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Mastercard Start Path Fund

New York, New York · Invests in Global; North America; Europe; Asia; LATAM · Website

Thesis

Partner with proven, later-stage fintech startups (Seed/Series A+) to accelerate their growth through Mastercard's global ecosystem, technical expertise, and customer relationships. Focus on co-innovation and strategic alignment across seven key fintech tracks: agentic commerce, acceptance, blockchain & digital assets, emerging fintech, open finance, small business, and security solutions.

Likely not a fit for

Does not invest in pre-revenue companies, early-stage accelerator startups, or companies without strong strategic fit to Mastercard's payments and commerce ecosystem. Not for businesses primarily focused on non-fintech applications.

How they invest

Typical decision
~2 months
Warm intro
Not required
Involvement
Advisor
Fund status
Actively deploying
Decision process
Investment Committee

Partners & team

8 contacts on file

KM

Ken Moore

Chief Innovation Officer · Primary contact

+ Pitch
ST

Sabrina Tharani

Start Path Team Lead

+ Pitch
CA

Carlos Arango

Small Business Program Lead

+ Pitch
SC

Sarah Carrion

Platform & OpsOpen Finance Program Lead

+ Pitch
BC

Brian Cady

Blockchain & Digital Assets Program Lead

+ Pitch
DR

Daniel Rich

Security Solutions Program Lead

+ Pitch
SF

Sarah Flade

Acceptance Track Lead

+ Pitch
AE

Alexandra Edmonds

InvestorHorizon 3 Investments Lead

+ Pitch

Portfolio

RevolutFintech Payments

Revolut helps you spend, send, and save smarter, offering a seamless financial platform for personal and business customers.

AirwallexFintech Payments

Airwallex is a trusted global payments and financial platform that provides multi-currency accounts, high-speed international transfers, corporate cards, expense management, automated billing, and embedded finance solutions.

ViSenzeEnterprise Software

ViSenze is an AI-powered search and recommendations platform that leverages multimodal AI for personalized product discovery and recommendations, enhancing the online shopping experience for retailers and consumers.

Rezolve AIEnterprise Software

Rezolve.ai is a Generative AI-powered modern Employee Service Desk that brings instant employee support within Microsoft Teams, reducing enterprise friction and enhancing the employee experience.

Flourish FiFintech Payments

Flourish Fi is a behavioral loyalty and engagement platform focused on improving financial health through engagement, incentives, and behavioral science. Its technology has been deployed by banks, fintechs, and credit unions across Latin America and the United States to drive measurable improvements in financial outcomes.

Kani PaymentsEnterprise Software

Kani is an award-winning SaaS platform providing automated reconciliation, reporting and analytics solutions to payments and banking companies.

AraxaTechFintech Payments

AraxaTech builds technologies that seamlessly connect issuers and processors. Their connector-first platform, Nautilus, allows issuers, fintechs, and payment providers to integrate quickly and test integration using realistic transaction scenarios.

HyperlayerFintech Payments

Hyperlayer is the intelligent banking platform enabling financial institutions to innovate at pace without replacing the core systems that safeguard stability. It provides a secure and extensible rules engine and orchestration layer that works with existing infrastructure, allowing banks to design, deploy and scale new hyperpersonalized financial experiences.

Save Your WardrobeEcommerce Marketplaces

Save Your Wardrobe is a platform that streamlines the post-purchase ecosystem for brands, offering services such as repairs, care, alterations, and logistics to enhance customer experience and promote circular fashion.

KaminaFintech Payments

Kamina is a platform that uses artificial intelligence to help banks and businesses manage debt responsibly, reduce delinquency, and promote financial inclusion.

Firmly

Firmly offers strategic-grade domain names tailored for established businesses and funded startups. These domains are selected for their alignment with long-term business strategies, enhancing growth, clarity, and trust while simplifying operations.

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Research briefRead more
Mastercard Start Path Fund Research Investment Thesis Mastercard Start Path is a global startup engagement program, not a traditional venture capital fund, designed to partner with later-stage startups and fintech innovators to accelerate their growth and scale within Mastercard's global ecosystem. Since 2014, the program has been Mastercard's strategic arm for identifying, nurturing, and engaging

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