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SOKNA provides comprehensive, end-to-end funeral services across Egypt, managing all aspects of post-mortem care. The company offers a streamlined, dignified process from initial logistics to burial arrangements. This integrated approach significantly eases burdens for grieving families, ensuring consistent quality and respectful support throughout a traditionally fragmented experience.
Founded in 2019 by Ahmed Gaballah, SOKNA emerged from the need for professional, compassionate funeral services in Egypt. Gaballah, serving as CEO, recognized the emotional and logistical complexities families faced during bereavement. His insight was to create a service delivering seamless, empathetic support, bringing clarity and structure to a sensitive period.
SOKNA serves families and individuals throughout Egypt requiring respectful and organized funeral arrangements for loved ones. The company's vision is to elevate death care standards, ensuring every family accesses professional, compassionate assistance during difficult moments. SOKNA aims to deliver dignity and ease through a critical life transition.
SOKNA has raised $1.0M across 1 funding round.
SOKNA has raised $1.0M in total across 1 funding round.
SOKNA has raised $1.0M in total across 1 funding round.
SOKNA's investors include Action Potential Venture Capital, Energy Impact Partners, HOF Capital, Jay, Partech Ventures, Plug & Play Ventures, QueensBridge Venture Partners, RA Capital, Seventure Partners, Naguib Sawiris, Tim Ferriss.
SOKNA has raised $1.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $1.0M Seed in February 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2022 | $1M Seed | — | Action Potential Venture Capital, Energy Impact Partners, HOF Capital, JAY, Partech Ventures, Plug & Play Ventures, Queensbridge Venture Partners, RA Capital, Seventure Partners, Naguib Sawiris, TIM Ferriss | Announced |
Sokna is Egypt's first end-to-end funeral services platform, providing comprehensive care for deceased loved ones to ease the burden on grieving families.[1][2][3] Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Egypt with around 50 employees and $7.7 million in revenue, it handles all aspects of funerals, from logistics to honoring the deceased, while generating strong market interest in the consumer services sector.[1] The company serves families across religious and non-religious backgrounds, solving the emotional, logistical, and paperwork challenges of funerals by offering a respectful, streamlined process; it raised $1 million in seed funding in 2022, signaling solid early growth momentum.[1][3]
Sokna was founded in 2020 by Ahmed Gaballah, who serves as Founder & CEO, amid a gap in Egypt's funeral services market where families faced overwhelming hassles during grief.[1][2] The idea emerged from recognizing death as a universal separation of body and soul, deserving of "absolute peace" free from worldly logistics, as articulated in its brand philosophy developed by pew. Design LLC—a Cairo/LA-based studio that crafted Sokna's strategy, narrative, and visual identity inspired by Malevich’s "White on White" for serene, uncluttered mourning spaces.[2][4] Early traction included a $1 million seed round in February 2022, media headlines, and operational scaling to 50 employees, with field directors supporting on-the-ground execution.[1][3]
Sokna rides the trend of tech-enabled essential services in emerging markets like Egypt, digitizing traditionally offline sectors such as funerary care amid rising urbanization, population growth, and demand for dignified, hassle-free rituals.[1][3] Timing aligns with post-pandemic shifts toward efficient, contactless services and cultural acceptance of startups tackling taboos like death, bolstered by MENA's startup ecosystem funding surge (e.g., its 2022 seed round).[3] Market forces favoring it include Egypt's consumer services boom, low competition, and scalability via tech for nationwide reach; it influences the ecosystem by normalizing proptech-like innovation in health-adjacent spaces, inspiring similar platforms in Africa/Middle East.[1][2][4]
Sokna is poised for regional expansion, leveraging its seed funding and tech stack to penetrate underserved MENA funeral markets while enhancing app-based booking and AI-driven personalization.[1][3] Trends like aging populations, digital grief support, and sustainable burial options will shape its path, potentially driving Series A rounds and partnerships with insurers or religious bodies. Its influence may evolve from Egypt pioneer to ecosystem leader, humanizing death tech and setting standards for empathetic service design—echoing its core promise of peace in an imperfect world.[2][4]
