Simone Mancini (born 1987) is an Italian-Australian businessman, co-founder and chief executive officer of Scalapay.
Biography Mancini was born in Tuscany in 1987 and moved to Australia as a child. He studied business and economics at Charles Darwin University in Darwin. Mancini worked in the Australian technology sector at the marketplace Airtasker and, later, as a product manager at lender Prospa. During this period he worked with Johnny Mitrevski.
In 2019, Mancini together with Mitrevski founded Scalapay in Italy, and expanded to France the following year.
In January 2021, Scalapay raised a $48 million seed round led by Fasanara Capital. In September 2021, Tiger Global Management led a $155 million Series A round that valued the company at about $700 million. In February 2022, the company raised $497 million in a Series B round, reaching a valuation of $1 billion and becoming Italy's first unicorn since the dot-com bubble. Poste Italiane invested a further $27 million in May 2022.
Under Mancini, Scalapay acquired Cabel IP in 2023 with licence from the Bank of Italy under PSD2, and partnerships with companies including Deutsche Bank and Adyen. In December 2025 the European Investment Bank agreed a €70 million financing package with Scalapay under the EU's TechEU programme. At the same year, Mancini reported about €3 billion in annualised transaction volume.
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External links Scalapay official website