Y Combinator Volanews

INDIA Startups TagMango

Mumbai-Based Y Combinator Leads Seed Funding Round in TagMango It offers one-time subscription-based services, including exclusive content, one-on-one sessions and video chats, to build a sustainable business.

by techcircle

2020-12-07

INDIA Startups Cashfree

Bengaluru-Based Cashfree Raises $35.3M Series B Investment Led by Apis Growth Fund II Cashfree processes online payments for several Indian businesses. A 2017 Y Combinator alumnus, Cashfree added that it has processed over $12 billion annualised payments as of March 2020.

by YourStory

2020-11-24

INDIA Startups Razorpay

Bengaluru-Based Fintech Startup Razorpay Turns Unicorn Amidst Pandemic after $100M Series D Funding Led by Sequoia, GIC Razorpay powers payments for over five million businesses, including the likes of Airtel, BookMyShow, Facebook, Ola, Zomato, Swiggy, Cred, and ICICI Prudential among others, and is all set to double this to 10 million by the end of this year.

by YourStory

2020-10-12

PHILIPPINES Startups PayMongo

Manila-Based Payments Processing Startup PayMongo Raises $2.7 Million in Seed Funding The startup will focus on the Philippines first, where the country’s central bank has set a target of increasing the rate of cashless payments to 20%.

by TechCrunch

2020-09-28

PAKISTAN Startups Byte

Pakistan’s Byte Receives Y Combinator’s Backing to Make Food Delivery Affordable with Its Network Of Dark Kitchens It is currently operating in limited areas of Lahore but also enables users to place takeaway orders and pick up the food from their dark kitchen themselves.

by MENAbytes

2020-08-27

INDIA Startups Able Jobs

Indian Hiring Platform Able Jobs Raises $1.8M Led by SAIF Partners Helping companies like WhiteHatJr, Bigbasket, and Sharechat hire entry level talent in the fields of sales, support, and marketing, Able Jobs also offers skill development and online training courses for these young candidates.

by YourStory

2020-08-20

INDIA Startups inFeedo

India's Saas Startup Infeedo Raises $700k in Pre-Series A Round from Y Combinator And Others inFeedo plans to use the freshly raised funds to double down on hiring and fill up key management roles including that of a COO, CMO and CTO.

by YourStory

2020-08-05

MALAYSIA Startups Dropee

Malaysia's Dropee Raises US$1.3M from Y Combinator, Others With the newly injected capital, Dropee plans to fully assist and automate the on-boarding process for these wholesale businesses.

by e27

2020-07-20

INDONESIA Startups FINTECH

Indonesian Fintech Startup PAYFAZZ Closes $53m Series B Round Founded in 2016 by Hendra Kwik, Jefriyanto, and Ricky Winata, PAYFAZZ claims to operate Indonesia's largest agent-driven banking network with over a quarter-million merchants and small restaurants.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-07-06

EGYPT PROP-TECH Startups

Egypt’s Sakneen Gets Y Combinator’s Backing for Its Online Real Estate Platform Sakneen is building an online real estate platform that will make it easier for developers, agents, and individuals to buy and sell properties mainly homes.

by MENAbytes

2020-06-17

NIGERIA Startups HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY

Nigerian Healthtech Startup, Helium Health, Raises $10m in Series A Funding Helium Health, formerly known as One Medical, started as an EMR system that eliminates paper records in healthcare facilities along with the risks associated with them through a line of automated processes.

by TechPoint

2020-05-08

Algeria RIDE-HAILING Yassir

Yassir becomes first Algerian startup to get Y Combinator’s backing, aims to become super-app for French-speaking Africa The startup was part of Y Combinator’s Winter 2020 batch and graduated from it earlier this week.

by MENAbytes

2020-03-20

INDONESIA EDTECH Pahamify

Indonesian edtech startup Pahamify scores Y Combinator funding The fresh funds will be used to add new learning materials for junior high students and teachers to the platform.

by techinasia

2020-03-20

INDIA FINTECH FamPay

FamPay raises $4.7M in seed round from Y Combinator, Sequoia, and others The startup will use the investment to build a world-class engineering team, to develop its technology and accelerate growth.

by YourStory

2020-03-13

MALAYSIA CUSTOMER SERVICE dahmakan

Y Combinator-backed food delivery startup Dahmakan raises $18m series B This brings their total funding close to US$28 million.

by vulcanpost

2020-02-27

EGYPT Dayra FINTECH

Dayra, an Egyptian fintech wins $15,000 grant from Y Combinator’s Startup School Cairo-based fintech Dayra has won $15,000 grant from Y Combinator’s Startup School, becoming the first startup from the Middle East & North Africa to win it.

by MENAbytes

2019-12-31

INDIA Lokal Y Combinator

Bengaluru-based Lokal raises $3M from Y Combinator, 3one4 Capital, others Bengaluru-based Lokal plans to expand its team and venture into newer geographies while strengthening its presence in its existing markets using the freshly-raised funds.

by YourStory

2019-11-05

SOUTH ASIA INDIA STARTUP

Bengaluru-based Vahan Inc. raises undisclosed funding from Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, and Pioneer Fund Vahan.co was previously in the social sector, providing vocational training and making education accessible to underprivileged communities.

by YourStory

2019-10-10

Startups INVESTMENT MIDDLE EAST

Meet the three startups from Egypt & Iraq that just graduated from Y Combinator’s S19 batch, receiving $150,000 investment (each) Y Combinator’s summer 2019 (YC S19) batch had 197 companies that graduated from the Silicon Valley-based accelerator program after completing the twelve-week program and presenting at its demo day earlier this week.

by MENAbytes

2019-08-26

MIDDLE EAST Trella INVESTMENT

Cairo-based trucking marketplace Trella joins Y Combinator, eyes regional expansion Cairo-based trucking marketplace has joined Y Combinator, the startup announced in a statement to MENAbytes, saying that it’s part of YC’s Summer 2019 batch.

by MENAbytes

2019-08-13