Pylon is a comprehensive utility management platform powering millions of smart meters in some of the world’s largest emerging markets.
We transform conventional water and electricity utilities in emerging markets into efficient, interoperable and data driven ones. With a myriad of challenges from energy waste, theft and tampering to an increase in CO2 emissions, Pylon takes a wholesome approach to tackling these utility management challenges in emerging markets.
Location: Egypt, Cairo Governorate, Cairo
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $19.13M
Founded date: 2017
Investors 5
| Date | Name | Website |
| 25.08.2021 | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
| - | LoftyInc C... | loftyinc.v... |
| - | Cathexis V... | cathexis.v... |
| 03.02.2022 | LoftyInc C... | loftyincca... |
| - | Khwarizmi ... | khwarizmiv... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 12.04.2022 | Seed | $19M | - |
| 01.09.2021 | Seed | $125K | - |
Mentions in press and media 4
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 13.04.2022 | Egyptian infrastructure management platform Pylon raises $19... | Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new ... | appsafrica... |
| 12.04.2022 | Egypt’s Pylon gets $19M to scale software for water and elec... | Pylon, an Egyptian infrastructure management platform for water and electricity companies in emergin... | techcrunch... |
| 01.09.2021 | Here are all the companies from Day 2 of Y Combinator’s Summ... | Welcome back to TechCrunch’s continuing coverage of Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 Demo Day! This is Day... | techcrunch... |
| 31.08.2021 | This YC Summer batch features the largest group of African s... | Y Combinator’s summer batch of 2021 features 377 startups from 47 countries. It’s the 33rd Demo Day ... | techcrunch... |