# Mastercard

> Mastercard is a VC fund in Purchase backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 149 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Purchase, United States
- Total investments: 149
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/mastercard
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/MasterCard
- Website: http://www.mastercard.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MasterCardUS

Mastercard is a payments and technology company that connects consumers, businesses, merchants, and governments. They provide data services and marketing center. Their marketing materials help card portfolios and businesses. They also provide fraud prevention solutions and payment ecosystem security.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Mastercard. Shizune tracks 38 team members at Mastercard. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/mastercard?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $7.7M–$35M |
| Corporate Round | $1M–$199M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 63 | 42% |
| Financial Services | 50 | 34% |
| Payments | 30 | 20% |
| Software | 19 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 19 | 13% |

132 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 25 | 17% |
| Corporate Round | 25 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 17 | 11% |
| Seed | 14 | 9% |
| Grant | 14 | 9% |

15 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 50 | 34% |
| Canada | 15 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 15 | 10% |
| India | 7 | 5% |
| Australia | 4 | 3% |

26 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jane Prokop | EVP, Small and Medium Enterprises | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jane-prokop |
| Amy Jerusalmi | SVP North America Managed Services | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amy-jerusalmi |
| Anand Menon | Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anand-menon |
| Ben Fox Rubin | Vice President of Editorial Content | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-fox-rubin |
| Blake Rosenthal-Herman | Executive Vice President | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blake-rosenthal-herman |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oxford Quantum Circuits | Oxford Quantum Circuits developing technology using the power of quantum to do things which have never been achieved before, from enabling life-changing drug discoveries to developing new battery technologies. | $350M | Series C | Jun 03, 2026 |  |
| Astrada | Astrada is a software company that provides financial infrastructure, payments, and automation services. | $3.8M | Seed | May 05, 2026 |  |
| Smile ID | At Smile Identity they believe anyone should be able to prove their identity easily, anywhere in the world. Their team is made up of American and African engineers and financial services professionals with experience across global markets in highly regulated environments. They have built encryption, authentication and security solutions. They havedeveloped image processing technology from the chip level up. They have been part of security investigations and have pursued fraudsters.Having worked with, or for, telecoms, lenders, banks and startups, they know the challenges of building world class technology and they understand the needs of the African consumer and enterprise customer. They are backed by leading Silicon Valley & African investors and they have pan-African reach, with representation in the United States, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Rwanda. |  | Corporate Round | Sep 24, 2025 |  |
| Argyle | Argyle is the leading provider of direct-source, consumer-permissioned income, employment, and asset verifications. We make it fast and easy to gain secure and reliable access to the most complete real-time datasets stored in consumers’ payroll and bank accounts, enabling service providers to eliminate manual document uploads and automate criticalverification workflows.With Argyle, service providers save time, reduce fraud and compliance risks, lower verification costs by 80% compared to The Work Number, and build better product experiences. Named a World’s Most Innovative Company in 2024 by Fast Company, Argyle largely serves the mortgage, personal lending, tenant screening, and background check industries as well as the gig economy.Compared to other direct-source verification providers, Argyle delivers the highest conversion rates, and our coverage of the U.S. workforce includes 96% of the Fortune 1000. We have been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Startup Employers of 2025, by HousingWire as a Tech100 mortgage innovator, Fintech Nexus as an Emerging Fintech Innovator, and Fintech Futures as the 2023 Fintech Startup of the Year. Argyle is also a proud authorized report supplier for Fannie Mae’s Desktop Underwriter® validation service, a component of Day 1 Certainty®, and Freddie Mac’s Asset and Income Modeler (AIM), part of Loan Product Advisor℠.Founded in 2018, Argyle completed its Series C funding round in 2024 and has raised over $100 million in capital. Argyle is backed by top investors, including Rockefeller Asset Management, Bain Capital Ventures, Bedrock, Checkr, F-Prime, and SignalFire.Learn why top companies, including Regional Finance, ALCOVA Mortgage, NFM Lending, Checkr, and Snappt, trust Argyle to power their verifications. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 23, 2025 |  |
| qlub | qlub is a financial technology company that provides payment and ordering systems for restaurants. It develops a system where customers in restaurants can scan a QR code to access a digital menu and pay the bill using a mobile device. The same system can also support bill splitting, tipping, and payment without requiring a separate app. Theplatform is mainly used in dine-in restaurants, cafes, hotels, and similar venues. |  | Corporate Round | Sep 04, 2025 |  |
| Corpay - Cross Border Business | Corpay - Cross Border business provides innovative solutions to help banks, institutional investors, and enterprises reduce foreign exchange exposure in their day-to-day operations. Corpay's award-winning payments platform and network also allow customers to execute high ticket and mass payments on a global scale in over 160 currencies. | $300M | Corporate Round | Apr 29, 2025 |  |
| WeMoney | WeMoney is a financial wellness platform that tracks all your money in one place. You can track your credit score, bills and recurring payments, understand your savings, debts, and monitor your income through a complete toolset that can make your dollar and keep them in the black.By leveraging frontier behavioural science and artificialintelligence, WeMoney nudges and guides you towards better, informed and insightful financial choices and addresses the root causes of pitfalls of money management. | $7.7M | Series A | Apr 22, 2025 |  |
| BocoBoco | BocoBoco is an online retail grocery store that offers zero waste and ecological delivery services. | $7K | Grant | Feb 05, 2025 |  |
| Remix Snacks | Remix Snacks is an Asian-female, dietitian-led company that creates bean-based snacks using ingredients that help reduce food waste. The company focuses on providing nutritious and great-tasting snacks that are beneficial for both consumers and the environment. Remix Snacks products are available in over 600 locations across Canada and can also bepurchased online through their website. | $7K | Grant | Feb 05, 2025 |  |
| Folds Wear | Folds Wear develops and manufactures disruptive tech wear for medical professionals. The company's products are made from post-consumer plastic and fully recyclable materials. | $7K | Grant | Feb 05, 2025 |  |

10 of 149 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Mastercard invest in?

Mastercard invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Payments startups, most often at Series A and Corporate Round stage. Most of the 149 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Mastercard's check size?

Mastercard typically joins rounds of $7.7M–$35M at Series A and $1M–$199M at Corporate Round. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Mastercard participates in.

### How do I contact Mastercard?

Public channels for Mastercard include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Mastercard?

The team at Mastercard includes Jane Prokop (EVP, Small and Medium Enterprises), Amy Jerusalmi (SVP North America Managed Services) and Anand Menon (Vice President), among 38 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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