peopleCQ

YC W21 · Active · Employer backed payroll advances for employees in Egypt

Competitors

Companies closest to peopleCQ
Company	Category	Status	Program
PayActivShared: financial wellness, payroll, employerNot statedOther	Other	Not stated	Plug and Play
NowpayShared: financial wellness, employeeNot statedOther	Other	Not stated	500 Global2019
SmartPathShared: financial wellness, employer, employeeActiveOther	Other	Active	YCS16
AbhiShared: financial wellness, payroll, employeeActiveOther	Other	Active	YCS21
LittlefundShared: financial wellness, savingNot statedOther	Other	Not stated	500 GlobalGA 20

Adjacent

Companies next to peopleCQ
Company	Category	Status	Program
BoltoShared: recruiting, hr tech, payrollActiveAI	AI	Active	YCS23
AscenShared: recruiting, hr tech, employerAcquiredOther	Other	Acquired	YCW19
PayflowShared: hr tech, employee, salaryActiveOther	Other	Active	YCS21
PlaneShared: hr tech, payrollActiveOther	Other	Active	YCW17
GuideShared: hr tech, employer, employeeNot statedOther	Other	Not stated	500 GlobalGA 16

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All of W21

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About peopleCQ

NowPay, a FinTech startup founded by ex-employees of IBM, Microsoft, Orange and Amazon, is building a financial-wellness platform for employees in emerging markets. Saving, spending, budgeting and borrowing. Those are the 4 pillars of financial-wellness. NowPay aims to improve every aspect of those for employees by building products that tackle every vertical. NowPay enables employees to get their salaries in advance at any point in time during the month and also pay their bills instantly. NowPay is backed by 500 Startups, Beco Capital, Endure, Plug and Play, MSA Capital, 4dx, Foundation Ventures, EFG and Beltone and has raised 3.7m USD so far.

YC batch: W21 · Winter 2021
Status, per YC: Active
Category: Other
Team size: 85
Location: Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Checked: 35m ago

YC tags: Recruiting, HR Tech

peopleCQ in W21: 336 companies, 30% AI

peopleCQ: questions

Which YC batch was peopleCQ in?

peopleCQ was in Y Combinator's Winter 2021 batch (W21).

Is peopleCQ still active?

Y Combinator lists peopleCQ as active.

Where is peopleCQ based?

peopleCQ lists Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt as its location on YC's directory.

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