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Best FinTech Companies in Italy

The 578 best FinTech companies in Italy in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Scalapay.

578companies tracked
$2.3Bdisclosed funding
2unicorns
140have raised

Italy's FinTech sector has pulled $2.3B in disclosed funding across 578 tracked companies, and if you want to know where that capital concentrates, the answer is stark: Scalapay alone accounts for $953M of it. That's not a rounding error. Satispay adds another $471M, meaning two companies absorb over 60% of the entire funding pool. The global market these players are competing in sits at roughly $113.4B in 2025 and is forecast to reach $461.6B by 2034, a 17.21% CAGR driven by demand for OEM-Pay solutions and the SCA requirements baked into PSD2. Stringent and occasionally conflicting government regulations add friction, but they also filter out the undercapitalized, which partly explains why Italy's unicorn count sits at exactly two.

So what does the rest of the field look like? Mostly early-stage, honestly. Wallife, Wopta Assicurazioni, A-Cube API and BlockInvest collectively disclose under $35M. As 2017 research on digital finance diffusion shows, platform-layer infrastructure tends to consolidate around a handful of dominant players fast, and Italy's funding distribution is already showing that shape. Hot themes right now are next-gen banking platforms and cloud-based banking, with investors like CDP Venture Capital and Digital Magics staying active. The directory below ranks every company by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, so you can track exactly where fresh capital is landing.

Sources & further reading
  • Statista
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FINTECH × ITALY

Our analysis of 1,006 FinTech companies

$195.5b in tracked funding; 96% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

1,006companies analysed
96%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
124unicorns
2018median founding year
772kcombined LinkedIn audience
44%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best FinTech companies in Italy

