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September 9, 2021

Italian BNPL Scalapay raises $155m Series A from (you guessed it), Tiger Global

Tiger Global sinks its teeth into European BNPL for the first time.


Tom Matsuda

3 min read

Scalapay's founding team

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) startup Scalapay has today announced it's raised a $155m Series A led by Tiger Global.

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Europe's BNPL ecosystem. Consolidation is already hotting up, with Twisto recently being bought

Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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