LinkedIn (Dayra) · Jul 2026
Dayra announced its 2026 summer interns and reiterated that it is hiring and growing its team.
Data-driven embedded Financial Services for Gig Workers
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
Dayra is a Cairo-based YC-backed fintech / FinancialOS company that helps businesses embed lending and other financial services for workers and customers.
Primary product
FinancialOS for embedded lending and financial services (Dayra Pay, Dayra Extend, Dayra Lend)
Founded
2020
Headquarters
Cairo, Zamalek, Egypt
Team size
11-50
Industry
Financial Services
Sub-industry
Fintech / embedded finance / embedded lending
Offices
Cairo, Zamalek, Egypt
Cairo, Egypt
Business model
B2B lending
embedded finance (B2B2X)
API/platform software
white-label / co-branded financial services
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$3M
Latest round
Pre Seed Round · Nov 2021
People & investors
Leadership
Founder and CEO
Co-Founder & COO
Managing Director
Head of Risk
Operations Lead
Work & culture
Mission-driven and fast-moving startup culture focused on embedded finance for underserved workers and micro-businesses, with frequent hiring, internships, offsites, and cross-functional product/engineering collaboration.
Compensation
No public salary bands were disclosed. Public hiring posts highlight a paid internship program and potential full-time conversion for high performers.
Product & market
Differentiators
- —Over 400 API endpoints for custom lending experiences
- —Co-branded widget plus dashboard integration
- —Capital within 1 business day
- —Pre-computed credit limits
- —Customizable loan cycles and tenors
- —Businesses can fully own the loan product
- —Embedded/no-code financial services
- —Focus on unbanked workers and customers
Technology
Laravel
PHP
React
TypeScript
MySQL
Docker
AWS SQS
RabbitMQ
Microservices
APIs
REST APIs
Orchestrators
Dashboard software
Widgets
Customers
Egyptian businesses
trucking marketplaces
unbanked gig workers
micro-businesses
workers and suppliers
customers of user-facing platforms
Competitors
Grab
PhonePe
Jupiter
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$5-5.9M
Estimated monthly visits
1.1K
Latest news
LinkedIn (FRA Sandbox) · May 2026
FRA Sandbox announced Dayra as officially established as a fintech startup under FRA supervision.
LinkedIn (Hana Zaghloul) · Aug 2025
Dayra said it received in-principle approval for a digital microfinance license from the FRA and was hiring across risk, credit, finance, AML, audit, product, and engineering.
Fintech News UAE · Jul 2025
Egypt’s FRA endorsed the establishment of Dayra as one of the fintech startups expanding within the non-banking financial sector.
MENAbytes · Mar 2021
Dayra raised $3 million in a pre-seed round mixing equity and debt, with investors including Tanmiya Capital Ventures, EFG EV, EFG Hermes, angels, and YC W21 backing.
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