Asya Bradley, a previous fintech entrepreneur and investor, has been appointed as the new head of Startup & Venture Capital Partnerships at the payments powerhouse Stripe.
Bradley shared the update on February 2 through a LinkedIn post, although her profile indicates that she officially joined Stripe back in November.
At this time, neither Stripe nor Bradley have provided further comments.
Ending her tenure in February 2019, Bradley served as the Chief Revenue Officer at Synapse, a fintech venture that closed down in 2024, leaving countless customers in a state of surprise and uncertainty.
Subsequently, she held the position of VP of Revenue at the startup Sila for five months, took on the role of venture partner with igniteXL Ventures for a year, and, according to her LinkedIn, co-founded Kinly, a financial services firm aimed at Black Americans. Kinly was acquired in 2023 by Greenwood, another digital banking service focused on Black and Latino communities. Kinly, which was previously known as First Boulevard and later as Tenth, had secured approximately $20 million in funding from investors like Gabrielle Union, Marshawn Lynch, Kevin Durant, Forerunner Ventures, Point72 Ventures, Barclays, and Anthemis Group.
In addition to her new role, Bradley is a limited partner in various venture funds, including Cowboy Ventures and Ganas Ventures, and serves on the investment committee of the Cap Table Coalition. This group aims to engage investors who have historically been excluded from the investment landscape. Richie Serna, who is the CEO of the payments startup Finix that competes with Stripe, was instrumental in creating the coalition.
Stripe runs a startup partner program where it collaborates with venture capital firms and startup accelerators to provide exclusive Stripe benefits to their portfolio companies. In recent years, the company has completed numerous acquisitions, including ongoing negotiations to acquire the stablecoin platform Bridge for an impressive $1 billion. Last July, Stripe made its third acquisition within a 14-month span and recorded at least the 15th acquisition in its history when it acquired Lemon Squeezy, a firm that handled global sales tax calculations and payments for digital goods.
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