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Scalapay 🦄
Provider of payment solutions for e-commerce businesses
$953M6 mo ago207Raffaele Terrone
Co-Founder
SanityApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+27Top 50k—2 partnerships
2Satispay 🦄
Provider of payment application and digital solutions for business and welfare
$471M19 mo ago300Samuele Pinta
Founder & CFO
DatoCMSNode.jsRadix UI+32Top 500k—1 expansion
3BacktoWork
Equity-based crowdfunding platform
$118M80 mo ago29Alberto Bassi
Co-Founder & CEO
PleskZohoPHP+12Top 10M——
4Prima Assicurazioni
App-based auto insurance comparison platform
$116M92 mo ago612George Kuruvilla
Co-Founder
SanityTurbopackApple iCloud Mail+22Top 100k—2 job openings
5AideXa
Provider of an online lending platform for business loans
$106M24 mo ago104Roberto Nicastro
Chairman and CoFounder
DatoCMSApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+19Top 1M——
6Fabrick
Open banking platform
$43M36 mo ago493—PrismicRadix UITailwind CSS+20Top 1M—1 partnership
7Qomodo
Provider of Buy Now Pay Later and POS payment solutions
$37M16 mo ago2Gianluca Cocco
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowGSAPAmazon Web Services+24Top 5M——
8Tagetik
Corporate Performance Management
$36M143 mo ago450————1 launch · 1 partnership · 1 award
9One Trading
Cryptocurrency trading platform
$33M21 mo ago42Joshua Barraclough
Founder & CEO
SentryZendeskApple iCloud Mail+13Top 10M—1 launch
10Credimi
Online marketplace offering diversified business loans
$27M53 mo ago97Ignazio Rocco di Torrepadula
Founder & CEO
ReactGatsbyAmazon Web Services+7Top 10M——
11Plasma
Provider of stablecoin platform
$24M16 mo ago—Christian Angermayer
Co-Founder
SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+21Top 5M—4 launchs · 1 partnership
12Young Platform
Exchange platform for cryptocurrencies
$23M21 mo ago76Samuele Raimondo
Co-Founder & CTO
SentryAtlassian StatuspageZendesk+24Top 5M——
13Mamacrowd
Equity crowdfunding platform for startups
$18M29 mo ago—Lorenzo Lamberti Sagliano
Co-Founder
SentryMUIJSS+17Top 5M—1 job opening · 1 partnership · 2 expansions
14Wallife
Provider of workplace risk and safety management services
$17M1 mo ago45Fabio Sbianchi
Founder & Chairman
WordPressMySQLPHP+21Top 5M13 patents
Voice-based user authentication and recognition for mobile devices and IoT security
1 partnership
15CardoAI
Portfolio management solutions for alternative investment
$15M18 mo ago110Daniele Forza
Co-Founder
WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+31Top 5M—1 award
16Viceversa
Provider of revenue-based financing and analytics for digital companies
$14M37 mo ago33Pedro Salvi
Co-Founder & CFO
WordPressPleskMySQL+27Top 10M—1 award
17Treedom
Online platform for farmers and to increase carbon credits and obtain financial linkage
$14M33 mo ago142Tommaso Speroni
Co-Founder
Cart FunctionalityWordPressApple iCloud Mail+26Top 1M—1 partnership
18Fiscozen
Provider of value-added tax management and tax return preparation services
$12M26 mo ago143Enrico Mattiazzi
Co-Founder & COO
WordPressMySQLPHP+24Top 500k——
19Yolo
Internet first on-demand insurer
$11M71 mo ago33Gianluca De Cobelli
Founder & CEO
WordPress Block EditorDiviWordPress+20Top 5M2 patents
User profiling and behavior analysis for e‑commerce sales platforms
2 partnerships
20Prestiamoci
Online lending marketplace for consumer loans
$10M56 mo ago16—WordPressMySQLPHP+16Top 5M——
21Axyon
Developer of solutions based on Deep Learning for various industries.
60AI top 22%Innovation top 23%Product top 36%Talent top 38%
All 11 signals ▾
AItop 22%
Innovationtop 23%
Producttop 36%
Talenttop 38%
Fundingtop 39%
Techtop 43%
Moattop 48%
Growthbottom 40%
Globalbottom 38%
Marketbottom 35%
Newsbottom 21%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based, deep learning, machine learning
Innovation: 4 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100
$8M14 mo ago28Giacomo Barigazzi
Head of Corporate Development & Co-founder
HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+22Top 10M—1 award
22SardexPay
Digital bank for businesses
$8M41 mo ago83Franco Contu
Co-Founder & COO
WordPressMySQLSalesforce+21Top 5M——
23MatiPay
Vending machine payment solutions
$8M80 mo ago20Matteo Pertosa
CEO & Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+26Top 500k——
24Wopta Assicurazioni
Internet first provider of life, personal accident, and business insurance
$7M1 mo ago17Vincenzo Macaione
Founder & CEO
Node.jsFirebaseHeadless UI+12Top 5M——
25Sibill
