MasterCard focuses on European startups: enrollments are now open for the MasterCard Start Path Europe, a 12-month program during which startups are provided with personalized support to resolve the specific priorities of each of them. Startups participating in the program will have the opportunity to be mentored by a global team of MasterCard experts and will be introduced to MasterCard partners to pilot pilot programs, while also benefiting from existing MasterCard solutions.
Paolo Battiston, Division President Italy & Greece of MasterCard. “MasterCard is leading the digital payments revolution in Italy and around the world, and is committed to supporting the development of the Italian economy, supporting companies that see new business opportunities in new commerce solutions. We want to enhance the technological excellences that in our country are involved in developing new shopping apps or solutions that can improve the daily shopping experience. Start-ups, which according to the latest data from Unioncamere approximately doubled in the last quarter of 2014 compared to the previous year, can represent a positive model and provide a contribution to the relaunch of the business system in Italy”.
“With this in mind” concludes Battiston “we have launched Start Path Europe, a unique program of its kind, which is divided into a 1-year program in which the selected start-ups, coming from all over Europe, including Italy, will have the opportunity to develop their business and grow, thanks to MasterCard's skills, technologies and network of international partners".
Start Path is open to startups operating in the commerce sector: full details for admission requirements and online enrollment are available at this link: www.f6s.com/mastercardstartpath.
