# Toby Scammell

> Toby Scammell founded Womply in 2011 and led its small-business software business, emphasizing payment-industry distribution partnerships and automation. His earlier ventures included Feastery. Womply later processed PPP applications and wound down operations in 2022; Scammell and the company settled FTC advertising allegations for $26 million in 2024 without admitting or denying them.

- **Role:** Founder and former CEO at Womply
- **Organizations:** Womply (Oto Analytics, Inc.), Feastery, Bain & Company
- **Education:** BA in International Relations, emphasis in Global Business, University of Southern California
- **Known for:** Founded Womply in 2011., Womply reported more than 100,000 paying small-business customers in 2018., Womply announced $50 million in cumulative investment by November 2016.

## Career timeline

- **2006** — Graduated from USC with a BA in international relations.
- **Before 2011** — Worked as an associate consultant at Bain & Company and co-founded restaurant-focused Feastery.
- **2011** — Founded Womply in San Francisco.
- **2014** — Pleaded guilty to securities fraud involving 2009 Marvel options trades; sentenced to three months in prison.
- **2016** — Womply announced a $30 million growth-equity round led by Sageview Capital, taking total investment to $50 million.
- **2018** — Published his distribution-first software strategy and discussed Womply Engage and the Commerce Graph in interviews.
- **2019** — SEC vacated specified collateral industry bars relating to pre-Dodd-Frank conduct, leaving the rest of its 2014 order unchanged.
- **2021** — Womply operated PPP Fast Lane. Its current historical account says the company completed a sale/merger that year.
- **2022** — Womply wound down operations, according to its current company website.
- **2024** — Womply and Scammell settled FTC PPP advertising allegations under a $26 million judgment and permanent injunction, without admitting or denying the allegations.
- **2026** — On October 1, Oto Analytics LLC and Scammell filed a contract-related declaratory-judgment action against Cory Capoccia in Utah federal court.

## Achievements

- Founded Womply in 2011.
- Womply reported more than 100,000 paying small-business customers in 2018.
- Womply announced $50 million in cumulative investment by November 2016.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — A public Utah federal docket records a contract-related suit filed October 1 by Oto Analytics LLC and Toby Scammell against Cory Capoccia; the filing is not a finding of liability.
- **2026-09** — Womply’s historical website, marked updated September 2026, states that operations wound down in 2022.
- **2024-04** — The federal court entered the stipulated FTC order on April 3, imposing a $26 million judgment and permanent injunction.

## Links

- Website: https://www.womply.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobyscammell
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/tobyscammell
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tobyscammell/

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Last updated: 2026-10-26