Payment reconciliation and link-based payment solutions
$7M11 mo ago13Lorenzo Liguori
Co-Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+40Top 1M—1 partnership
26Insoore
P&C insurance claim management processing solutions for fleet management and the insurance industry
$6M50 mo ago94—TypeScriptparticles.jsAnimate.css+19Top 5M——
27Lokky
Online business insurance comparison platform
$5M44 mo ago16Paolo Tanfoglio
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+18Top 5M——
28Taroverse
Developer of PC and mobile-based metaverse games
$5M49 mo ago—Siddhant Srivastava
CEO
————
29BlockInvest
Provider of asset tokenization solutions
$5M2 mo ago20Lorenzo Rigatti
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+27Top 10M—1 internship
30A-Cube API
Open banking API solutions for businesses
$5M1 mo ago10Alessandro Pagani
Co-Founder
Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+18Top 5M—1 launch
31EvenFi
App-based P2P crowdsourcing platform for SMEs
$4M41 mo ago—Mattia Rossi
Co-Founder
WebflowBootstrapAmazon Web Services+16Top 5M——
32Coverzen
Platform for insurers for digital operations
$4M34 mo ago30Alberto Mazzetti
Co-Founder
WebflowUbuntuVarnish+23Top 500k——
33Folks Finance
Capital Markets Protocol
$3M19 mo ago24Pietro Azzara
Founder & President
TurbopackNode.jsRadix UI+18Top 5M——
34Faire
Online API-enabled AI-based platform offering credit assessment and lending-as-a-service solutions
$3M44 mo ago24Gilberto Taccari
Co-Founder
WebflowAmazon Web Servicescore-js+10Top 50M——
35CheckSig
Bitcoin and crypto solutions for private and institutional investors
$3M4 mo ago11Paolo Mazzocchi
Co-Founder
Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+28Top 5M6 patents
Cryptocurrency transaction processing and management platform
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36Liqwid
Provider of a decentralized lending platform for consumer loans
$3M42 mo ago11Dewayne Cameron
Founder
SentryTypeScriptGraphQL+10Top 5M——
37Tot
Digital bank for businesses
$2M9 mo ago24—Cart FunctionalityContentfulNode.js+20Top 1M——
38FlowPay
Invoice processing solutions for businesses
$2M26 mo ago17Tiziano Pacciani
Co-Founder & CFO
Cart FunctionalityApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+27Top 5M2 patents
Digital payment processing platforms and electronic transaction management systems.
—
39GrowishPay
White-label e-wallet solution provider
$2M47 mo ago19Claudio Cubito
CEO | Co-founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+34Top 50M——
40ViteSicure
Online comparison platform for life insurances
$2M1 mo ago9Eleonora Vento
Founder & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+32Top 5M——
41Reasoned Art
Online marketplace for multiple NFTs
$2M37 mo ago5Giulio Bozzo
Founder & CEO
————
42Hercle
AI-based trading solutions for crypto-assets markets
$2M32 mo ago—Marco Levarato
Co-Founder
ReactReact RouterAmazon Web Services+8Top 50M——
43ClubDealOnline
Crowdfunding platform that connects entrepreneurs with investors seeking to equity investments
$2M32 mo ago19Antonio Chiarello
Founder & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+29Top 50M—2 partnerships
44Ener2Crowd
Crowdfunding platform for energy projects
$1M34 mo ago24Giorgio Mottironi
Co-Founder
PleskPHPLeaflet+30Top 5M—1 launch · 1 partnership
45FidoCommercialista
Tax management software for freelancer professionals and small businesses
$1M26 mo ago—Nicola Primieri
Co-Founder
WebflowBootstrapReact+17Top 1M—1 partnership
46Mopso
AI-based onboarding and AML solutions
8AI top 45%Global bottom 36%Funding bottom 35%Market bottom 20%
All 4 signals ▾
AItop 45%
Globalbottom 36%
Fundingbottom 35%
Marketbottom 20%
AI: Product described with: ai-based
Global: Investors from 1 country beyond Italy
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 8/100
$1M15 mo ago7—————
47PausePay
Provider of online payment solutions for businesses
$1M20 mo ago—Luca Scali
Co-Founder & MD
Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+30Top 10M——
48Collecto
Online platforms providing co -ownership of multi category luxury products
$809K16 mo ago—Matteo Costantini
Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer
Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+18Top 5M—1 partnership
49Piece
Real estate investment platform
$731K13 mo ago3—FirebaseEmotionReact+11Top 50M——
50Normo
AI ​​assistant for accountants and professionals in the economic, tax and labor sectors
$263K18 mo ago—Giovanni Roberto
Co-Founder
Node.jsClerkRadix UI+18Top 5M——

