Infrastructure management software for water & electricity companies
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Updated Aug 16, 2026
Pylon is a Cairo-based utility infrastructure management company that provides smart metering, utility management, and energy management solutions for water and electricity distributors in emerging markets. Its core offering is a Smart Metering as a Service (SMaaS) / utility management platform that combines hardware, software, deployment, maintenance, and support.
Primary product
Utility Management Platform / Smart Metering as a Service (SMaaS)
Founded
2017
Headquarters
Arkan Plaza Mall, El-Sheikh Zayed, Building (4), 4th Floor, Cairo, Giza, Egypt
Team size
50-60
Industry
Utilities
Sub-industry
Smart metering / utility management software and hardware
Offices
Business model
Stage
Series A
Total raised
$36.1M
Latest round
Series A · Aug 2024
Latest amount
$17M
Aug 2025 · Andreessen Horowitz and Bain Capital Ventures
Aug 2024 · Andreessen Horowitz
Apr 2022 · Endure Capital
Apr 2022 · Endure Capital
Apr 2022
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CTO
Mohamed Sherif
Head of Software
Mohamed Sherif Bonna
Head of Country Management
Hana Abdelzaher
Head of Marketing & Sustainable Development
Heba Mostafa
Hadir Ali
Baher Mohamed
Business Unit Manager
Youssef Khristo
DevOps Lead
Hesham Sherif AFIFI
Executive Board Member
Ahmed Samir
Head Of Software
Public-facing language emphasizes a mission-driven, innovative, hard-working but fun team environment focused on sustainability and utility-sector transformation.
Compensation
No public compensation bands found on the website or in primary sources reviewed.
Benefits
Pricing
Subscription-based SMaaS with recurring fee per meter; hardware + software + maintenance/support bundled into a fixed-payment schedule
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
~$1M-$10M (public estimate); Exa profile suggests about $3.5M annual revenue
Estimated monthly visits
2.8K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
LinkedIn · Nov 2025
Pylon announced a strategic partnership with KAHRABA to support smarter, more efficient utility operations across emerging markets, with its Utility Management Platform aiding grid efficiency, loss reduction, customer experience, and sustainability.
LinkedIn · Aug 2025
Pylon announced a partnership with Tatbeek to combine real-time equipment optimization with utility-management and energy/water-distribution capabilities.
LinkedIn · Jun 2025
Pylon said it was officially honored by Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology during the AdopTech Initiative closing ceremony.
Pylon website · Aug 2024
Public company/profile data indicates Pylon closed a $17M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz.
TechCrunch · Aug 2024
TechCrunch reports Pylon raised a $17M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from existing investors, and notes growth in customers and headcount.
17 jobs at Pylon