PayU partners with Artrium Ventures for new edition of fintech accelerator program
10 Feb 2026, 11:25 AMAWS is the Official Cloud Partner for the program, inFINity 3.0.
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Payment gateway solutions provider PayU has launched its latest edition of fintech accelerator program, inFINity 3.0, with an aim to help startups develop product-market fit, Go-To-Market strategies, distribution access, and build scale.
The fintech major has partnered with Atrium Ventures, a micro venture capital firm, for this edition to provide select startups with direct exposure to early institutional capital, it said in a statement.
inFINity 3.0 will allow participating startups access to PayU's ecosystem such as payment solutions, merchants network, and banking partners.
AWS is the official cloud partner for the program, and provides participating startups access to cloud infrastructure, technical enablement, and AWS Activate credits.
Applications for infinity 3.0 are currently open and the last date to apply is March 6, 2026. Upon application closure, a four-week acceleration program will run throughout March 2026, ending in a 1.5 day Bootcamp and Demo Day in the third week of April 2026.
The application is open for early-stage fintech startups that have raised less than $ 5million and are seeking seed to Series A funding.
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