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Matteo Benedetti, Founder at Debtist: Debtist scaled to €15M ARR in just 3 years
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- Scaling Europe
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- Jun 19, 2026
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- 1152
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Summary
Debtist scaled to €15M ARR in just 3 years as it builds an AI-powered receivables management platform across Europe. Matteo Benedetti is Founder at Debtist. The company started from identifying a gap in traditional debt collection and built an end-to-end software platform that automates receivables management using AI across email, calling, document handling, and legal workflows. It now serves around 500 clients across Germany, the UK, Scandinavia and other European markets. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Mishcon: https://www.mishcon.com/pop-ups/scaling-europe Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:25 - $60m Series A announcement 3:01 - What Debtist does 5:39 - Novesta partnership 6:56 - Enterprise adoption and go-to-market 8:41 - Scaling across Europe 9:02 - AI in receivables management 10:37 - Building organisation and learnings 15:18 - Expansion strategy 20:37 - Hiring and culture