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YC companies in Cairo

15 Y Combinator companies based in Cairo, with team size, growth, open roles and funding.

Updated weekly, last on November 9, 2026. Roster from Y Combinator's public directory.

Hiring the mostlast 60 days
18 roles
ThndrS20
  1. 2Trella1
See all 2
Fastest growingteam, 6 months
+13%
SakneenW20
  1. 2ShipBlu+11%
  2. 3Breadfast+7%
See all 5
Shrinkingteam, 12 months
−29%
Luciq (formerly Instabug)W16
  1. 2Trella−9%
  2. 3Lynks−6%
See all 3
Raised the mostlast 12 months
$50M
BreadfastS19
  1. 2Flextock$12.6M
See all 2
Companies
15
Active
14
Hiring, last 60 days
2
Open roles, 60 days
19
People on these teams
3,991
Showing 15 of 15 companies
CompanyBatchTeam6 mo12 moOpen rolesTotal raisedLast round
Household needs, from bread to everything.
S192,667+7%+21%0$89MSeries C$50M, Feb 2026
Investment platform for MENA individuals
S20309+3%+11%18$37MUndisclosed round$15.7M, May 2025
Trella is a platform that connects shippers to carriers. Trella…
S19211−6%−9%1$60.5MUndisclosed round$3.5M, Jun 2023
Agentic Observability Platform for Mobile
W16194−8%−29%0$53.1MSeries B$46M, May 2022
Offers insurance to customers in a convenient & transparent way
S21136+5%+15%0$6.7MSeed$3.3M, Nov 2024
Amazon Level Logistics for eCommerce Companies in MENA.
S21126+11%+8%0$2.6MPre-seed$2.4M, Oct 2021
Infrastructure management software for water & electricity companies
S2165 +2%0$36.1MSeries A$17M, Aug 2024
Lynks is an e-commerce company that makes high demand products…
W1632−3%−6%0$240KPre-seed$120K, Mar 2017
Data-driven embedded Financial Services for Gig Workers
W2130−3% 0$3MPre-seed$3M, Nov 2021
Shopify for Real Estate Developers
W2018+13%+13%0$1.3MSeed$1.1M, Feb 2021
Synthetic populations for decisions
S257  0
Autonomous Runtime Security
X265  0Pre-seed (before YC)Dec 2025
Employer backed payroll advances for employees in Egypt
W211 −80%0$125KYC investment$125K, Mar 2021
Tech-enabled fulfillment provider in the Middle East & Africa
W21190  0$15.9MSeries A$12.6M, Feb 2026
Skillza builds simple tools for teachers and schools in MEA
W22Inactive  

How this works

1. The roster

Every launched company in YC's public directory, with its batch, status, industry and location. New companies show up the week YC lists them.

2. The numbers

Each company is matched to Crustdata by its website. Crustdata adds team size and its change over 6 and 12 months, open roles from job postings, reported funding, and founders' past employers.

3. The lists

Hiring the most counts distinct roles posted in the last 60 days. Growth needs 10+ people today, shrinking 20+ a year ago, so tiny teams do not top the lists. Rebuilt every week.

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The numbers on this page come from three Crustdata API calls. Crustdata tags 5,000+ companies with Y Combinator as an investor; swap the filter for any investor, industry or headcount range and track your own list, with founders' work emails one call away.

  • Company search for team size, growth and funding
  • Job search with a count by company, for who is hiring and for what
  • A watch that re-runs the search weekly and sends only what changed
# 1. every company with Y Combinator as an investor
curl https://api.crustdata.com/company/search \
  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_API_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \
  -d '{
    "filters": { "field": "funding.investors",
                 "type": "in", "value": ["Y Combinator"] },
    "fields": ["basic_info.name",
      "headcount.total", "headcount.growth_percent",
      "funding.total_investment_usd"],
    "limit": 100
  }'

# 2. open listings per company, last 60 days (limit 0 = counts only)
curl https://api.crustdata.com/job/search \
  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_API_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \
  -d '{
  "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
    { "field": "company.basic_info.company_id",
      "type": "in", "value": [...] },
    { "field": "metadata.date_added",
      "type": "=>", "value": "2026-08-24" } ]},
  "limit": 0,
  "aggregations": [{ "type": "group_by",
    "field": "company.basic_info.company_id", "agg": "count" }]
}'

# 3. the same company filter as a weekly watch: POST /watch/company/search

Questions about Cairo YC companies

How many Cairo YC companies are there?

15 Y Combinator companies are based in Cairo; 14 are active.

Which Cairo YC companies are hiring?

2 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Thndr (18 roles) and Trella (1 roles).

Which Cairo YC companies are growing fastest?

By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Sakneen (+13%), ShipBlu (+11%) and Breadfast (+7%).

Which Cairo YC companies raised the most?

Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Breadfast ($50M) and Flextock ($12.6M).

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