Mastercard Start Path
Mastercard's global, virtual startup engagement programme for later-stage fintechs, organised into themed tracks with commercial access to Mastercard's network. Saudi startups have joined recent intakes.
[ What you get ]
A virtual engagement programme for later-stage fintechs: commercial introductions to Mastercard's banks, merchants and partners, technical and product support from Mastercard teams, and themed tracks (Emerging Fintech, Small Business, Acceptance, Security and others).
[ Who it's for ]
Post-product, venture-backed fintech and commerce startups worldwide, including Saudi Arabia (Saudi fintechs SiFi and FlapKap joined in 2025).
- Run by
- Mastercard
- Equity
- Not published
- Format
- Remote
- Where
- Remote
- Duration
- About 6 months per programme intake
- Stages
- Series A · Growth
- Sectors
- Fintech · Payments · Cybersecurity · Small business
[ Elden Studios ]
Accepted? Show up with a product.
Programmes back founders who ship. Elden Studios builds your MVP in weeks, in your name, so you walk in with something live.
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Checked against the operator's own pages on 2 October 2026.
Sources:mastercard.compymnts.com