# Walid Mah'd

> Walid Mah'd is the co-founder and CEO of Moreta, a payments wallet connecting international travelers to local QR payment networks. An Ivey Business School HBA graduate and former payments consultant at Mastercard Advisors, he built the company with high school friend Sam Yu after encountering payment difficulties while backpacking in Asia. Moreta joined Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Moreta
- **Organizations:** Moreta, Mastercard Advisors, Y Combinator
- **Education:** Honors Business Administration (HBA), Ivey Business School at Western University, Y Combinator
- **Known for:** Co-founded Moreta, a Y Combinator Summer 2024 company., Reported a 20-fold increase in daily users, transactions and volume over four months in an August 2025 LinkedIn post; these are founder-reported figures without absolute baselines.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2024** — Worked as a card and fintech payments consultant at Mastercard Advisors.
- **2024** — Co-founded Moreta with Sam Yu; the company joined Y Combinator Summer 2024.
- **2024-08** — Announced Moreta on Launch YC.
- **2025-08** — Reported living in Southeast Asia for almost a year to be closer to partners and users.
- **2026-01** — Appeared on the Efani Features Podcast with Mark Kreitzman.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Moreta, a Y Combinator Summer 2024 company.
- Reported a 20-fold increase in daily users, transactions and volume over four months in an August 2025 LinkedIn post; these are founder-reported figures without absolute baselines.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — The Efani Features Podcast published a 13-minute interview with Mah'd on January 22 about QR payments and local banking access for travelers.
- **2025-11** — 9Pay posted about meeting Moreta at SFF 2025; Mah'd responded that he was excited to continue working together.
- **2025-08** — Mah'd published a founder update describing customer support, partnerships, growth and a failed subscription experiment.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/walidmahd

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Last updated: 2026-10-12