Mastercard Lighthouse

Thank you for a wonderful and inspiring fall season! The Mastercard Lighthouse team wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🎅🎆 We look forward to seeing you in 2025! Don’t forget that the application is open for the 2025 Spring Program: 🚀 Mastercard Lighthouse #FINITIV: https://lnkd.in/dQqTbAVQ 🌱 Mastercard Lighthouse #MASSIV: https://lnkd.in/ezv4q6Ck Mats Taraldsson, Caroline Barnekow, Inez Molnár, Dasha Shvaikovskaya, Bianka Horváth, Boglárka Nagy, Ludwig Kukacka, Adina Henrikson, Vincent Weir Marie-Louise Dahl

❗ Alumni news❗ We’re excited to share three fantastic updates about the recent achievements of our Mastercard Lighthouse alumni companies! 🎉 1️⃣ Normative.io acquires EIVEE™ Normative.io, alumni of the Mastercard Lighthouse #MASSIV Program of Spring 2020, has acquired Eivee, a premier carbon accounting solution provider serving some of Denmark’s largest companies. This move solidifies Normative’s position as the leading carbon accounting solution in the Nordics. By integrating Eivee’s vertical expertise and strong Danish client base, Normative significantly expands its market reach and enhances its ability to serve major corporations across Europe with a comprehensive solution for carbon accounting, reduction, and compliance. 👉 Read more here: https://shorturl.at/Zeumg 2️⃣ Grale (formerly PlasticFri®) wins at Plug and Play Silicon Valley Summit 2024 PlasticFri, alumni of the Mastercard Lighthouse #MASSIV Program of Fall 2020, was selected as the winner of the Global Goal at Silicon Valley summit by Plug and Play Tech Center, bringing together over 3,500 attendees. PlasticFri was recognized for their outstanding achievements in innovation in Global Overseas Acceleration & Learning Showcase. 🏆 👉 Read more here: https://shorturl.at/IZQd6 3️⃣ Mastercard Lighthouse alumni companies on the Sifted 250: Europe Leaderboard. Congratulations to many of our alumni startups: Aprila Bank, booksalon, EarthBank, Klimate.co, Montonio, Torus for being featured on the Sifted 250 Leaderboard! This ranking showcases the 250 fastest-growing startups across Europe in 2024 based on revenue growth over the last three financial years. 📈 👉Check the full ranking here: https://shorturl.at/X4fRr 🚀 Applications are now open for the 2025 Spring Program until February 16! FINITIV application: https://shorturl.at/k8lZa MASSIV application: https://shorturl.at/MqX1y #mastercardlighthouse #alumni #alumninews #fintech #impacttech

The 10th edition of the Mastercard Lighthouse #MASSIV program is completed with 5 impressive impact companies participating in the 2024 Fall Program. Read the #MASSIV journey featuring Zero Labs, PryvX, RiverRecycle, Omocom and AFRIPAY - about their commitments, partnerships and results for being part of the program 🚀 👉 Read the #MASSIV journey here: https://lnkd.in/dvfi6FeS 📩 If you want to be part of the Spring 2025 programs, applications are open for both #MASSIV and #FINITIV: 🚀 Apply to FINITIV: https://lnkd.in/df3qTT_M 🌱Apply to MASSIV: https://lnkd.in/dT-wVjxE #MASSIV #sustainability #partnership #impact #mastercard John Samuel Moses Hammed, CFA, ACA Stephanie Osayameh Ola Lowden Hanna Blom Jayesh K. Margit Arctaedius Gaspar Wosa Anssi Mikola Tina Nyfors beltran berrocal Jonathan Waldenfels Doug Miller Dasha Shvaikovskaya

❗ Partnership announcement ❗ We are extremely proud of our latest alumni members, Betalo and Softloans for their recent partnership announcements! 🤝 Betalo has established a collaboration with Swedish tech-bank Northmill Bank. Now, Northmill card users can enjoy discounted fees on Betalo's services, which is a big step towards easier and smarter payments for everyone. Softloans has partnered up with Lithuanian mano.bank by integrating Softloans’ Bank Statement Analytics Solution. With the help of this technology, mano.bank can now: ▶️ Instantly analyze bank statements with record precision ▶️ Make quicker, more informed financing decisions ▶️ Enhance accuracy while reducing operational costs and human error Well done Team Betalo and Team Softloans! We are looking forward to hearing more about your successes in the coming years! ⭐ Henrik Rikner Anton Fagerlönn Michaela Bäucke Kollem Audrius Griskevicius Edmundas Kevisas Egle Petrošiūtėé 👉 Applications are now open for the 2025 Spring Program until February 16! #FINITIV application: https://shorturl.at/k8lZa #MASSIV application: https://shorturl.at/MqX1y #mastercardlighthouse #alumni #fintech #partnership #innovation

