Nordic startups named winners of Mastercard Lighthouse Spring 2026
May 22, 2026 | Stockholm, Sweden
Mastercard has announced the winners of the leading startup partnership program Mastercard Lighthouse in the Nordics and Baltics, consisting of two parallel classes: FINITIV, for fintech companies, and MASSIV, for startups in sustainability and social impact tech.
Swedish Manje Health is the MASSIV program winner and Swedish Preventum Labs is the overall FINITIV winner.
Manje Health is building compliant cross-border health payment infrastructure enabling families to pay hospitals, pharmacies and insurers, in a reliable and cost-effective way.
“Winning Mastercard Lighthouse validates what we have believed from the beginning - that healthcare-linked remittances are becoming critical financial infrastructure, and Mastercard’s global ecosystem and commitment to innovation are accelerating our mission to turn remittances into clinical outcomes.” – Prudence Persson, Co-founder & CEO, Manje Health
Preventum Labs helps the insurance industry, SME companies and financial institutions detect and prevent fraud before it happens.
“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 of Preventum Labs
During the program, the participating startups and early scaleups have been working closely with partner banks, investors, corporate partners, advisors and Mastercard.
FINITIV partners include Swedbank, SEB, OP, DNB, Danske Bank, Resurs, SpareBank 1 Østlandet and Nets/Nexi Group. MASSIV partners include Swedbank, Danske Bank, Nets/Nexi Group, UNDP, VNTRS and Synch, among others.
Both companies will now have the opportunity to apply to pitch their business to Start Path, Mastercard’s global start-up engagement program. Additionally, all participants become part of the Mastercard Lighthouse alumni network, which remains active through ongoing communication and meetups.
“Working with the Mastercard Lighthouse Spring 2026 FINITIV and MASSIV cohorts has been a true pleasure. Congratulations to Preventum Labs, the winner of the fintech track, for its creative application of AI through a multi-agent engine that addresses evolving industry needs, and to Manje Health, winner of the impact-tech track, for delivering reliable cross-border healthcare and health insurance payment solutions in Africa”, says Mats Taraldsson, Head of Fintech and Impact Tech Engagement at Mastercard Northern Europe
Other awarded companies within the category for Fintechs, Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV:
SKJOLDET was declared the winner of the Danish Class of Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV, Spring 2026. They deliver an evidence-backed, pre-transaction fraud merchant signals list aggregated from local user exposure.
Tapaya became the winner of the Baltic Class of Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV, Spring 2026. They are transforming any mobile application into a multi-method in-store payment terminal.
Enty was awarded the Investor Award, for being the company that showed the most traction with the Investor Circle of Mastercard Lighthouse. Enty is a single Control Panel for all boring back-office operations.
Other awarded companies within the category for Impact-tech, Mastercard Lighthouse MASSIV:
Octany won the most community votes and received the People’s Choice Award, whose focus is to consolidate Nordic nonprofit fundraising into one platform to acquire, manage and engage donors.
CorPower Ocean was awarded the Impact Potential Award. The Swedish company is the industry leader in wave energy, on a mission to power the planet with clean electricity from ocean waves. Wave energy represents one of the largest untapped sources of clean energy, currently amounting to a potential of 500-1800GW, more than all of today’s hydro or nuclear capacity.
“Innovation plays an important role in the transition toward a more sustainable future. CorPower develops technology that transforms ocean waves into a stable and clean energy source, helping unlock the vast, untapped potential of our oceans. We are proud to present them with the Impact Potential Award in recognition of their work advancing the future of wave energy technology.”– says Omar El Fakharany, SDG Investment and Impact Management Analyst, UNDP.
Read more about Mastercard Lighthouse MASSIV program: www.mclighthouse.com/MASSIV
Read more about Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV program: www.mclighthouse.com/FINITIV
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