Mastercard

6 statements across 5 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Oct 23, 2015 by Brian Wong · said 27 times in 13 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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Everything said about Mastercard, oldest first

Oct 23, 2015 bullish
Assertion Supported
Kiip Launched Its Loyalty Platform With MasterCard as Its Lead Client
“We released our loyalty platform a few months ago with MasterCard as our lead client, and we've got a bunch more announcements in the coming month.”
Brian Wong Oct 23, 2015 ▶ 28:46 20 VC FF 018: Brian Wong, Founder @ Kiip on Raising $30m in VC Funding by 24
Jun 17, 2016 bullish
Assertion Contradicted
Orloff: LendUp built the only direct Visa and MasterCard mobile integration
“We rebuilt the entire experience for credit card, and we're the only direct connection to Visa and MasterCard directly to your mobile phone.”
Sasha Orloff Jun 17, 2016 ▶ 16:58 20VC: Raising $150m, Meeting Yuri Milner & Revolutionising Mobile Finance with Sasha Orloff @ LendUp
Nov 15, 2019 neutral
Insight
Universal checkout must be built by an independent third party
“The problem that we've had over the last 10 years is that everyone's been building their own authentication and their own payment forms and their own registration forms, and they're doing it first party, which is a terrible experience for consumers, right? Rep…”
Dom Holland Nov 15, 2019 ▶ 13:03 20VC: Why Speed Is The Biggest Differentiator a Founder Can Have, How To Hire Seasoned Tier 1 Talent To An Early Stage Startup & How To Start, Scale and Manage Remote Teams with Domm Holland, Founder & CEO @ Fast
Jul 17, 2024 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Franceschi: Brex built its complete financial plumbing in-house without vendors
“We spent so much time in the early years building our whole financial infrastructure from the ground up, like down to the way we talk to MasterCard, down to the way we move money on ACH, down to the way we do, you know, global money movements, settlements, eff…”
Pedro Franceschi Jul 17, 2024 ▶ 42:25 Pedro Franceschi: What Brex Needs to do to be a Public Company | E1178 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 26, 2025
Assertion Supported
Tencent's investment in Airwallex brought in Sequoia and Mastercard
“So we got the investment the day after that. And then obviously you know, Sequoia and then Mastercard also came in with the, with Tencent.”
Jack Zhang May 26, 2025 ▶ 47:01 Airwallex CEO & Co-Founder, Jack Zhang: The Angel That Turned $1M into $1BN · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 26, 2025 negative
Disclosure
Mastercard delivered under $1M in volume for Airwallex despite $1B projection
“And Mastercard supposed to give us a billion dollar volume from the Mastercard same product, but we got less than a million dollar.”
Jack Zhang May 26, 2025 ▶ 49:23 Airwallex CEO & Co-Founder, Jack Zhang: The Angel That Turned $1M into $1BN · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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