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
Recent funding
Seed
Jul 2025
$3M
Team
Mohammed El-Beltagy
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
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