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Egyptian HRtech bluworks Closes USD 1 M Pre-Seed
Egyptian HRtech bluworks Closes USD 1 M Pre-Seed

bluworks, an Egypt-based startup developing blue-collar HRTech SaaS solutions, has raised a USD 1 M pre-Seed investment round, led by Saudi venture capital firm Khawarizmi Ventures. The funding round was joined by Camel Ventures, Acasia Ventures, and a pool of angel investors.

Founded in 2022 by Farah Osman, Hussein Wahdan, and Nour Ahmadein, bluworks is a HRTech SaaS platform in the MENA region focused on managing the lifecycle of blue-collar employees in industries such as retail, F&B, facility management, healthcare, education, and construction. This includes automating various HR and operational tasks in order to help companies optimize costs while leveraging data for decision-making. To do that, bluworks unifies and collects data points for companies employing blue-collar workers through an integrated platform that bridges the gap between operations, HR, and the workers.