Steve Flinter

Steve is responsible for MasterCard’s Startup Engagement and Acceleration activities in Europe.

As part of that role, Steve manages MasterCard’s Start Path Accelerator - a new, commerce-focused accelerator, aimed at supporting innovative European startup companies. The Start Path Accelerator helps early stage startups driving innovation across commerce to successfully scale. We are structured as a natural extension of other incubators, and are focused on helping startups overcome critical operational challenges and creating the opportunity to secure a pilot with a key customer.

Prior to joining MasterCard, Steve spent eight years with Science Foundation Ireland, where he managed an investment portfolio of approximately €120m and ten years in various senior software development roles in a wide variety of industry verticals.

Steve holds a BSc in Computer Applications from Dublin City University and a PhD in Computer Science from Trinity College Dublin.