Two investors support the start-up
company from Udine (Italy) Get Your Bill, the invoicing software
using the POS terminal, receives a financing of €390.000 and is valued at €1.9
million Objective: expand across the Italian
market. Many advantages for all stakeholders in the value chain.
Udine, January
12, 2016 - Ultroneo,
the start-up company that created Get Your Bill, has attracted its
first investors. The
software enabling the issuing of
invoices through the POS terminal has obtained the support of a group of
members Italian Angels for Growth (IAG), the main
business angel group in Italy, and of Aldabra Capital: the 2 entities have invested
jointly €390,000 for 20,7% of
the shares, valuing
the
company at
€1,900,000. A very
encouraging result for
a company born in 2014 and active in the busy world of the
payments industry. “Get Your Bill led by Alvise Abù-Khalil,
- President of Ultroneo - uses the
standard POS terminal of the merchant,
identifies the buyer through his payment card and collects from a database in
cloud, in just a couple of seconds, the necessary information for the preparation
of an invoice: company name, address, VAT number...The
application sits on the POS next to the payment application and is compliant
with the EMV security requirements. Get Your Bill, also offers a centralized
archive of invoices to enable an easier administration”.
The entry
of the Business Angels of (IAG) and Aldabra Capital enables Ultroneo to realize its IT
plan, which will enrich the basis version of the platform with new functionalities,
as well as the marketing plan that will drive
Ultroneo into the leadership on the Italian market. Carlo Asquini, the
representative of IAG, who has strongly
supported the investment and Renato Giacobbo Scavo, the CEO of Aldabra and
expert of financial services, have both expressed their satisfaction.
“The
commercialization of the service has started in October – tells Nicolas Ancot,
the Marketing Director of Ultroneo with an important experience at Visa - and the
business model is designed in a way that it is the acquiring bank that sells the service to its
merchant.
Initially
supported by the incubator Technoseed of Friuli Innovazione - the research and technology transfer center of the region Friuli Venezia Giulia -, Ultroneo
has already signed agreements with Consorzio Triveneto (supplier in payments services
for various banks among which Banca Popolare di Vicenza and Monte dei Paschi di
Siena) and Easy Nolo (payments operator for Banca Sella). Agreements with the
other Italian payments operators are well advanced.” Get Your Bill offers
advantages to all users of its service and to all actors in the invoicing value
chain:
- The buyer: tax savings (possibility to deduct more invoices and recover VAT on them, even for smaller amounts), speed (no more queues at the cash register), simplicity (all invoices available in cloud, for an easier and more automated administration), security (secure archive of the invoices), access (through smartphone or any other device).
- The merchant: simplicity (no more queues and waste of time at the cash register for invoices, all invoices available in cloud for an easier and more automated administration), advantageous (possibility to make the customer loyal through a service that is both useful and free).
- The banks and payment schemes: the possibility to offer Value Added Services to more merchants and customers, enabling thereby the use of electronic payments.
- The accountants: simplification of all the accountancy, through a system in cloud that is simple, secure, fast and structured.
Ultroneo:
Ultroneo s.r.l. is
an Italian innovative start-up. Founded in 2014, the company is partly owned by
a spin-off of Udine University. The company mission is the creation of
innovative services, in Italy and abroad, capable of adding value to the payment
transactions. Get Your Bill, the fast lane for your invoice, is the first service
to be proposed by Ultroneo s.r.l. and is a registered mark.
Aldabra Capital operates
since 2011 as a financing holding for innovative startups for early stage investments.
Its industries of reference are electronic payments (2 investments), digital
transformation (3 investments), data management (2 investments) and hi-tech (2
investments). The management team of Aldabra supports the start-ups in a very
direct and operational way, leveraging on its experience, its network and
various professional services (legal, marketing and management control).
Italian Angels for Growth
(IAG) is the major angel group in Italy. It was founded by nine business angels
in 2007 and has today more than 120 partners representing one of the most solid
associations of European angel investing.
IAG has developed through its
partners and the involvement of other operators, investments in venture capital for about €24M
divided into 43 rounds of investment.
IAG partners have contributed
to the birth and growth of 28 innovative ventures, excellence in research, technological
development and entrepreneurial Italian spirit including Angiodroid, Agroils, Biogenera, Cellply, Drexcode, Eugea,
GreenBone, GipStech, Inventia, Lovli, Margherita Fingerguard, Musement, Ohikia,
ProxToMe, Qurami, SediciDodici, Spreaker, Winmedical.
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