{"id":548274,"date":"2022-08-02T03:45:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T03:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/08\/02\/homzmart-closes-usd-23-mn-pre-series-b-round\/"},"modified":"2022-08-02T03:45:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T03:45:02","slug":"homzmart-closes-usd-23-mn-pre-series-b-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/08\/02\/homzmart-closes-usd-23-mn-pre-series-b-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Homzmart closes USD 23 mn pre-series B round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"tldr-story-03\" class=\"content-anchor\"><\/a> <strong>Homzmart <\/strong><strong>just closed<\/strong><strong> one of Egypt\u2019s largest funding rounds <\/strong><strong>this year:<\/strong> Furniture and home goods marketplace <a href=\"https:\/\/homzmart.com\/\">Homzmart<\/a> has closed a USD 23 mn pre-series B round, it said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2022\/8\/Homzmart-investment-round-PRL-FINAL.pdf\">statement (pdf)<\/a> yesterday. The round saw participation from Saudi VC <a href=\"https:\/\/stv.vc\/\">STV<\/a> as well as existing investors including <a href=\"https:\/\/impact46.co\/welcome.html\">Impact46<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/outlierventures.io\/\">Outlier Venture Capital<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.risecapital.com\/\">Rise Capital<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuwacapital.io\/\">Nuwa Capital<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Homzmart: <\/strong>Founded in 2019 by former Jumia execs Mahmoud Ibrahim (<a href=\"https:\/\/eg.linkedin.com\/in\/mahmoud-ibrahim-889ab553\">LinkedIn<\/a>) and Ibrahim Mohamed (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ibrahim-mohamed-670ba4143\/?originalSubdomain=eg\">LinkedIn<\/a>), the platform\u2019s B2C marketplace allows customers to purchase furniture products from a variety of brands and merchants. The company serves 25 mn households in Egypt and Saudi Arabia and has more than 150k products in its marketplace, it said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The company has raised some USD 40 mn to date<\/strong>, having completed a <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/52260fc8-f1aa-4e34-ba4d-a17fc5d9e42b\">USD 15 mn Series A round<\/a> in 2021 and a <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/4a36927e-7f47-424a-8a77-d38aa4d072e6\">USD 1.3 mn seed round<\/a> a year prior.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Homzmart <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/9360858a-d6b1-4069-9770-596cd65aec4a\">entered the Saudi market<\/a><\/strong><strong> at the end of last year<\/strong> after tripling its local operations and in January said it was eyeing <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/a740d1ee-5cb2-45eb-97c7-0ca6cbd4efb8\">expansion into South Asian markets<\/a>. It also made a <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/a44b2156-5a18-4ffb-9aea-e3e1438a2aa3\">pretty interesting M&A transaction<\/a> back in March, adding a core technology to its business with the acquisition of Berlin-based AI interior design startup <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f6s.com\/mockupstudio\">MockUp Studio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>** Mahmoud Ibrahim was recently our <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/95e9da20-deda-44c7-89ad-a4eefd198d93\">Founder of the Week<\/a><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> He talked to us about what led him to setting up his own company and shared some advice for aspiring founders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homzmart just closed one of Egypt\u2019s largest funding rounds this year: Furniture and home goods marketplace Homzmart has closed a USD 23 mn pre-series B round, it said in a statement (pdf) yesterday. 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