Nate Starrett

Stripe

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Business leader focused on strategic partnerships, product and P&L management at technology and financial services companies. Currently focused on navigating the intersection of software, financial services, risk management and regulation to build the fastest, most reliable internet-native global financial network. Responsible for 75+ of Stripe's most strategic relationships, including $[X]bn of P&L, product enablement for core payments and money management products, and strategic growth initiatives with the financial services ecosystem.

Experience

  • Stripe (8 yrs 6 mos)
    • Global Head of Financial Partnerships
      May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Stripe’s financial infrastructure is built in close strategic partnership with a global portfolio of the most innovative banks, card network products and crypto+fiat product partners. Financial Partnerships 1/ builds and optimizes the portfolio of these 75+ relationships, to create the best experiences for our users, and underpin/drive growth for Stripe, 2/ identifies and executes strategies to embed Stripe's stablecoin infra in the broader financial ecosystem, and 3/ works with partners to manage our risk profile, and fulfill our compliance obligations effectively while delivering the highest product quality.

    • Global Head of Bank Partnerships
      Jun 2023 - May 2024 · 1 yr

    • Partnerships Leader
      Feb 2018 - Jun 2023 · 5 yrs 5 mos

      During my first five years at Stripe, I led several partnerships teams including Financial Services partnerships for Americas, building a new team focused on launching Stripe's financial product suite (incl. Treasury, Issuing, Capital, Financial Connections), and a strategic business development function focused on first-of-kind/complex transactions with Stripe's financial and product partners.

  • Board of Directors at Electronic Transactions Association
    Feb 2026 - Present · 6 mos

  • Vice President of Business Development at MINDBODY, Inc.
    Oct 2014 - Jan 2018 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    Mindbody provides a business management suite for wellness businesses. As a member of the executive team, I prepared the company for its successful IPO, by leading business development and strategic partnerships, and acting as GM of new revenue streams (including the API platform, and consumer business units).

  • Head of Business Development at Fivestars
    May 2013 - Oct 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Fivestars offers marketing and customer engagement tools for brick and mortar SMBs. I led strategic partnerships, enterprise sales and channel sales through their Series B.

  • Director, Product at American Express
    Jun 2010 - May 2013 · 3 yrs

    Built out the digital wallet product strategy, developed the partnership acquisition model, and then oversaw the gaming vertical for the digital wallet business.