Unlocking financial services for unbanked gig-workers and micro-businesses, via API integration, starting with Egypt
💸 خدمات مالية للعمالة المستقلة و الشركات متناهية الصغر
💸 خدمات مالية للعمالة المستقلة و الشركات متناهية الصغر
Location: Egypt, Cairo Governorate, Cairo
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $6M
Founded date: 2020
Investors 3
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 16.03.2021 | Pre-Seed | $3M | - |
| 11.03.2021 | - | $3M | - |
Mentions in press and media 9
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| 23.03.2021 | Most African YC-backed startups in today’s batch are focused on fintech | In Africa, Y Combinator is known to be a major backer of most of the continent’s well-known startups. Two of the most talked-about in the last two quarters — Flutterwave and Paystack — are YC-backed. Their recent successes (Flutterwave’s bi... |
| 16.03.2021 | Dayra, an Egyptian FinTech firm, receives a $3 million investment, joins Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 batch | Dayra, a Cairo-based fintech company, has entered Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 batch and raised the region’s largest debt and equity Pre-Seed round, totaling $3 million. Tanmiya Capital Ventures, EFG EV Fintech, EFG Hermes, and Y Combinator, ... |
| 11.03.2021 | Egyptian fintech Dayra secures $3-million | Cairo-based fintech startup Dayra has joined Y Combinator’s (YC) Winter 21 group and secured the largest debt and equity Pre-Seed round in the region with a total of $3-million received. The Pre-Seed round of funding was led by Tanmiya Cap... |
| 11.03.2021 | Egyptian fintech Dayra secures $3-million | Cairo-based fintech startup Dayra has joined Y Combinator’s (YC) Winter 21 group and secured the largest debt and equity Pre-Seed round in the region with a total of $3-million received. The Pre-Seed round of funding was led by Tanmiya Capi... |
| 11.03.2021 | Dayra, an Egyptian Credit Solutions Fintech for Gig Workers, Secures $3M in Funding, Joins Y Combinator | Egyptian Fintech firm Dayra has reportedly joined Y Combinator and has also acquired $3M in pre-seed funding. Dayra is a Cairo-headquartered Fintech company offering modern financial services to the nation’s unbanked gig economy workers and... |
| 11.03.2021 | Dayra closes $3M Pre-Seed funding | Egypt: Dayra, a Cairo-based Fintech startup providing unbanked gig-workers and micro-businesses with financial services, has closed a debt and equity Pre-Seed round of $3M. The startup, which has been funded by Tanmiya Capital Ventures, EFG... |
| - | Dayra, an Egyptian FinTech firm, receives a $3 million investment, joins Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 batch | Dayra, a Cairo-based fintech company, has entered Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 batch and raised the region’s largest debt and equity Pre-Seed round, totaling $3 million. Tanmiya Capital Ventures, EFG EV Fintech, EFG Hermes, and Y Combinator, ... |