{"id":562392,"date":"2021-05-23T04:06:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T04:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/05\/23\/tays-lands-seven-figure-pre-seed-investment\/"},"modified":"2021-05-23T04:06:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T04:06:46","slug":"tays-lands-seven-figure-pre-seed-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/05\/23\/tays-lands-seven-figure-pre-seed-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"Tays lands seven-figure pre-seed investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-07\"><\/a> <strong>Egyptian networking app <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Tays.network\">Tays<\/a><\/strong> <strong>has raised a seven-figure pre-seed investment <\/strong>from multiple angel investors, the startup said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2021\/5\/Tays-pdf.pdf\">statement (pdf)<\/a>, without disclosing whether the sum is in EGP or USD. 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