Visa's Everywhere Initiative

Visa’s Everywhere Initiative was created in 2015 to drive strong business outcomes by harnessing the creativity and talent within the startup community. In the third-annual U.S. competition, Visa presented three real-life business challenges to the more than 600 startups who entered this year. Meet the winners of each challenge, all of whom are up for a chance to win up to $50,000 and the opportunity to collaborate with Visa on the future of payments. Congratulations to our 2017 winners and best of luck in the grand prize competition.

Challenge 1: IoT Challenge

How can your company use connected devices to facilitate simpler, more seamless and powerful commerce experiences for consumers?

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Challenge 2: Visa Developer Platform API Challenge

How can startups leverage Visa APIs to augment their products and ultimately drive more powerful commerce experiences for their consumers or merchants?

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Challenge 3: Event Commerce Experience Challenge

How can you harness Visa capabilities and other third party services to create transformative commerce experiences at sporting events, transportation hubs or other venues where people congregate?

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everywhere initiative winner charlie key

“Winning Visa’s Everywhere Initiative IoT Challenge is helping take Losant to the next level in the IoT ecosystem. The ability to work with Visa to bring automatic payments to the Industrial Internet of Things space gives our company a new dimension and competitive advantage."

Charlie Key, CEO and Cofounder, Losant

Winner IoT Challenge

"Smyte was super excited to participate in (and win!) Visa’s Everywhere Initiative API Challenge. Not only is it a great opportunity to work with a leader in the payments industry, it was also a ton of fun and we met several other great startups we plan on working with in the future."

Pete Hunt, CEO and Cofounder, Smyte (right, pictured with Caroline Fernandes, Smyte’s VP of Business Development & Sales)

Winner Visa Developer — API Challenge

everywhere initiative winner todd coulter

“Winning Visa’s Everywhere Initiative Event Commerce Experience Challenge was pivotal for our company. Not only does it validate our business model but we also believe in Visa’s emphasis on quality and innovation. We believe that establishing a relationship with Visa will help propel our product onto the global stage.”

Todd Coulter, CEO, EyeBuyTV

Winner Event Commerce Experience Challenge

"Since Visa is a brand that's recognized and trusted all over the world, winning a pilot partnership opportunity means broad-based recognition of our technology. We earned visibility and validation at a speed that wouldn't be attainable otherwise. Given the innovative culture at Visa, they've come up with new ways we can work together, strengthening our business and supporting our growth."

Sara Rodell, CEO, Loop & Tie

Winner - US Everywhere Initiative Kickoff Challenge Winner in Austin