Mastercard Lighthouse has unveiled its 10th edition and handpicked 15 outstanding fintech and fintech enabler startups to participate in the Spring 2023 program Fintech’s days as the undisputed darling of venture capital are finished. That’s according to a flash poll of Nordic and Baltic investors conducted by the Mastercard Lighthouse Program. Swedish fintech company Econans is the overall program winner of the fall edition of Lighthouse FINITIV 2022 Five payment acceptance start-ups stand among the 15 selected to meet Mastercard in the Lighthouse FINITIV program In H1 2022, fintech encountered turbulence. Funding dollars dropped, valuations fell and layoffs followed. Here in the Nordics and Baltics, the fintech birthrate sits at its lowest level in 18 years. This platform outlines our partners across the Nordics and Baltics and beyond, listing all different services they can provide to startups that are part of Lighthouse and to our Lighthouse alumni companies. For the second time since 2019, an Aarhus-based fintech has won the Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV program. Fifteen companies from Nordic and Baltic regions took part in the Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV Program Spring Edition of 2022 Fifteen companies from Nordic and Baltic regions took part in the Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV Program Spring Edition of 2022 Five payment acceptance start-ups stand among the 15 selected to meet Mastercard in the Lighthouse FINITIV program Five payment acceptance start-ups stand among the 15 selected to meet Mastercard in the Lighthouse FINITIV program Tallinn-based Single.Earth has taken the program by storm and selected as the winner of this fall´s Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV program Mastercard is revealing the 15 tech startups that will be joining the fall edition of Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV program. In 2012, the founders of EveryPay realized payment gateway solutions available to businesses in Estonia were not good enough. In an interview with the fintech’s current CEO and co-founder Lauri Teder, In 2012, the founders of EveryPay realized payment gateway solutions available to businesses in Estonia were not good enough. In an interview with the fintech’s current CEO and co-founder Lauri Teder, In 2012, the founders of EveryPay realized payment gateway solutions available to businesses in Estonia were not good enough. In an interview with the fintech’s current CEO and co-founder Lauri Teder, In 2012, the founders of EveryPay realized payment gateway solutions available to businesses in Estonia were not good enough. In an interview with the fintech’s current CEO and co-founder Lauri Teder, In 2012, the founders of EveryPay realized payment gateway solutions available to businesses in Estonia were not good enough. In an interview with the fintech’s current CEO and co-founder Lauri Teder, In 2012, the founders of EveryPay realized payment gateway solutions available to businesses in Estonia were not good enough. In an interview with the fintech’s current CEO and co-founder Lauri Teder, In 2012, the founders of EveryPay realized payment gateway solutions available to businesses in Estonia were not good enough. In an interview with the fintech’s current CEO and co-founder Lauri Teder, In 2012, the founders of EveryPay realized payment gateway solutions available to businesses in Estonia were not good enough. In an interview with the fintech’s current CEO and co-founder Lauri Teder, Mastercard is announcing 15 tech startups that will join the fall 2020 Lighthouse Program. Each of the companies has been selected due to its innovative, scalable, and most importantly, impactful solutions that they bring to... In 2012, the founders of EveryPay realized payment gateway solutions available to businesses in Estonia were not good enough. In an interview with the fintech’s current CEO and co-founder Lauri Teder, Huddlestock, founded in 2014, provides digital solutions that connects stakeholders in the wealth management industry, making trading and investments safe, easy and cost efficient. The fintech has exciting new launches and announcements, including instating their... Danish fintech Spiir was founded in 2010 by Rune Mai and Gudmundur Hreidarsson, co-founders of the open banking platform Nordic API Gateway. In an interview with Spiir Product Lead Martin Junker, we were curious to... The Danish fintech Softpay participated in the Spring Class of the program this year and recently announced €3m in investment from a few selected private investors. With Softpay, customers are able to integrate contactless online... The Danish fintech GoAppified participated in the Spring 2019 edition of the program and we interviewed former CEO Søren Jensen, now Nordic Head of Sales at Loomis, to tell us more about where they started... SupplierPlus is a buyer-led Supply Chain Finance (SCF) platform that optimizes working capital allocation in trade relations. More simply put, the company simplifies invoice financing between buyers, suppliers and financiers. eDoks has proven to be a competitive solution in Latvia for partner organizations to digitally deposit, store, transfer and sign information and documents. Crassula is on its new mission to support the launch, growth and development of FinTechs around the world. 15 companies from the Nordic and Baltic regions took part in Mastercard’s Lighthouse Program 2020 Spring Edition. The winners – selected for their team strength, product innovation, execution feasibility, and partnership potential – were announced... Mastercard is announcing 15 tech startups that will join the fall 2020 Lighthouse Program. Each of the companies has been selected due to its innovative, scalable, and most importantly, impactful solutions that they bring to... Twice a year, we’re forced to pick 20 Lighthouse companies from a long list of applicants. We do so by evaluating three criteria On June 11th, Lighthouse held its first ever Community Meetup virtually. After receiving interest from current and past Lighthouse contestants, we created this event as a substitute for the networking opportunity that typically occurs after... Now, more than ever, there is a global call to think more like a startup. Amidst the pandemic we are facing, it has become increasingly important to come up with creative solutions that aim to... Mastercard’s partnership platform that helps companies bring their visions to fruition and to the global markets – is back for its 4th edition. Mastercard’s partnership platform that helps companies bring their visions to fruition and to the global markets – is back for its 4th edition. Hedman partners joins DLA Piper and Borenius as the law firms providing support in Lighthouse and will participate in the Tallinn workshops this spring. Lighthouse – the leading partnership platform in the Nordics & Baltics – open its applications