Aly Shalakany
Angel Investor @ Acasia Group
Cairo, Egypt
Aly Shalakany is a seed investor at Acasia Group in Cairo focused on SaaS and Information Technology. Aly El Shalakany is a practicing lawyer in Egypt as well as a qualified solicitor of England and Wales. He joined Shalakany Law Office from Linklaters LLP in London, whom he joined at the start of his legal career as a trainee solicitor. Aly has been consistently recognized as a leading lawyer by the top ranking firms over the past decade as aresult of working on a range of “pathfinder” transactions within the Egyptian jurisdiction.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 64%
Last updated:
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Industries Aly Shalakany invests in
Stages Aly Shalakany invests in
Countries Aly Shalakany invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 2 (14%)
- Information Technology 2 (14%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (14%)
- EdTech 1 (7%)
- Gaming 1 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (29%)
- Angel 3 (21%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (14%)
- Series A 1 (7%)
- Convertible Note 1 (7%)
Country
- Egypt 6 (43%)
- Senegal 1 (7%)
- Pakistan 1 (7%)
- United States 1 (7%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluworks.io is a HRTech SaaS platform offers cloud-based solutions. | $1M / Seed / Nov 22, 2025 | ||
| Metric is a digital accounting app. | Seed / Apr 17, 2025 | ||
| Bluworks.io is a HRTech SaaS platform offers cloud-based solutions. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Apr 22, 2024 | ||
| Lengo is an AI based intelligence platform that offers a large database on consumer goods for companies in the FMCG sector. | Pre-Seed / Oct 04, 2023 | ||
| Cutting edge research is available exclusively to those with high tech equipment in their labs. Nawah is a core hub of advanced equipment specialized in natural and medical sciences. Nawah's online platform receives experiments requests, Nawah's scientists carry them out and return results online. Thus, researchers can do much advancedresearch regardless of their location and available facilities in their labs. In 3 years, we analyzed 10K+ samples for 25 universities and companies in the MENA, Malaysia, UK and Switzerland. | $7M / Series A / Feb 02, 2022 | ||
| Orcas is an education platform that provides 1-on-1 tutoring for students from pre-school to high school. It offers online and in-person sessions across multiple subjects, with progress tracking and flexible learning plans for different school systems. | $2.1M / Seed / Jan 16, 2022 | ||
| Kashat, is a mobile financial services company aimed at serving the financial needs of the unbanked and underbanked in Egypt. Through its mobile app, Kashat, instantly lends small loans to the financially excluded. The service uses alternative cellular data to underwrite thin file(people who have never had access to credit before) customers tocultivate a financial identity by building a credit history with Kashat. Once customers have signed up and been approved for a loan, they hcan withdraw their loans through mobile wallets and other digital payment services. The entire process is enabled digitally, through Kashat's user friendly mobile app. Kashat is regulated by the Financial Regulatory Authority in Egypt. | $1.8M / Convertible Note / Sep 12, 2021 | ||
| Kashat, is a mobile financial services company aimed at serving the financial needs of the unbanked and underbanked in Egypt. Through its mobile app, Kashat, instantly lends small loans to the financially excluded. The service uses alternative cellular data to underwrite thin file(people who have never had access to credit before) customers tocultivate a financial identity by building a credit history with Kashat. Once customers have signed up and been approved for a loan, they hcan withdraw their loans through mobile wallets and other digital payment services. The entire process is enabled digitally, through Kashat's user friendly mobile app. Kashat is regulated by the Financial Regulatory Authority in Egypt. | Angel / Apr 25, 2021 | ||
| AlMaqarr is a meeting point for people and ideas no matter how different they are. It is your thinking space, your working space and coworking space. In AlMaqarr you meet people who are similar and different from you. You feel home! AlMaqarr is a place that can change your life. It is a turning point to every small and big idea. It is a turningpoint for your personality when you meet new people. It is a turning point in the way you think, the way you study, and the way you work. AlMaqarr is a place where you will develop yourself. AlMaqarr is an idea they got, to help everyone making their dreams come true. | Angel / Sep 05, 2018 | ||
| Play 3arabi is digital games publisher focused on Arabia - a region with more than 60 million smartphone gamers, 60 million active online players, rich and unique cultures, and home to the 5th most spoken language globally.Play 3arabi plays a role in shaping today's industry in the region, and its future, and aims to spread a culture ofplay in Arabia. | Seed / Jan 24, 2017 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Acasia Group
Cairo Angels is an angel investment network that invests in and supports early-stage startups it convenes regular investment meetings to review pre-selected potential investees.
Acasia Group Contacts
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Nader Aboushadi
Advisory Board Member
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What does Aly Shalakany invest in?
Aly Shalakany invests primarily in SaaS, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Egypt. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Aly Shalakany closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 14 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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