# 212 Founders

> 212 Founders is a VC fund in Casablanca backing Apps, Software and Financial Services. See 38 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Casablanca, Morocco
- Total investments: 38
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 42%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/212-founders
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/212founders?lang=en
- Website: https://www.212founders.ma
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/212Founders/

212 Founders is a VC fund in Casablanca focused on Apps and Software. Since its launch in 2019, 212Founders has built a strong investment dynamic, not only in Morocco but across the African continent. Entrepreneurs benefit from mentorship, expert guidance, and investments of up to $1M to accelerate their growth in Morocco and beyond. Targeting Seed+, Pre-Series A, and Series A startups, the program operates in twolocations: in Morocco and also at Station F in France. It is open to entrepreneurs with ambitions in Morocco, Africa, or the Middle East. The program is carried by CDG Invest, the investment arm of CDG, a public institution in charge of investing collected savings into development projects aligned with Morocco’s strategic challenges.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 6 | 16% |
| Software | 6 | 16% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 13% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 11% |
| SaaS | 3 | 8% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 19 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 13 | 34% |
| Series A | 2 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Morocco | 18 | 47% |
| France | 10 | 26% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Tunisia | 1 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 3% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Yakeey | Yakeey is an end-to-end transactional marketplace that radically simplifies the experience of buying, selling and renting real estate.We leverage on data and technology to connect all real estate market players through a state of the art platform, create a chain of trust and powerful network effects and accelerate transactions.Yakeey is builton a community of real estate advisors, YakeeyPRO, to deliver a continuous professional and tailored service at every step of the transaction. | $15M | Series A | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| Nucleon Security | Nucleon Security is a cybersecurity software company that develops advanced, AI-powered endpoint protection solutions based on Zero Trust principles. Our mission is to help organizations of all sizes detect, prevent, and respond to cyber threats in real time—without compromising performance, usability, or sovereignty.At the core of our offeringis Nucleon EDR, a next-generation Endpoint Detection & Response platform designed to provide deep visibility, proactive defense, and automated response capabilities. Complemented by our MDR (Managed Detection & Response) services and Malprob, our malware detonation sandbox, we deliver a comprehensive security stack that adapts to evolving threat landscapes.Headquartered in France with operations across Europe and Africa, Nucleon Security partners with critical infrastructure, governments, and enterprises to strengthen their cyber resilience and accelerate secure digital transformation. | $3.5M | Seed | Sep 09, 2025 |  |
| CleanMob | CleanMob is a Car Greetech B2B, whose mission is to decarbonize and optimize corporate vehicle fleets.Its proprietary technology combining AI algorithms, modeling and simulation, with data from smartphone sensors and connected vehicles, frees users from the need to install a telematics box, thus facilitating large-scale deployment for vehiclefleet managers. | $1.4M | Seed | Apr 01, 2025 |  |
| Upfund | Upfund is a real estate company that provides reliable data on office, retail, and business premises. Upfund is a digital solution designed to respond to most commercial real estate business issues. They develop tools perfectly adapted to clients' requests in a remarkable time. Founded in 2022 and is located in Paris, France. | $1.4M | Seed | Nov 21, 2024 |  |
| VelyVelo | VelyVelo empower last-mile delivery players by optimizing their e-bike fleet management thanks to a full-service subscription offer and a one-stop technology platform. | $3.2M | Seed | Apr 25, 2024 |  |
| Estaly | Estaly provides insurance products and services for online businesses. | $3.9M | Seed | Apr 23, 2024 |  |
| PayTic | PayTic enables payments issuers to manage their card programs by providing dedicated back-office solutions that streamline the end-to-end operations in customer support, chargebacks, fraud, AML, reporting, and reconciliation. Our proprietary solutions are unique in automating and centralizing the program management processes, regardless of thenumber of processors and the payment networks involved in the payments products. We impact payments providers by eliminating the defragmented and manual processes and replacing them with a SaaS platform that increases proactivity, mitigates risks, and delivers value. It reduces the burn rate to near 0 in operational costs and offers an unprecedented competitive advantage. PayTic is introducing the Zero Ops model in managing payments. |  | Seed | Feb 21, 2024 |  |
| Mynk | ​Mynk is a mobile application designed to facilitate instant money transfers between individuals. Users can fund their Mynk accounts via registered bank cards and send money by entering the recipient's phone number and transfer amount. Withdrawals are possible by transferring funds back to a registered bank account. The app offers free accountopening, management, and in-app money transfers, while transfers to bank accounts incur a fee of up to 1.5% of the amount. Mynk partners with a leading Moroccan bank to ensure security standards, and user data is hosted within Morocco. ​ |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Crealo | Crealo is a copyright management platform. Their products and services include copyright management, a right owner portal, business support, process audits, legal support, and social support. Their platform provides features and tools such as a drag and drop interface, prebuilt ui kits, and a component library. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 28, 2023 |  |
| PayLiK | PayLik is a financial wellness software that simplifies and streamlines the process of salary advance management. |  | Seed | Oct 25, 2023 |  |

10 of 38 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CDG Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cdg-invest) — VC Fund, 28 deals together
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LocalGlobe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/localglobe) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MNF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maroc-numeric-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MPGI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mpgi-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does 212 Founders invest in?

212 Founders invests primarily in Apps, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 38 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Morocco. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did 212 Founders last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for 212 Founders closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 38 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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