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    You are at:Home»Business»Egypt’s B2B E-Commerce Platform Cartona Secures $12 Million in Series A Funding Round
    EGYPT’S B2B E-COMMERCE PLATFORM CARTONA SECURES $12 MILLION IN SERIES A FUNDING ROUND

    Egypt’s B2B E-Commerce Platform Cartona Secures $12 Million in Series A Funding Round

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    By Oluwasegun Olukotun on July 25, 2022 Business, Ecommerce, Funding

    Egypt-based B2B e-commerce platform Cartona, has secured $12 million in a Seies A funding round by Silicon Badia, with the participation of the SANAD Fund for MSME, Arab Bank Accelerator and Sunny Side Ventures, alongside existing investors, Global Ventures and Kepple.

    Founded in 2019, Cartona is digitising the traditional trade market in Egypt including mom-and-pop stores, FMCG producers, wholesalers, and distributors. The startup embraces a cashless society vision, investing in embedded finance, payments, and operational integration with all stakeholders. This provides retailers and suppliers with an integrated solution boosting financial inclusion enabling them to run and grow their business more efficiently, and reach end-consumers with essential products at affordable prices.

    Cartona’s model is asset-light, not owning a single product or warehouse or vehicle. This allows Cartona to execute its strategy of digitizing Egypt’s traditional, largely offline trade market by eliminating inefficiencies across the supply chain while enabling seamless financial services solutions to an underserved network of hundreds of thousands of shops.

    Proceeds from the funding round will be used to turbo-charge Cartona’s expansion across Egypt, cover all governorates, grow its product, technology, and services, and explore new verticals beyond FMCG.

    Mahmoud Talaat, CEO and co-founder of Cartona, while commenting on the funding said, “We are delighted to complete our Series A fundraise. The market context for Cartona is hugely attractive, and we are just getting started. Egypt has hundreds of thousands of mom-and-pop stores that are core to our business model. We will continue empowering them via efficient and seamless solutions in their trade and financial cycle with FMCG companies and wholesalers, aligning with our mission to help people better manage and control their businesses.”

    The Egyptian market opportunity for Cartona is compelling. The overall retail market size is $120 billion, with the Food & Beverages market worth $70 billion. There are over 400K shops and thousands of international and local brands across Egypt, with the sector growing annually by 8%.

    Namek T. Zu’bi, Founding Managing Partner at Silicon Badia, said: “We are thrilled to partner with the Cartona team to help them continue to disrupt the $120Bn Egyptian retail market through its B2B technology platform and embedded financial service offerings. The market is hungry for these types of solutions and we believe Cartona’s asset-light approach will allow them to serve as many marketplace participants as possible in a highly efficient manner.”

    Dr Daniela Beckmann, SANAD Board Chairperson concluded: “We are incredibly proud of this transaction as it is the first investment of SANAD ESF II in Egypt, continuing the success of ESF I investments made in the country. By providing both financing and software tailored to the market, Cartona’s digital platform is supporting innovative MSME retailers across Egypt, which will greatly contribute to SANAD’s mission of pursuing growth and employment creation across the region.”

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