 Million
Monthly volume 04/12: 416 Million
25% growth over the last months
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3. annual Payments
using Square
Payments in $
8.000.000.000 $
6.000.000.000 $
4.000.000.000 $
2.000.000.000 $
0 $
11/2011 03/2012 04/2012 06/12 09/12
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4. Accepting Users
July 2011: 500.000
November 2011: 800.000
April 2012: > 1.000.000
June 2012: > 2.000.000
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5. Square-Accepting
Users
Merchants
2.000.000 $
1.500.000 $
1.000.000 $
500.000 $
0 $
07/2011 11/2011 04/2012 06/2012
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6. Employees
September 2011: 150
September 2012: 400 - Update
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7. Reseller
Apple
BestBuy
RadioShack
Target
Wal-Mart
AT&T - Update
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8. Merchants
settlement
any sales made before 5pm, the
settlement takes place in the
merchant bank account the next
business morning
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9. Investors
Visa Inc.
J.P. Morgan Chase
Richard Branson
Khosla Ventures
Sequoia Capital
Citi Ventures - Update
Rizvi Traverse Management - Update
Starbucks Coffee Company - Update
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10. Valuation 09/2012
Series D Funding: 200 Million Dollar
Valuation: 3,25 Billion Dollar
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11. André M. Bajorat
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