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.
| Company | Batch | Team | 6 mo | 12 mo | Open roles | Total raised | Last round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Household needs, from bread to everything. | S19 | 2,667 | +7% | +21% | 0 | $89M | Series C$50M, Feb 2026 |
Investment platform for MENA individuals | S20 | 309 | +3% | +11% | 18 | $37M | Undisclosed round$15.7M, May 2025 |
Trella is a platform that connects shippers to carriers. Trella… | S19 | 211 | −6% | −9% | 1 | $60.5M | Undisclosed round$3.5M, Jun 2023 |
Agentic Observability Platform for Mobile | W16 | 194 | −8% | −29% | 0 | $53.1M | Series B$46M, May 2022 |
Offers insurance to customers in a convenient & transparent way | S21 | 136 | +5% | +15% | 0 | $6.7M | Seed$3.3M, Nov 2024 |
Amazon Level Logistics for eCommerce Companies in MENA. | S21 | 126 | +11% | +8% | 0 | $2.6M | Pre-seed$2.4M, Oct 2021 |
Infrastructure management software for water & electricity companies | S21 | 65 | +2% | 0 | $36.1M | Series A$17M, Aug 2024 | |
Lynks is an e-commerce company that makes high demand products… | W16 | 32 | −3% | −6% | 0 | $240K | Pre-seed$120K, Mar 2017 |
Data-driven embedded Financial Services for Gig Workers | W21 | 30 | −3% | 0 | $3M | Pre-seed$3M, Nov 2021 | |
Shopify for Real Estate Developers | W20 | 18 | +13% | +13% | 0 | $1.3M | Seed$1.1M, Feb 2021 |
Synthetic populations for decisions | S25 | 7 | 0 | ||||
Autonomous Runtime Security | X26 | 5 | 0 | Pre-seed (before YC)Dec 2025 | |||
Employer backed payroll advances for employees in Egypt | W21 | 1 | −80% | 0 | $125K | YC investment$125K, Mar 2021 | |
Tech-enabled fulfillment provider in the Middle East & Africa | W21 | 190 | 0 | $15.9M | Series A$12.6M, Feb 2026 | ||
Skillza builds simple tools for teachers and schools in MEA | W22Inactive |
Every launched company in YC's public directory, with its batch, status, industry and location. New companies show up the week YC lists them.
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.
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.
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.
# 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
15 Y Combinator companies are based in Cairo; 14 are active.
2 companies posted roles in the last 60 days, led by Thndr (18 roles) and Trella (1 roles).
By team growth over 6 months (10+ people): Sakneen (+13%), ShipBlu (+11%) and Breadfast (+7%).
Largest latest rounds in the last 12 months, after their YC batch: Breadfast ($50M) and Flextock ($12.6M).