Top 12 FinTech companies in Italy

#1
Series B · Milan, Lombardy · founded 2019 · 207 employees
$952.7Mraised
▾

Provider of payment solutions for e-commerce businesses. It provides users with a lending platform which provide point-of sale installment financing as well as pay later facility. It allows users to avail the facility by choosing checkout. It provides fraud prevention and data protection systems for customers to maintain secure transactions.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 54k LinkedIn followers — 7.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 3 partnerships (incl. Ambitious) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2025Conventional Debt$81.5M
  • May 2022Series B$37.2M
  • Feb 2022Conventional Debt$284M
  • Feb 2022Series B$214.9M
Founders & team
Raffaele TerroneCo-FounderSimone ManciniCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Fasanara, Baleen Capital, Tiger Global Management, Tencent, Willoughby Capital, Deimos Capital
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAmplitudeAosApache Http Server
#2
Series A · Rome, Lazio · founded 2020 · 45 employees
$17Mraised
▾

Provider of workplace risk and safety management services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Jet HR) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Series A—
  • Jul 2022Series A$12.2M
  • Feb 2022Series A$4.8M
Founders & team
Fabio SbianchiFounder & ChairmanMaria AngeloneCEO
Investors
United Ventures, Gruppo TIM, Proximity Capital, Luiss Alumni 4 Growth, FNDX
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsDownload MonitorElementorFacebook Pixel
#3
Series B · Milan, Lombardy · founded 2022 · 17 employees
$7.3Mraised
▾

Internet first provider of life, personal accident, and business insurance. It allows users to choose the product and discover various insurance solutions designed for users, customized to their needs, to protect what users really need.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • May 2026Series B$5.8M
  • May 2026Conventional Debt—
  • Feb 2025Series A$4.2M
  • Jul 2024Series A$4.4M
Founders & team
Vincenzo MacaioneFounder & CEOIvan PivirottoManaging DirectorVincenzo MacaioneFounder & CEO
Investors
Calzedonia, Cordifin, Key Capital, MyCredit
Tech stack
BootstrapCdnjsCloudflareDartFirebaseFlutter
#4
Series D · Milan, Lombardy · founded 2013 · 300 employees
$471.3Mraised
▾

Provider of payment application and digital solutions for business and welfare. The company offers payment methods for individuals, stores, and companies. It provides digital solutions for everyday expenses and money transfers. The company also provides digital meal vouchers and purchase vouchers.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 183k LinkedIn followers — 23.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2024Series D$64.3M
  • Sep 2022Series D$307.8M
  • Nov 2020Series C$80.7M
  • Jul 2018Series B$11.7M
Founders & team
Samuele PintaFounder & CFOAlberto DalmassoCo-Founder & CEODario BrignoneCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Iccrea Banca, Banca Etica, B Heroes, Banca Sella, Smartclub, Greyhound Capital
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAws Certificate ManagerBootstrap
#5
Series A · Milan, Lombardy · founded 2018 · 10 employees
$4.7Mraised
▾

Open banking API solutions for businesses. Enables integration of e-banking experience directly into active and passive billing cycles, so that companies can manage the arrangement of supplier payments and customer collections in an automated and simple way.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • May 2026Series A$4.7M
Founders & team
Alessandro PaganiCo-FounderAntonino CaccamoCo-Founder
Investors
P101, Sella, FNDX
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelFramer Sites
#6
Series A · Milano, Umbria · founded 2018 · 20 employees
$4.7Mraised
▾

Provider of asset tokenization solutions. It offers an AI and blockchain-based, zero-code platform. It enables users to transform real assets into tokens and helps in the management and exchange of tokens. Users can monitor their investments in real-time via the platform tracking system.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Series A$4.7M
  • May 2024Seed—
Founders & team
Lorenzo RigattiCo-Founder & CEOAlfredo MalgratiCo-FounderFabio PacchioniCo-founder and CTO
Investors
UniCredit, Le Village by CA
Tech stack
Animate.CssAnime.JsAruba.ItCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementFancybox
#7
Series A · Milan, Lombardy · founded 2019 · 9 employees
$2.1Mraised
▾

