Cercli

Cercli is a HR and modern payroll platform that helps businesses automate hiring, workforce management across global and MENA markets.

Fintech HR and recruitingY Combinator

Latest funding

$12M Series A · October 20, 2025

Led by Picus Capital · Source: fundraisingfox.com

Total raised: $16.5M* across 3 sourced rounds

All 3 rounds ↓

Website: cercli.com.

X: @cercliHQ · 92 followers.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com.

Categories: Fintech HR and recruiting.

Sectors: B2B, SaaS, HR Tech, Payroll.

Stage: Series A.

Based in: Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Total raised: $16.5M* in 3 sourced rounds.

Last round: Oct 20, 2025 · 388 days ago.

Team: 28 people on the team page.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 28, 2026.

Signals

X account@cercliHQ · created Oct 7, 2022 (4 years old) · 92 followers

Website registeredOct 6, 2022 (4 years old)

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Cercli | 704 days from website to first raise on record

@cercliHQ·Raised $16M in 2 sourced rounds·2 signals before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

October 20, 2025
Series A · $12M
PPicus Capital (lead), FFrancesco Simoneschi, GGerry Colyer, JJaime Arrieta Boetsch, KKnollwood Investment Advisory, MMarco Ogliengo, MMehdi Ghissassi, PPrabhakar Reddy, RRZM Investments, YY Combinator
Source: fundraisingfox.com
September 9, 2024
Seed · $4M
AAfore Capital, AAllison Pickens, CCOTU Ventures, KKarim Atiyeh, RRebel Fund, SSebastian Mejia, TTony Dong, TTony Jamous, YY Combinator
Source: fundraisingfox.com
October 7, 2022
X account created
October 6, 2022
Website created
Date unknown
Round · $500K*
YY Combinator
Source: ycombinator.com

Founders and team

AA
Akeed Azmi Co-Founder

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
DR
David Reche Co-Founder

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com

Investors

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BBlitzy$200M Series A · May 2026
XXO Market$6M Seed · Apr 2026
EEntire$60M Seed · Feb 2026
BBennie$50M Seed · Dec 2025

Picus Capital portfolio →

Sources and API

Every amount links to the page it came from. * Estimated from an accelerator's published standard deal, not a company-specific disclosure. How Recent Funding sources and verifies funding data. The same data as JSON: /api/v1/companies/cercli (get a free API key).