Egypt’s Amjaad Raises funding to Expand its IoT Activities

Hussein Darwish, founder, Amjaad

One of Egypt’s leading Internet of Things (IoT) and smart metering startup Amjaad has raised an undisclosed amount in US dollar pre-Series A funding round to help it expand its product and grow its customer base at home and abroad. Founded in 2018 by Hussein Darwish, Amjaad has developed ioMeter, a web and mobile based platform for energy management and consumption monitoring purposes.

Hussein Darwish, founder, Amjaad
Hussein Darwish, founder, Amjaad

ioMeter provides customers with access to smart metering solutions to help them monitor electricity, export accurate bills, and manage energy consumption. Users can also use the platform to pay their bills. Amjaad has now raised funding from the Bahrain-based Dhaman Group, with the startup saying it would use the investment to add more features and payment facilities to the ioMeter system, add water and gas meters, and implement its platform in more compounds and malls in Egypt. Amjaad also has plans to start expanding into other countries.

“The market today is rapidly accelerating towards digital transformation and IoT has become the backbone of many systems around the world. Amjaad is a leading company in this field with a great vision to impact more than 10 million people by 2025 through our smart metering solutions and other IoT systems. This vision leads us to provide the best services to our clients to make their life easy and happy. So we want to thank the trust given to us by our investors, customers, and the great Amjaad team,” Darwish said.

Dr Mahmoud Al Hawary, chief executive officer (CEO) of Dhaman Group, said Amjaad was one of the promising companies in the field of energy management solutions. “One of my goals of investing in Amjaad is to increase the company market share and impact inside Egypt and to open new horizons and markets outside Egypt, especially the Gulf region,” he said.

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Egyptian IoT Startup Amjaad Technology Raises Six-figure Seed Funding

Amjaad Technology, a Cairo-based smart metre and internet of things (IoT) startup has secured a six-figure funding round from Bahrain-based Dhaman company as part of an ongoing pre-Series A round.

“The market today is rapidly accelerating towards digital transformation and IoT has become the backbone of many systems around the world. Amjaad is a leading company in this field with a great vision to impact more than 10 million people by 2025 through our smart metering solutions and other IoT systems,” said Hussein Darwish, founder and CEO of Amjaad.

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Hussein Darwish, founder and CEO of Amjaad
  • Amjaad plans to use the funds to add more features and payment facilities to the ioMeter system, add water and gas metres, and grow its presence in Egypt with the possibility of expanding into other Arab markets.

Why The Investor Invested

“Amjaad Company is one of the promising companies in the field of energy management solutions. One of my goals of investing in Amjaad is to increase the company market share and impact inside Egypt and to open new horizons and markets outside Egypt, especially the Gulf region,” said Mahmoud Al Hawary, CEO of Dhaman Group.

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A Look At What The Startup Does

Founded in September by Hussein Darwish, Amjaad uses metering technology to help service providers of electricity at various utilities manage their energy consumption. The platform also enables its users to pay their electricity bills online.

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