Online comparison platform for life insurances. It also offers policy cancellation and premium refund facility. It offers a fixed premium rate for the policy.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Series A$2.9M
  • Sep 2023Seed$2.1M
Founders & team
Eleonora VentoFounder & CEO
Investors
CDP Venture Capital, AD4Ventures, Net Insurance, MEDIAFOREUROPE, Digital Magics
Tech stack
BootstrapCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContact Form 7Cookiebot
#8
Series A · Milan, Lombardy · founded 2019 · 11 employees
$2.9Mraised
▾

Bitcoin and crypto solutions for private and institutional investors. The platform features crypto training, buying & selling, custody accounts, and tax reports.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2026Series A$4.1M
  • May 2024Series A$2.9M
Founders & team
Paolo MazzocchiCo-FounderFerdinando AmetranoCofounder and Chief Executive Officer
Investors
Le Village by CA
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser Insights
#9
Series A · Milano, Umbria · founded 2022 · 2 employees
$37Mraised
▾

Provider of Buy Now Pay Later and POS payment solutions. This company offers businesses a streamlined payment processing system that allows immediate payment to the merchant while customers pay in installments with zero interest. They provide a range of solutions including a sophisticated POS system and mobile payment options. The platform integrates easily with existing business management software, simplifying operations and improving cash flow. The service aims to increase sales by offering customers flexible payment choices, leading to improved customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2025Series A$14M
  • Nov 2023Seed$37M
Founders & team
Gianluca CoccoCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Fasanara, Exor, Proximity Capital, Lumen Ventures, The Techshop, Notion
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook Pixel
#10
Series A · Milan, Lombardy · founded 2024
$23.5Mraised
▾

Provider of stablecoin platform. It enables access to stablecoins, which are tokens pegged to fiat currencies, offering permissionless access to leading currencies like the US dollar.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 4 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. Visa and Mastercard) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2025Series A$20M
  • Oct 2024Seed$3.5M
Founders & team
Christian AngermayerCo-FounderPaul FaecksCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Framework Ventures, Bitfinex, Anthos Capital, Karatage, Manifold Investments
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#11
Series A · Agropoli, Campania · founded 2021 · 13 employees
$7.3Mraised
▾

Payment reconciliation and link-based payment solutions. Offers solutions such as real-time banking for aggregating accounts and expense management, automatic forecasts for retrieving invoice and cash management, agile payments for payment links, and more. Features tools for analyzing and sharing balances and transactions.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 12k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Paese) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2025Series A$13.9M
  • Jun 2024Series A$6.7M
  • Nov 2021Seed$577K
Founders & team
Lorenzo LiguoriCo-FounderDario PrencipeCo-Founder / Chief Data OfficerMattia MonteparaCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Founders, Keen Venture Partners, Exor, Creandum
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Rocket LoaderCore-Js
#12
Series A · Modena, Emilia Romagna · founded 2015 · 28 employees
$8.1Mraised
▾

Axyon is a company that creates solutions based on Deep Learning for various applications and industries. It was created as a spin-off of DM Digital, a developer of AI-based applications. The company currently has 2 products out: Axyon Syn Finance for investment banks, and Axyon Stocks Analyst that helps in identifying stock trading strategies based on Deep Learning. Apart from these products, Axyon also offers solutions around credit risk assessment, wealth management, fraud detection and sales. Axyon provides a machine learning platform for developing and training machine learning algorithms. Users can access the platform via a easy to use interface where they can select the machine learning models, training data sets, no of CPUs and GPUs the process needs to be distributed on, and deploy trained models to predict new outcomes from data.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 22%
Innovation
top 23%
Product
top 36%
Talent
top 38%
Funding
top 39%
Tech
top 43%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based, deep learning, machine learning
Innovation: 4 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence
Product: 4 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series A
Audience (LinkedIn): 6k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Series A$4.6M
  • Oct 2024Series A$2.3M
  • Jan 2024Series A$2.5M
  • Nov 2023Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Giacomo BarigazziHead of Corporate Development & Co-founderDaniele GrassiFounder & CEO
Investors
UniCredit, ING Ventures, Montage Ventures, The Techshop, CDP Venture Capital, ELISE
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAnimate.CssAosApple Icloud Mail

