UbiRider Selected for Mastercard Start Path Program to Help Shape the Future of Financial Mobility

PORTO, Portugal--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 22, 2025--

UbiRider, the innovator behind the UbiRider Platform, offers the only all-in-one solution that seamlessly integrates transportation management, payment processing, and data analytics into a unified system, today announced it has been selected to join Mastercard’s prestigious Start Path Emerging Fintech program. UbiRider is one of only eight startups worldwide chosen for this cohort, which includes innovative companies from across the payments, mobility, and digital commerce sectors.

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Start Path is Mastercard’s award-winning startup engagement program that supports high-potential fintechs with access to Mastercard’s technology, network, and global ecosystem. Since its launch, the program has included more than 450 companies from over 60 countries, many of which have reached unicorn status or formed extended commercial engagements with Mastercard.

UbiRider joins other forward-thinking startups—LetMePark, Asistobe, it’s electric, Krowd, Bluespine, ipaymy, and Dataiera—in a dedicated program designed to help emerging fintechs accelerate growth, scale innovation, and transform financial experiences.

"Being selected for the Start Path program is a tremendous milestone for UbiRider," said Paulo Santos, CEO of UbiRider. "Participating in this program supports our mission to make public transportation easier to access and pay for—especially in smaller cities and rural areas. Mastercard’s global reach, infrastructure, and commercial expertise has the potential to help us scale faster, reach more transit agencies, and bring seamless mobility experiences to more people, everywhere."

By joining the Start Path Emerging Fintech program, UbiRider will gain tailored mentorship, access to Mastercard’s product teams, and opportunities for strategic collaboration with Mastercard customers and partners around the world.

UbiRider’s platform unifies fare collection, mobile ticketing, account-based payments, and real-time transit data into a flexible, all-in-one solution. Already active in locations like the Azores Islands and Cascais, Portugal, UbiRider is driving the next generation of contactless transit experiences.

To learn more about Mastercard’s Start Path program, visit www.startpath.com.

For more information about UbiRider and its award-winning solutions, visit www.ubirider.com.

About UbiRider

UbiRider was founded with the mission to transform the utilization and management of transportation operations to be simple, elegant and more accessible. The UbiRider Platform is the most complete mobility-as-a-service platform that includes mobile and web components that serve the interests and needs of travelers, commuters and mobility operators. PICK is a mobility-as-a-service app which helps travelers determine the best option for every journey, combining traditional and modern modes of transportation from buses and ferries to carsharing and micro-mobility. UbiRider is based in Porto, Portugal and is funded by Techtree Investments, an investment vehicle from CTT and managed by Iberis Capital and Cedrus R&D III, an investment vehicle managed by Cedrus Capital, Grupo Barraqueiro as well as angel investors. UbiRider is a strategic partner of Mastercard, Deloitte, PayShop and Viva.com. For more information, visit www.ubirider.com.

UbiRider has been selected to join Mastercard’s prestigious Start Path Emerging Fintech program. UbiRider is one of only eight startups worldwide chosen for this cohort, which includes innovative companies from across the payments, mobility, and digital commerce sectors.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Multiple people were shot Saturday in the area of Brown University, police said, as the school issued an active shooter alert and urged students and staff to take shelter during the second day of final exams.

Police did not immediately release details about the victims’ conditions or the circumstances of the shooting.

University officials initially told students and staff that a suspect was in custody, before later saying that was not the case and that police were still searching for a suspect or suspects, according to alerts issued through Brown’s emergency notification system.

The reported shooting occurred near the Barus & Holley building, a seven-story complex that houses the university’s School of Engineering and physics department. According to the university’s website, the building includes more than 100 laboratories, dozens of classrooms and offices.

Students were urged to shelter in place as police responded to the scene, and people were told to avoid the area. Officials cautioned that information remained preliminary as investigators worked to determine what had occurred.

Police were actively investigating and still gathering information from the scene, said Kristy DosReis, the chief public information officer for the city of Providence.

Brown is a private, nonprofit Ivy League institution with roughly 7,300 undergraduate students and more than 3,000 graduate students. Saturday was the second day of final exams for the fall semester.

In this image from video, law enforcement officials gather outside the Brown University campus in Providence, R.I., on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Kimberlee Kruesi)

FILE - The logo for Brown University is displayed at the school's campus in Providence, R.I., on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)