A Partnership Program for startups and early scaleups dedicated to discovering the next fintech or fintech-enabler unicorn. Our mission is to fortify the financial services ecosystem by combining the energy and innovation of fintechs and fintech enablers with the stability and global reach of banks, investors, corporate partners and Mastercard We’re humbled to be working with such a great variety of banks & partners. “We at Aprila are humbled and honoured to have been picked as the winner among such an impressive class of scale-up fintechs. We look forward to continue working with Mastercard and Lighthouse partners to reinvent banking and bring superpowers to small businesses” “We are so happy and proud to win The Lighthouse Development Program of 2019. The expertise of MasterCard and their purpose driven way of making business is truly valuable to us at Doconomy. In partnership we can develop the future of sustainable payments.” “We from Swedbank love the Lighthouse Program. This is one of the programs in the industry we had the most success with.” “We believe Lighthouse program creates a truly appealing value proposition for fintechs and SEB has formed a number of new strategic partnerships as a result.” “Lighthouse was extremely productive for us. With intense and effective sessions we have been able to create real, hands-on business cases that we’re now developing, and all of them have the potential to increase the value of our company.” “Lighthouse was a great opportunity to be a part of a program that opens the door to a global player such as Mastercard and creates a space to meet other fintech companies” “The Lighthouse program is a great example of a modern way for fintechs to engage with banks, investors, legal counsel, advisors, and Mastercard!” “I very much appreciate the workshops, they provide deep dive discussions with each startup that lead to clear action points for both the founding team and the SEB mentors.” Lighthouse FINITIV
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by partnership Mastercard launched Lighthouse to build lasting partnerships with leading fintech, cybersecurity, and productivity startups. Our program brings startups, banks, investors and advisors together to scale innovative ideas
Testimonials
What they said
Halvor Lande
CEO at Aprila
Nathalie Green
CEO, Doconomy
Ted Scheiman
Swedbank, Partnership & Investment unit lead (Fintech)
Siim Lepisk
Innovation Manager in Baltic Strategy and Customer Insights SEB
Johan Hedén Hultgren
CEO Swiftcourt
Victor Sandberg
Founder and CEO, Pej
Susanne Hannestad
CEO of Fintech Mundi
Andra Altoa
Head of Strategy and Customer Insights SEB Baltic
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