Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 5, 2026
Satispay is an Italian fintech unicorn operating an independent payment and financial-services network for consumers, merchants and employers. Its app combines everyday payments with peer-to-peer transfers, savings, investments, installments, corporate welfare and related services. As of 2026 it reports more than 6 million users and 450,000 merchants.
Primary product
Satispay app and merchant network: mobile/in-store/online payments, P2P transfers, bill payments, top-ups, savings, investment services, Pay in 3, and business/corporate-welfare products.
Founded
2013
Headquarters
Milan, Italy
Team size
750+ (company statement; third-party estimates range roughly 600–866)
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Financial services
Sub-industry
Fintech; mobile payments, digital wallet, corporate welfare and consumer financial services
Offices
Business model
Stage
Late-stage / growth-stage private unicorn
Total raised
$580M
Latest round
Capital increase / equity round (announced, up to €120M) · Jun 2026
Latest amount
$139M
Capital increase / equity round (up to)
Jun 2026 · Addition, Greyhound Capital and Lightrock (existing investors; approximately half reportedly committed)
Leadership
Co-founder and CEO
Co-founder and CIO; formerly CTO
Co-founder and CEO, Satispay Europe S.A. (e-money institution)
Giovanni Ravone
The company emphasizes ownership, impact, collaboration, trust, growth, diversity and shared success. Its standard model is three office days and two remote days, with flexibility by personal circumstance; the engineering narrative stresses a global team, transparency, reliability and building an independent payment network.
Work style
Hybrid
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Public signals include stock options, performance-related additional grants, flexible benefits and relocation support. Public job postings expose some indicative ranges, including approximately €45,000 annual base for a senior software engineer, €32,617 for inside sales and €27,000 for a KYC analyst; these are not company-wide bands.
Benefits
Pricing
Consumer payments are positioned as low-cost/free for users; merchants pay transaction/service commissions, with Satispay emphasizing lower fees than card networks and special low-value transaction pricing. Corporate welfare and financial products have product-specific pricing/fees.
Differentiators
Estimated revenue
€100M–€120M annualized revenue/ARR as of 2026-05-31; third-party historical estimates range approximately $40M–$100M
Shareholders were asked to approve a capital increase of up to €120M to fund growth, new financial products and possible M&A; approximately half was reportedly backed by existing investors. This is an expansion/funding signal rather than a distress event.
SourceThe company said it may evaluate acquisitions if attractive opportunities arise; no completed acquisition was identified in the reviewed sources.
SourceIl Sole 24 Ore · Jun 2026
Reported a proposed capital increase of up to €120M, valuation above €1B, annualized revenue above €116M and expansion into investments, cards, BNPL and broader financial services.
Startup.eu · Jun 2026
Covered the planned raise, existing-investor commitments and planned expansion into stocks, ETFs, pensions and M&A.
Satispay engineering blog · May 2026
Engineering profile describes AWS-based microservices, observability, availability, security and the company’s international engineering culture.
FinTech Futures · Nov 2024
Reported the €60M round led by Addition, Greyhound and Lightrock, total funding above €500M and plans for consumer investment services.
88 jobs at Satispay
Nov 2024 · Addition, Greyhound Capital and Lightrock
Sep 2022 · Addition
Nov 2020 · Square / Block, Tencent, TIM Ventures
Sep 2018
Jul 2017 · Iccrea Banca
Sep 2015
Jun 2013
Davide Gabriele Croci
Chief Growth Officer
Alessandro Falco
Chief Information Officer
Andrea Rusconi
Head of Engineering
Coline Herné
Chief Marketing Officer
Investors
Technology
Customers
Competitors
TechCrunch · Sep 2022
Covered the Series D, unicorn valuation and backing from Addition, Greyhound, Coatue, Lightrock, Block, Tencent and Mediolanum.
Chief Product Officer