Funding & investor landscape

$2.3Btotal disclosed funding
111companies funded
205disclosed rounds
5rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Europa22 rounds
CDP Venture Capital17 rounds
Digital Magics15 rounds
Fin + Tech14 rounds
Le Village by CA12 rounds
FNDX11 rounds
LVenture Group9 rounds
Banca Sella8 rounds
GELLIFY8 rounds
iStarter7 rounds

Notable founders

Raffaele Terrone
Co-Founder · Scalapay
Simone Mancini
Co-Founder & CEO · Scalapay
Fabio Sbianchi
Founder & Chairman · Wallife
Maria Angelone
CEO · Wallife
Vincenzo Macaione
Founder & CEO · Wopta Assicurazioni
Ivan Pivirotto
Managing Director · Wopta Assicurazioni
Samuele Pinta
Founder & CFO · Satispay
Alberto Dalmasso
Co-Founder & CEO · Satispay
Alessandro Pagani
Co-Founder · A-Cube API
Antonino Caccamo
Co-Founder · A-Cube API
Lorenzo Rigatti
Co-Founder & CEO · BlockInvest
Alfredo Malgrati
Co-Founder · BlockInvest
Prism market signals · Italy · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,603,991 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of FinTech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Italy

How research on Fintech is moving in Italy

A read on the academic research around Fintech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 70 Italy-affiliated papers.

top research entities
  • Bocconi University7
  • University of Bergamo4
  • University of Turin3
  • University of Messina3
  • Roma Tre University3
leading researchers
Benjamin A. ADEAGBO · Bilotta, Nicola · Braggion, Fabio · Manconi, Alberto · Pavanini, Nicola · Zhu, Haikun · Pablo G. Bringas · Iker Pastor-López
▲ Breakthroughs12 · 17%
▲ 0%→22% share
3 median citations75% since 2021mostly methods-led
Blockchain and Sustainability research newly captured 22% field-share, each drawing 3 papers from zero.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Blockchain3
  • Financial services3
  • Sustainability3
  • Payment2
  • Transparency (behavior)2
Landmark FinTech and consumers: a systematic review and integrative framework · 28 cites
◆ Advancements13 · 19%
▲ 0%→11% share
0 median citations85% since 2021mostly empirical
Financial services dominates advancements — 9 rising plus 7 brand-new papers, lifting segment share to 11%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial services9
  • Financial inclusion5
  • Corporate governance3
  • Financial literacy3
  • Financial stability2
Newly emergingFinancial services 0→7
Landmark Sustainability in FinTechs: An Explanation through Business Model Scalability and Market Valuation · 193 cites
▼ Concerns24 · 34%
▲ 0%→31% share
4 median citations62% since 2021mostly reviews
Financial inclusion concerns intensified fivefold (1→5 papers), mirroring Financial services risk papers rising from 2→7.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial services2→7
  • Financial inclusion1→5
Landmark Fintech Credit Markets Around the World: Size, Drivers and Policy Issues · 281 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Italy

Where fintech is researched across Italy

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Rome9 · +0.27
Opportunity · Big data
Milan5 · +0.04

Common questions

How many FinTech companies are there in Italy?
Radar tracks 578 indexable FinTech companies headquartered in Italy that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by FinTech companies in Italy?
The FinTech companies in Italy on this list have raised a combined $2.3B in disclosed equity funding across 111 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded FinTech company in Italy?
Scalapay is the highest-funded FinTech company in Italy, with $952.7M in disclosed equity funding.
How many FinTech companies in Italy are funded?
111 of the 578 FinTech companies in Italy on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many FinTech unicorns are there in Italy?
2 FinTech companies in Italy on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Italy FinTech companies?
The most active investors in Italy FinTech companies on this list include Europa, CDP Venture Capital, Digital Magics, Fin + Tech, Le Village by CA.
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