for the 2020 edition. This year, Mastercard is taking the existing fintech partnership program – Lighthouse Program – and doubling-down... Doconomy was founded in the strong conviction that change is possible. That the climate crisis is real and has to be battled. That people are keen to take action for a greater good. That the... The announcement is made and Doconomy is Lighthouse Program’s winner! The Swedish company with a focus on sustainability took this batch’s title and will now get a spot at the Mastercard Start Patch pitch day.... STOCKHOLM—Mastercard and NFT Ventures are pleased to announce the fall 2019 class for the Lighthouse Development Program. Lighthouse is a collaboration network that, twice a year, invites 15 of the most promising fintechs from the... Zliide was founded with the vision to revolutionize the fashion retail industry. With hardware as a core component of the product, the journey wasn’t an easy one. Fast forwarding some rough periods of starting up... It’s hard to believe, but it has been just over a year since we announced the start of the Lighthouse Development Program. Standing on the same stage in Amsterdam, where that announcement was made, and... Mastercard and NFT Ventures are excited to announce the finalists for the Lighthouse Development Program Batch #2. At the start of the year, Lighthouse Program organizers solicited applications from Denmark, Estonia and Norway before selecting... The first Lighthouse Development Program came to completion with a finale show at Slush where the Finnish fintech company Enfuce was crowned champion of 2018! As we looked back one of the accomplishments we were... Announcing Partnership with Danske Bank – Empowering fintech collaborations and innovation in Danish market 2019- 03- 19 As Nordic lands finally show early signs of spring season, we kicked off Lighthouse Development Program... Introducing 15 fintech’s for Lighthouse 2019 Last year we had the opportunity to work with 15 great fintech companies in Stockholm, Helsinki, and Vilnius. The founders and their teams reminded us so much of the... Announcing Partnership with DNB – New collaboration to shape fintech innovation on Norwegian market Today we are beyond excited to announce our new partnership with DNB, one of the largest and most recognized banks in... Announcing Baltic Partnership with SEB – Continuous collaboration to accelerate fintech development on Baltic markets Lighthouse Development Program is thrilled to announce our continuous partnership with SEB as the official banking partner in the Baltics.... When Lighthouse team met for the first time, never could we imagine the effect of gathering large corporates like Mastercard and banks with small, ambitious startups. Fast forward months, we have witnessed various projects initiated... When we kicked off Enfuce back in June of 2016 the driving force was to make something awesome, a company that delivers services better, faster and cheaper than the incumbent players. We truly set aim... Wow, what a week it was! Every year Slush brings over 20,000 people to Helsinki in the midst of the harsh winter climate to celebrate the newest innovations in tech. This year at Slush, fintech... The first series of workshops in the Lighthouse Development Program have concluded; a total of 15 startups, went through 6 workshops, in 3 cities, that brought together over 100 participants to explore opportunities for collaborative... We have now closed out the “series 1” workshops in the Lighthouse Development Program, and it has been very rewarding to see how much progress the 15 participating companies have made. Each company has started... Coming into week 37 was a mixture of pure excitement and nervousness— like that feeling before the first day of a new school year. In a way, the day before the first Lighthouse workshops, was... The next generation of Fintech is announced 15 finalists selected for Mastercard’s and NFT Venture’s Fintech-initiative Lighthouse Development Program Nordics & Baltics August 29, 2018 – Mastercard and NFT Ventures today announced the final 15 participants... On June 5th Mastercard and NFT Ventures hosted a meetup following the events at Money 20/20 in Amsterdam. Fintech companies, banks, and regulators gathered at the beautiful TQ coworking space to discuss trends in Nordic... Mastercard and NFT Ventures have started working together to explore how to make a bigger impact on the Nordic and Baltic Fintech communities. After scanning the market and seeing what others were doing, we began...
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Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV 2023 Spring Program welcomes 15 game-changing Nordic and Baltic FinTech companies!
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Read moreTipit named as The Most Promising Start-up in Lithuania
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Read more“Payment Acceptance” start-ups dominate Lighthouse FINITIV 2022 Spring Program
Read more“Payment Acceptance” start-ups dominate Lighthouse FINITIV 2022 Spring Program
Read moreSustainability start-up, Single.Earth, announced as the Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV winner
Read moreWomen-Led and Sustainable Startups Stand Out Among the Strong Lineup for This Autumn’s Edition of Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: EVERYPAY
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Spiir
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: SOFTPAY
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: GOAPPIFIED
Alumni Spotlight: SupplierPlus
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Read moreAlumni Spotlight: Crassula empowers the next big fintechs
Read moreMastercard Lighthouse Program Announces Winners of 4th Edition
15 Promising Nordic and Baltic Tech Startups to join Mastercard Lighthouse Program’s Fall Edition of 2020
Why market-fit is the most important area of Lighthouse
Read moreAlumni and current companies meet during the Lighthouse Community event
The partnership journey continues for Lighthouse program companies.
It’s a good time to be a startup
Read moreMastercard announces Lighthouse Program’s Spring class of 2020
Read moreHedman Partners Announcement
Read moreMastercard Lighthouse – Join the 2020 Edition
Our goal is bold. To futureproof the planet.
Doconomy – is the Lighthouse Program winner.
Meet the Lighthouse class of Fall 2019
Pushing the boundary through partnerships
Another one in the books
Meet the finalists
Lighthouse program heading to Tallinn and Latitude 59
Nordic Banking Partnership with Danske Bank
Lighthouse class of 2019
Nordic Banking Partnership with DNB
Baltic Banking Partnership with SEB
Lighthouse Kicks off 2019 in Tallinn
Taking the mind-set to the next level!
Lighthouse Finalists Announced
Highlighting Nordic and Baltic Fintech
And We’re Off!
Introducing the Lighthouse class of 2018
Nordic and Baltic Meetup Amsterdam
It’s Official…
