Product Manager turned into founder with experience in Financial Technology building Internet products such as Money Transfer App, Merchants Acceptance Experience, Payment API, new crypto-currencies across top startups and large tech in the UK, Italy, Czech Republic, and Canada. Engineering background from leading European universities with top academic results. Entrepreneurial spirit strategic thinking and commercial acumen. Proven ability to design strategy and scale products on a global level in a fast-paced environment. Proficient in all aspects of the agile deliverables required for a technology team to build awesome products (get my hands dirty and get s**i done). Hands-on development of storyboards, wireframes, feature prioritization, backlog, user stories, product KPI/metrics, monitoring, and commercialization.
Volume is a new checkout startup that has now closed a pre-seed round of $2.4 million led by firstminute Capital and joined by SeedX and Haatch Ventures. Obviously tiny compared to Fast’s $102 million Series B.
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Simone Martinelli, cofounder of Volume about one-click checkouts, challenging legacy methodologies and the conviction and determination needed for success.
Volume Payments Limited is a private limited company with company number 12431529
Volume Payments Limited, is a distributor of Modulr FS Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 09897919, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority as an Electronic Money Institution (Firm Reference Number: 900573) for the issuance of electronic money and payment services. Your account and related payment services are provided by Modulr FS Limited. Whilst Electronic Money products are not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) your funds will be held in one or more segregated accounts and safeguarded in line with the Electronic Money Regulations 2011. for more information please see the Modulr safeguarding letter