FlexxPay raises $3M in Pre-Series A funding round

UAE: FlexxPay, a Fintech operating in the UAE and KSA, has raised a $3M Pre-Series A funding round, led by JIMCO and Target Global. Several other investors participated in the round including Wamda, DIFC FinTech Fund, March Holding, Arzan VC, Sukna Ventures, Nuwa Capital, and VentureSouq.

FlexxPay enables access to already-earned income (salaries, commissions, pensions, and end of service benefits) via its platform. Companies benefit largely from increased employee motivation and productivity while they see a significant decrease of reported sick leaves due to reduced financial stress on employees, the Shari’a compliant employee benefits platform states. HR departments’ workload is also reduced by around 20% by eliminating time spent processing salary advance requests, it has shared.

The social impact technology startup has offices in Europe, the GCC, and has plans to launch in Bahrain next month, expanding to the rest of MENA in the near future.

Saleh Al Akrabi, CEO of DIFC Properties and Head of Investments added, “DIFC FinTech Fund is committed to supporting innovative FinTech start-ups in the region at different stages of their growth, and we participated in the follow-on investment round of FlexxPay to accelerate their growth plans for the region.”

Michael Truschler, Co-founder and CEO of FlexxPay commented, “The continued support of our existing investors and the addition of new investors is invaluable to FlexxPay’s growth and evolution. We are solving a real-world problem for employers and their employees. Financial stress directly impacts the bottom line of a company’s P&L and is one of the main factors for employees being less productive and reporting sick. Giving people access to what they have already earned is just the right thing to do. They’ve earned it, they deserve it.”

FlexxPay will use the funds to further enhance its technology platform and to grow its corporate client base in the region.