📣 Are you a #fintech or #impact tech startup ready to scale through partnerships? Apply now to the Mastercard Lighthouse Spring 2025 program! - The number one startup and partnership platform in the #Nordics & #Baltics. 🚀 Mastercard Lighthouse #FINITIV is a startup and partnership program focused on finding the next #fintech unicorn. Our goal is to strengthen the financial services ecosystem by pairing the energy and innovation of fintech with the stability and distribution of large corporates. 🌱 Mastercard Lighthouse #MASSIV is focusing on #impact tech with the vision of 1 billion people living more prosperous and secure lives by 2025, by helping sustainability and social impact tech startups to scale globally through partnerships. 🚀 Apply to FINITIV:https://lnkd.in/df3qTT_M 🌱Apply to MASSIV: https://lnkd.in/dT-wVjxE 👉 Don't miss out on the latest updates, read more and sign up for the newsletters on the website! https://mclighthouse.com/ #fintech #sustainability #partnership #impact #mastercard

❗ Alumni News ❗ We’re thrilled to share that Vespia, the Baltic Class Winner of the FINITIV 2024 Spring Program, has announced an exciting partnership with LHV Bank! Business customers of LHV Bank can now access Vespia’s AI-powered AML verification services at a discounted rate for their first year, along with a personalized demo to explore the platform’s many benefits.   🔎 Vespia is an AI-driven business verification (KYB) and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance platform, and helps financial institutions stay compliant with regulations and onboard customers 90% faster! Learn more about Vespia's AML verification features here: https://lnkd.in/d7RJVC3z   🎉 Congratulations, Team Vespia—we’re excited to follow your continued success! Julia Ront Anton Vedeshin, Ph.D.   ▶️ Do you also want to be a part of the Mastercard Lighthouse program and explore partnerships for your company? Applications are now open for the Spring 2025 #MASSIV and #FINITIV classes.   Apply here: 💰 Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV: https://lnkd.in/djK3Uq5 🌱 Mastercard Lighthouse MASSIV: https://lnkd.in/dqAeSkn   #impact #fintech #sustainability #applynow #mastercard #partnership

❗Alumni news❗ SPENN Technology, part of the MASSIV 2021 spring program, is joining a strategic partnership with Swahilies to transform financial services in their respective markets. Through this collaboration, SPENN will integrate Swahilies' cutting-edge business tools—such as inventory control, expense tracking, and customer management—into its platform. By leveraging their combined expertise and market reach, they aim to drive financial inclusion, especially in underserved regions. This partnership marks a milestone for both companies in providing impactful digital financial services. 🔎 SPENN Technology is a technology provider to banks and governments based on a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution and has grown to become a key partner for their bank partners to drive deposits and to stay in front of innovation. SPENN is helping governments regulate the unregulated utilizing new technology and visionary ideas which have ultimately solved the biggest issue within financial inclusion. Congratulations, team SPENN Technology, we’re looking forward to following your journey! 🚀 Erik Seiving ▶ Do you also want to be a part of the Mastercard Lighthouse program? Applications are open for the Spring 2025 #MASSIV & #FINITIV classes. Apply here: 💰 Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV: https://lnkd.in/dQqTbAVQ 🌱 Mastercard Lighthouse MASSIV: https://lnkd.in/ezv4q6Ck #impact #fintech #sustainability #applynow #mastercard #partnership

