# Global Payments SpA

> Global Payments SpA is a VC fund backing FinTech, Wearables and Biometrics. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.globalpayments.it/

Global Payments SpA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TAS Group.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| Wearables | 1 | 100% |
| Biometrics | 1 | 100% |
| Health Care | 1 | 100% |
| Cyber Security | 1 | 100% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Flywallet | Flywallet founded by Lorenzo Frollini at the end of 2018 together to Arianna Ludovica Frollini, Matteo Egidi e Alessandro Massimiani, is an innovative startup that connects payment, mobility and health services by enclosing them in a single ecosystem and putting safety first, thanks to biometrics and proprietary wearable and IoT technologies. Ithas created Keyble, a new type of wearable that adapts to the user's lifestyle, created with eco-sustainable materials and inspired by made-in-Italy fashion. It consists in a smart module which can be inserted into fashion accessories such as bracelets or watch straps and is equipped with biometric sensors for user authentication and to monitor their health. Through the fingerprint or heartbeat via ECG, the user enables payments in stores, passwordless access to online services, ticketing for public transport, loyalty cards, access to gyms, offices and homes, car door locks and digital identity. In Q1 2022, the wearable will reach the certification for medical device for performing the analysis of cardiac arrhythmias, blood oxygen saturation and body temperature. Flywallet offers a unique model of "Biometric Wearable Platform as Service" aimed to electronic money and payment institutions, banks, insurance companies and firms. The Flywallet Platform includes the world's 1st wallet for tokenizing payment cards on wearables equipped with biometric authentication and allows Partner companies to deliver new types of services through API connection in a simple and secure way. |  | Seed | Jun 22, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Global Payments SpA invest in?

Global Payments SpA invests primarily in FinTech, Wearables and Biometrics startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Global Payments SpA last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Global Payments SpA closed in Jun 2021. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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