Simone Mancini

Simone Mancini is the CEO and Co-Founder of Scalapay, a fintech company offering "buy now, pay later" services.12 Born in Tuscany in 1987, he moved to Australia with his family at a young age.3 Mancini holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Economics from Charles Darwin University, which he attended from 2006 to 2009.24

Career Highlights

• Founded Scalapay in 2019 and has been serving as its CEO since then24
• Previously worked as Product Manager - New Ventures at Prospa (2018-2019)4
• Held the position of Product Manager at Airtasker (2016-2018)4
• Founded two startups: Sweetly (2015-2016) and EatTonight (2015)4

Achievements

• Led Scalapay to become the first Italian unicorn since the dotcom boom2
• Raised over $727 million in funding for Scalapay3
• Expanded Scalapay's customer base to 3.5 million users by 20233

Mancini's leadership has been instrumental in Scalapay's rapid growth, transforming it into a leading "buy now, pay later" service provider in Europe.2 He is also an active angel investor, contributing to the growth of other startups in the fintech space.2