# From Underdog to Undefeated: The Edrizio De La Cruz founder story

**Author:** Garry Tan
**Type:** Video
**URL:** https://www.ycombinator.com/library/KG-from-underdog-to-undefeated-the-edrizio-de-la-cruz-founder-story
**YouTube ID:** FNKyL5Q-OVQ

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Edrizio De La Cruz's immigrant startup founder story is truly one of the biggest roller coasters, and he came out on top
having sold his fintech payments company, Arcus, to Mastercard in 2021. Having gone through YC as a founder in the S13
batch, he returned as a Visiting Group Partner in 2022.

From underdog to undefeated, here’s his founder story.

