Commerce.Innovated. Now Accepting Applications for Class 5

I’m excited to announce that we have opened applications for Class 5 of Commerce.Innovated.!

Start your application here for our Fall 2016 class. We’re accepting applications until July 10.

Commerce.Innovated. is a virtual accelerator jointly run by Silicon Valley Bank and MasterCard. The bi-annual program is four months and is designed to help seed-stage startups that are innovating in the commerce, payments and financial technology sectors to refine and scale their business ideas. The program offers access to operational and industry expertise from Silicon Valley Bank, MasterCard and our respective networks.

We’re looking for companies that meet certain criteria:

• Creating a solution that is helping to make commerce, payments or fintech easier, safer or better for consumers or businesses

• Have a strong, small core team dedicated to the mission

• Secured or raising seed funding

• Have a working product

Commerce.Innovated. launched in 2014 and has worked with 17 commerce-,payments- and fintech-focused startups to date, including Alloy, Apruve, AppZen, CardFlight, Dash, Float, Footmarks, Gone, LaunchKey, Local Maven, Nowsta, Pay By Group, PennyOwl, Slide, Spend Labs, Splitwise and Standard Treasury.

Class 5 will run from September to December 2016. To learn more about the program and read testimonials from our alumni, visit www.commerceinnovated.com.