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Mastercard Start Path / Mastercard (Strategic Investing)

VC
Purchase, NYWebsite

Mastercard Start Path / Mastercard (Strategic Investing) is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Purchase, NY investing in Other, Fintech, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $500K–$5.0M checks and has 4 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$5.0M
Portfolio
4 companies on record
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Other, Fintech, Developer Tools
HQ
Purchase, NY
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-02-14

Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$500K – $5.0M

Portfolio

4+ companies

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Strategic programs and investing around payments innovation and fintech infrastructure.

How Mastercard Start Path / Mastercard (Strategic Investing) invests

Mastercard Start Path / Mastercard (Strategic Investing) is a vc firm based in Purchase, NY. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Other, Fintech, Developer Tools.

Mastercard Start Path / Mastercard (Strategic Investing) typically writes checks of $500K–$5.0M per investment.

Mastercard Start Path / Mastercard (Strategic Investing) has backed 4 companies in our records, including Wave, Flutterwave, Chipper Cash.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Fintech
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (4)

Other

WA

Wave

Africa fintech/payments
FL

Flutterwave

Payments
CH

Chipper Cash

FinTech
RA

Razorpay

Payments
How to pitch Mastercard Start Path / Mastercard (Strategic Investing)
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