On the heels of successfully closing a six-figure pre-seed round led by European VC Mustard Seed Maze & hitting the important milestone of 1 million transactions processed, refive is proud to announce the addition of Antonio Nicotra to the Management team. Antonio Nicotra verstärkt das Team als Chief Operating Officer und wird die Bereiche Partnermanagement, Vertrieb und Operations verantworten. Sein Verantwortungsbereich liegt somit im Ausbau des refive-Netzwerkes, welches einerseits aus kleinen, mittleren und großen Einzelhandels- und Gastronomiebetrieben und andererseits aus POS & Technologiepartnern besteht.
Antonio, was most recently Vice President at OptioPay, where he built out the company’s massive partner network of retailers and managed a number of banking partnerships. He brings over 10 years of experience and network in the fintech and retailtech sectors with a strong focus on growth, customer success and operations, previously holding roles at Viafintech (formerly Barzahlen).
“Antonio is a brilliant addition to refive’s management team and will play a significant role in reinforcing and enhancing our position as a leading customer engagement and digital receipt platform. We are emerging in a post-pandemic world where retail is returning to growth with a very strong focus on sustainability and digitization. Antonio is joining the team at a very exciting phase in our journey!“ says Mitul Jain, Founder and CEO of refive.
About refive
refive enables merchants to identify, engage and retain offline customers via smart digital receipts. Retail Operations, Marketing and eCommerce teams use refive as a platform to collect real-time feedback, deliver personalised offers and connect offline transaction data to their digital ecosystem in order to truly understand the omni-channel customer journey, increase retention and grow customer lifetime value.
refive was founded in Germany in 2020 and is headquartered in Berlin. The company supports a growing network of merchants across the DACH region, together with partners including Lightspeed, Shopify, RetailPro and DynamicYield among others. In addition to helping retailers drive customer retention and growth, sustainability is a core mission for which refive was awarded the Green Buddy Award by the city of Berlin in 2021. To date, customers using refive have avoided the production of over 1 million paper receipts, saving more than 2500kg of CO2 & 600kg of waste.
