Pylon
YC S21 ↗Cairo, EG · Founded 2017 · 72 employees · 5 known investors
Pylon provides a comprehensive infrastructure management platform for water and electricity utilities that enables smart metering, reduces energy and water waste, and facilitates meter-agnostic interoperability. The platform serves utility companies globally, particularly in emerging markets, addressing challenges from energy theft and tampering to emissions reduction.
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S21)
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Ahmed AshourinFounder
Investors · 5
In the news
- Synthreo Raises $2.5 Million to Bring Agentic AI to SMB and Mid-Market Businesses Through Managed Service Providersnatlawreview.com · 2026
- Pylon Raises $31M in Series B Fundingfinsmes.com · 2025
- Announcing our $31M Series Busepylon.com · 2025
- Pylon lands $17M investment to build a full service B2B customer service platform | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · 2024
- Pylon Raises $3.3M Seed Round to Accelerate Embedded Mortgage Platform - Fundraise Insiderfundraiseinsider.com · 2023
- How Egypt’s Pylon is “saving the planet” one smart meter at a time - Disrupt Africadisrupt-africa.com · 2023
- YC-based Egyptian infrastructure management startup Pylon banks $19m seed funding round - Disrupt Africadisrupt-africa.com · 2022
- Egypt’s Pylon gets $19M to scale software for water and electricity distribution companies – TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · 2022