It's a wrap! The Mastercard Lighthouse team wants to thank you for this incredible 2024 Fall program! ⭐️ Thanks to all the amazing startups from the #FINITIV and #MASSIV programs: Candour Identity, EAS Project , Enable Banking, Selfly Store, Silcube Financial Systems, Betalo, Scayl, Tab, Visualizy, Bilance, myTU, SelectZero, Softloans, Taktikal, AFRIPAY, Omocom, PryvX, RiverRecycle, Zero Labs ⭐️Also, a big thank you to all our partner banks OP Financial Group, SEB, Swedbank, Danske Bank, DNB, Resurs, our program partners Schjødt, Dittmar & Indrenius, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Fintech Mundi, VNTRS, Synch, Skarp ApS, UNDP and community collaborators and experts who make the Mastercard Lighthouse program possible! 📣 The application for the spring 2025 program is now open! 📣 If you're a fintech or fintech-enabler startup based in the Nordic & Baltic region and ready to collaborate with Mastercard and our esteemed bank partners, seize the opportunity and apply for the fintech program #FINITIV 💰 Apply here to Mastercard Lighthouse #FINITIV: https://lnkd.in/dQqTbAVQ For Nordic & Baltic impact tech startups with aspirations to expand globally, we encourage you to apply for the sustainability and social impact tech program #MASSIV. 🌱 Apply here to Mastercard Lighthouse #MASSIV: https://lnkd.in/ezv4q6Ck Join us on this exciting journey and let's continue driving innovation together! 🚀 #mastercard #lighthouse #innovation #fintech #partnership #impact

The Mastercard Lighthouse 2024 Fall #FINITIV and #MASSIV programs have come to an end this week with our Grand Finale event at Slush! 🎉 🏆 Huge congratulations to Softloans for being selected as the Overall Winner of the 2024 Fall #FINITIV cohort after becoming the winner of the Baltics Class! Softloans was selected by the committee for its partnership potential and overall progress in the program. Their solution addresses a quite underserved market of SME lending. The team impressed the committee with their professionalism and partnership potential. Softloans develops embedded lending solutions that help other platforms grow by extending credit to their B2B customers. Well done Softloans Team, and also a big congratulations to the other #FINITIV country winners - Betalo and Silcube Financial Systems, what a competition! ⭐ 🏆 Congratulations to PryvX for being selected as the Overall Winner of the 2024 Fall #MASSIV class! PryvX were selected due to their partnership readiness and ability to scale globally. Their solution is solving an important problem which made them standout in the eyes of the program partners. They are combating cybercrime which is an important mission nowadays. The team behind this solution truly has great potential to achieve success in the upcoming years. PryvX is a data collaboration platform that enables industries such as telecom and banks to collaborate to combat fraud and cybercrime while preserving data privacy. Well done PryvX Team, and also a big congratulations to the other #MASSIV finalists - RiverRecycle and Zero Labs ⭐ Applications are now open for the 2025 Spring Program: 👉 #FINITIV application: https://lnkd.in/dQqTbAVQ 👉#MASSIV application: https://lnkd.in/ezv4q6Ck Audrius Griskevicius, Edmundas Kevisas, Henrik Rikner, Michaela Bäucke Kollem, Anton Fagerlönn, Jarno Piironen, Maria Roxana Stefanescu, Jayesh K. Margit Arctaedius, Gaspar Wosa, Anssi Mikola, Tina Nyfors, beltran berrocal, Jonathan Waldenfels, Doug Miller, Mats Taraldsson, Caroline Barnekow, Inez Molnár, Dasha Shvaikovskaya, Bianka Horváth, Boglárka Nagy, Ludwig Kukacka, Johan Hult, Alexandra Edmonds, Adina Henrikson, Vincent Weir

❗The day has finally come ❗ The Mastercard Lighthouse Team and the startups are already preparing for this busy day, our Grand Finale event at Slush 2024! Our official side event starts today at 16.00 (EET) at the Partner Side Event Wing, Venue 5, Messukeskus, but you can already meet some of our country winners and finalist startups at our booth G10 starting from 9 AM today, and also tomorrow. Booth schedule below 👇 (all times in EET), but don't forget to also check out our Instagram page (@mastercardlighthouse) for up-to-date information live from the event! November 20 - Day 1️⃣ 09:00 Silcube Financial Systems 10:00 PryvX 11:00 RiverRecycle 12:00 Betalo November 21 - Day 2️⃣ 09:00 Betalo 10:00 Softloans 11:00 Zero Labs 12:00 Silcube Financial Systems 13:00 PryvX 14:00 Softloans 15:00 Zero Labs 16:00 RiverRecycle Let's go! 🚀 #mastercardlighthouse #fintech #impacttech #startups #SLUSH Mats Taraldsson, Caroline Barnekow, Inez Molnár, Dasha Shvaikovskaya, Bianka Horváth, Boglárka Nagy, Vincent WeirL, Ludwig Kukacka, Adina Henrikson