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536 Egypt’s Taager raises $6.4 million seed for its social commerce platform

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Zubair Naeem Paracha @ MENAbytes 1 place · 07/15/2021 08:29 EDT

Egypt’s Taager raises $6.4 million seed for its social commerce platform

Cairo-based social commerce platform Taager has raised $6.4 million in a seed round led by 4DX Ventures, it announced in a statement today. The round also included participation from Raed Ventures, Beco Capital, Breyer Capital, and some individual investors including Careem’s Magnus Olsson. It takes Taager’s total investment to $7 million. Founded in 2019 by ...

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