Accelerators
Techstars Payments Powered by Stellar and MoneyGram
This program focuses on innovative fintech solutions addressing gaps across payments infrastructure throughout Latin America. We are looking for bold founders in the fintech space that recognize the massive opportunity across emerging markets, and who are already using or are interested in using blockchain to scale their technology across the following themes: digital wallets, infrastructure, transactions/ecommerce, credit/debt, digital identity, infrastructure as a service, and financial literacy.
Anywhere
2023 January
Hybrid Program
This program is running virtually with some optional in-person events.
Jul 5th, 2022
Applications Open
Sep 28th, 2022
Final Deadline
Jan 3rd, 2023
Accelerator Starts
Mar 30th, 2023
Demo Day
"I am looking for bold founders in the fintech space that recognize the massive opportunity across emerging markets."
Tricia Martinez, Managing Director
Read the Q&AThe Team
Tricia Martinez
Managing Director
Tricia Martinez
Managing Director
Lisa Seymour
Program Director
Hannah Savage
Investment Associate
Dan Pfeil
Investment Associate
Partners
"We're excited about this latest expansion of our partnership with the Stellar Development Foundation as we look to further accelerate our strategic goals to lead cross-border payment innovation."
Alex Holmes
Chairman & CEO, MoneyGram
"We're excited about this latest expansion of our partnership with the Stellar Development Foundation as we look to further accelerate our strategic goals to lead cross-border payment innovation."
Alex Holmes
Chairman & CEO, MoneyGram
"We are thrilled to continue our collaboration with Stellar Development Foundation and add Techstars into the mix to meet some of the most innovative founders in global financial services."
Brian Johnson
Chief Financial Officer, MoneyGram
“At last, an opportunity for developers, entrepreneurs, and founders from Latin America to receive the support they need. Together, we will grant innovators access to a universe of opportunities and the revolution will be localized.”
Denelle Dixon
CEO and Executive Director, Stellar Development Foundation
"We're excited to partner with MoneyGram to find creative startups building innovative and practical solutions to problems that affect people around the world."
Jason Chlipala
Chief Operations Officer, Stellar Development Foundation
Mentors
Elena Litani
Co-founder & CPO, Pillar
Denisse Cuellar
StartUp Partnerships Head, Banco de Crédito BCP
Samer Saab
Product, Partnerships, and Investing, Alloy Labs
Companies
