Mastercard Open Banking

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Start Path Open Banking Collaboration Form

Open Banking is democratizing financial services and putting consumers at the center of where and how their data is used. Mastercard is here to support fintech startups building the future of open finance. As part of our award-winning Start Path program, we are looking to partner with transformative open banking startups to collaboratively build new solutions and experiences for consumers. The program will offer: - Bespoke access to Mastercard’s ecosystem of products, customers and partners, - Weekly events, workshops and feedback sessions with industry experts - Demo day with hundreds of Mastercard colleagues, and - Opportunities to integrate with proprietary Mastercard technology, such as our Open Finance sandbox, Finicity and data assets Mastercard will evaluate its partnerships based on our guiding principles around data, as well as novelty of solutions startups submit addressing open finance and/or open banking to democratize financial services. Do you have questions about the Mastercard Start Path program for Open Banking solutions? Email us at: start_path@mastercard.com. Note: please only share NON-CONFIDENTIAL information in your application.

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The Basics

In what region are you based?
In which country are you incorporated?
What are the founders' backgrounds? (Provide one sentence per founder)
What size is the core team today? (Provide the number of full time equivalent employees)
Provide a short snapshot of your business (Describe what you do in less than 50 words)

Diversity

Mastercard is committed to supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs. To deliver on this commitment, we must understand the makeup of entrepreneurs who apply to Start Path. The answers provided below will not affect the outcome of your application, and you may choose not to answer.

Do you have at least one woman in a position of leadership, holding equity and significant influence?

Please provide further details
If any of your company's Founders self-identify as any of the following, please select all that are applicable.
If any of your company's Founders self-identify as any of the following, please select all that are applicable.

Your Markets & Customers

How do you make money? (We want to understand your revenue model, so help us understand what customers pay for.)
Describe your target market (Provide an answer in less than 30 words and include both verticals and geographies)
What customers are you working with today? Please list if possible.
Who are your ideal customers? (Try to provide tangible examples, providing either segments or names)
Who are your top 3 competitors and how are you better? (Provide names)

Your Product / Solution

This program track will focus on open banking and/or open finance. Briefly describe how your company is addressing open banking and/or open finance to democratize financial services and place consumers at the center of where and how their data is used.
What stage is your product?
What is the single most novel aspect of your approach?
Please include a non-confidential pitch deck (Max file size 30MB.)
We are keen to receive references for your startup, either from an investor in your company, a previous accelerator programme, or someone within Mastercard with whom you have been dealing. Please attach a pdf with your company name in the file name (Max file size 30MB.)
Additional reference (Max file size 30MB.)

Traction & Fundraising

How much revenue did you make last year? In 2021
How much revenue have you made this year? In 2022 so far.
What key metric(s) are you tracking?
How many active users are using your solution?
What is your investment stage? (Only select one)
When did you close your last round of investment?
How much total investment have you raised to date (USD)?
How much did you raise at your last fundraising round (USD)?
Who has invested in your company? (Tick all that apply)
Please name key investors in your company starting with the largest investor

Path Forward

What are your main challenges to grow?
Where do you see your company in 12 months from now?
What would you like Mastercard to help you with?

And finally...

How did you hear about Start Path?
Have you participated in a startup accelerator program?

Please name the accelerator(s) have you participated in.
Do you have any impressive team news that you would like to share with us? Please provide a link to the article

Many thanks for taking the time to complete our application form. We'll be in touch in due course.

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