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Flend

Cairo, Egypt

Overview

Flend is licensed as a Digital Non-Banking Financial Institution (Digital NBFI) by Egypt's Financial Regulatory Authority and provides a fully online lending experience from onboarding to repayment. The company operates an embedded finance model, integrated with over 20 supply chain platforms across sectors such as agri-food and e-commerce to enable seamless access to credit for SMEs. Flend aims to address Egypt's estimated $50 billion SME financing gap. The business plans to use new capital to expand its team, strengthen partnerships, and enhance its technology infrastructure. It intends to provide approximately EGP 1 billion (about $21 million) in loans to SMEs over the next year. The recent raise comprises both equity and debt to support these growth and lending objectives.

Total raised
$3M
Funding rounds
1
Latest round
Seed
Latest activity
Jul 2025

Industries

  • Banking
  • Commercial Lending
  • Consumer Lending
  • FinTech
  • Lending
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Recent funding

  1. Seed

    Jul 2025

    $3M

Team

  • Mohammed El-Beltagy

    Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer

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