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Lighthouse FINITIV Spring 2026

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Preventum Labs is winner of Lighthouse FINITIV Spring 2026

“AI is reshaping global finance. But trust will define the companies that shape what comes next. We’re proud to build that future together with Mastercard Lighthouse.”

Max Hemmingsson
CEO & Founder, Preventum Labs

Lighthouse FINITIV Fall 2025

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Intuitech is winner of Lighthouse FINITIV Fall 2025

“Mastercard Lighthouse accelerated our Nordic and Baltic expansion by connecting us with banks, tech leaders, and mentors. This enabled rapid scaling of our agentic AI platform, which automates document-heavy workflows and complex handovers in financial institutions.”

Máté Jendrolovics
CEO and Founder at Intuitech

Lighthouse FINITIV Spring 2025

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Axiology is winner of Lighthouse FINITIV Spring 2025

“Winning Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV affirms our mission: Europe must build capital markets that are not just efficient, but strategic. Financing defense, securing energy independence, and standing up to existential threats requires more than budgets — it demands infrastructure that mobilizes capital at scale. Axiology is proud to help make EU markets a beacon of resilience and leadership on the global stage.”

Marius Jurgilas
CEO & Co-Founder of Axiology

Lighthouse FINITIV Fall 2024

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Softloans is winner of Lighthouse FINITIV Fall 2024

“The recognition that comes as a part of this win is of utmost importance for our team and partners working to open up access to capital for SMEs across Europe and beyond. Doing well by doing good is at the heart of our agenda. The Softloans embedded financing solution helps everyone in the ecosystem grow: SMEs, our Partners, and us. To accelerate the impact of our solution and help SMEs grow we are actively looking to build new partnerships in the region. Now is the time to join us in changing how SMEs access capital.”

Audrius Griškevičius
Co-founder & CEO at Softloan

Lighthouse FINITIV Spring 2024

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Avallone is winner of Lighthouse FINITIV Fall 2024

“It’s a huge honor and pleasure to be awarded as the Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV winner. The program has been extremely valuable for Avallone in terms of conversations with large tier-1 banks as partners and it has emphasized the importance of finding more innovative solutions to increase transparency between enterprises – especially related to Know Your Customer data from funds, corporates, and NGOs towards financial institutions. Being a start-up is a mix of pain, uncertainty, and constant work, so awards and recognitions like the Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV is a very welcome energy booster to the entire team.”

Anders Meinert Jorgensen and Martin Albertsen
Co-founders, CEO and CTO

Lighthouse FINITIV Fall 2023

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Fideum is winner of Lighthouse FINITIV Fall 2023

“Being honored as the Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV winner is a testament to Fideum’s vision of bridging the gap between traditional finance and the burgeoning digital asset market. Mastercard’s recognition highlights the critical need for innovative solutions that Fideum addresses – creating a seamless, regulated pathway for institutions to engage with digital assets. This win is a nod to our foresight in solving real market challenges and Mastercard’s alignment with our goal to transform the financial sector.”

Anastasija Plotnikova
CEO at Fideum

Lighthouse FINITIV Spring 2023

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Cino is winner of Lighthouse FINITIV Fall 2023

“This award is very important for us, as the partners in the Mastercard Lighthouse program recognise the need to make payments social, especially for GenZ, and are offering their support to accelerate and achieve our vision. We’ve gained so much during the three month program; insights, partnerships, mentorship and amazing new friends.”

Elena Churilova
CEO & Co-founder at Cino

Lighthouse FINITIV Fall 2022

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Econans is winner of Lighthouse FINITIV Fall 2022

“Our team worked tirelessly to make this happen. Mastercard Lighthouse program was a great opportunity to connect us with financial sector companies across the region”

David Clamer
CEO & Co-Founder at Econans

Lighthouse FINITIV Spring 2022

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Vibrant is winner of Lighthouse FINITIV Fall 2022

“We are extremely grateful for winning Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV program among so many great fintechs. Vibrant is growing rapidly, and Mastercard’s global network and deep insights have been a true gamechanger for us and this fuels us with energy to go cross-Europe even faster.”

Kasper Krog
CEO & Co-Founder at Vibrant

Lighthouse FINITIV Fall 2021

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Single.Earth is winner of Lighthouse FINITIV Fall 2021

“Our team at Single.Earth worked tirelessly to make this happen. Mastercard Lighthouse program was a great opportunity to connect us with financial sector companies across the region.”

Merit Valdsalu
CEO & Founder at Single.Earth

Lighthouse FINITIV Spring 2021

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Earthbanc is winner of Lighthouse FINITIV Fall 2021

“Thank you so much for this Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV award, we are honored to be in this great program – getting to work with top banks to achieve the mission of reaching net zero and also creating a positive impact globally with our sustainable finance and carbon offset solutions with the Mastercard network.”

Tom Duncan
CEO at Earthbanc

Lighthouse FINITIV Fall 2020

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Gimi is winner of Lighthouse FINITIV Fall 2020

“We are thrilled to be part of the Mastercard Lighthouse Programme and to elaborate on the opportunities to partner with the most promising and modern banks of tomorrow, so that we together can create and distribute child-friendly financial services that will not only include children in the modern society, but also increase the financial literacy among our future generations.”

Philip Haglund
CEO Gimi

Lighthouse FINITIV Spring 2020

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Aprila is winner of Lighthouse FINITIV Fall 2020

“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.”

Halvor Lande
CEO at Aprila

Lighthouse FINITIV Fall 2019

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Doconomy is winner of Lighthouse FINITIV Fall 2019

“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.”

Nathalie Green
CEO Doconomy

Lighthouse FINITIV Spring 2019

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Zliide is winner of Lighthouse FINITIV Fall 2019

”The program created a great opportunity for startups to engage with big banks, partners and expert advisors who are committed to help push our boundaries. We established several valuable partnerships and numerous contacts at partner corporates throughout the program, which has generated tremendous values for startups like ours.”

Morten Møgelmose
Founder and CEO of Zliide

Lighthouse Program 2018

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Enfuce is winner of Lighthouse FINITIV Fall 2018

“Participating in the Lighthouse program is a short-term effort with long-term benefits! The opportunity to meet with advisors, start-up’s, prospect customers and a handful of global connections in a one on one environment makes the success and long-term benefits of the program a real possibility- that in the end is up to you to grab a hold of.”

Monika Liikamaa
Co-Founder and Chair of Enfuce