Yaoota
Arabic | |
Founded | 2014 |
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Headquarters | Cairo, Egypt |
Key people | Sherif ElRakabawy (CEO/CTO), Mohamed Ewis (CFO) |
Industry | E-Commerce |
Employees | 40+ |
URL | yaoota |
Yaoota (Arabic: ياقوطة) is an Egyptian
History
Yaoota was founded by Sherif ElRakabawy and Mohamed Ewis. The engine was developed in the midst of a turbulent political and security environment, during the aftermath of the
Technology
The Yaoota engine uses a proprietary algorithm that works similar to Google's search technology. It scrapes the web to fetch specific product data, and makes it available for users to search from.
Acquisitions
In June 2017, Yaoota acquired[6] MENA's leading phone specification discovery platforms mobihall.com and mobilesgate.com, establishing Yaoota as a leading online shopping [7] and discovery platform in the Middle East and North Africa. As of February 2019, Yaoota's footprint operates in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kenya and Nigeria.
References
- ^ a b c "Egyptian Version Of Google Shopping Lands $2.7M A-Round As Country's Growth Zooms". 1 August 2015.
- ^ "Egyptian e-commerce aggregator Yaoota raises $2.7m for expansion". 30 September 2015.
- ^ "Yaoota raises $2.7M Series A from UAE's KBBO". 1 October 2015.
- ^ "Forbes Middle East: The 20 Most Promising Egyptian Startups". 7 August 2016.
- ^ "Watching Elephants Fly". The New York Times. 7 January 2012.
- ^ "Egyptian ecommerce platform acquires two phone comparison portals". Wamda. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
- ^ "Egyptian e-commerce startup Yaoota acquires phone comparison portals". Disrupt Africa. 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2017-07-12.