Moroccan mobility startup, Enakl, has secured $2.3 million in Seed funding, marking a significant milestone in the region’s evolving urban transport landscape. The round, finalised in late 2025, follows a $1.4 million pre-seed raise in 2024, bringing the company’s total funding to $3.7 million.
The Seed round was led by a consortium of Moroccan and international investors, underscoring growing interest in mobility solutions that prioritise efficiency over traditional ride-hailing competition.
New backers include Azur Innovation Fund, Witamax, and MFounders, while existing investors Catalyst Fund and Digital Africa increased their stakes, signalling continued confidence in Enakl’s strategy and execution.
“Enakl addresses a structural challenge in mobility and fleet optimization,” says Adnane Filali, Managing Partner at Azur Innovation Fund. For investors, the appeal lies in the startup’s dual-track approach: serving private corporations looking to transport employees and partnering with public actors to enhance municipal transit.
What You Need to Know
Founded in 2022 by Samir Bennani and Charles Pommarède, Enakl is deliberately avoiding the crowded and capital-intensive ride-hailing model popularised by platforms such as Uber.
Instead, the startup is focused on addressing what it views as a more structural problem in Moroccan cities: inefficient home-to-work commuting in densely populated urban centres.
Enakl’s proposition sits between costly private taxis and often overcrowded, inflexible public transport systems. At the core of its offering is proprietary technology developed over 18 months of research and development.
The platform uses algorithms to design, optimise, and operate shared transport networks in real time, dynamically adjusting routes and vehicle occupancy to reduce congestion and improve efficiency.
Gaining Traction with Public Authorities
Securing government partnerships remains a major hurdle for many mobility startups, particularly in markets where transport is tightly regulated. Enakl, however, has made notable progress on this front.
In 2025, the company signed a pilot agreement with the Casablanca–Settat Region, Morocco’s most populous administrative region. The deal reflects increasing openness among public authorities to technology-led infrastructure solutions, particularly those aligned with sustainability and congestion reduction goals.
For investors, Enakl’s appeal lies in its dual-track strategy: providing transport solutions to private corporations seeking to move employees efficiently, while collaborating with municipal and regional authorities to improve public mobility planning.
By prioritising shared mobility, Enakl aims to deliver predictable, cost-effective transport while making better use of existing vehicle capacity, an approach that resonates in cities grappling with traffic congestion and rising emissions.
Pivoting Towards a SaaS Model
The startup says the newly raised capital will support a strategic shift in Enakl’s business model. While the company currently operates as a transport service provider, it is preparing to launch a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product that will allow third parties to license its optimisation technology.
Through this model, large enterprises and transport operators will be able to deploy Enakl’s software to manage and optimise their own fleets.
For mobility startups, such a transition represents a path towards higher margins and faster scalability, reducing dependence on asset-heavy vehicle ownership or leasing.
The $2.3 million Seed funding will be allocated across three core areas: expanding Enakl’s commercial team to accelerate B2B growth; finalising and launching the SaaS platform; and testing new ride-pooling configurations to increase vehicle density and operational efficiency.
Aligning with Sustainability and ESG Goals
Enakl’s focus on shared transport places it squarely within the broader push for decarbonisation and sustainable urban development across North Africa. As congestion and emissions increasingly translate into economic costs, both corporations and governments are under pressure to adopt more efficient mobility solutions.
By reducing the number of individual vehicles on the road, Enakl’s model aligns with the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) priorities of large Moroccan firms and regional authorities. This alignment could prove critical in securing long-term contracts and institutional partnerships.
With backing from institutional investors and early validation from regional authorities, Enakl appears well-placed to convert pilot programmes into broader deployments.
If successful, experts say the startup could help redefine urban mobility in Morocco, shifting the focus from ride-hailing competition to intelligent, shared transport systems designed for efficiency, sustainability, and scale.
Talking Points
It is notable that Enakl is positioning itself away from the crowded ride-hailing market and towards efficiency-first shared mobility, addressing structural weaknesses in urban commuting rather than competing for private car users.
At Techparley, we see this shift as a reflection of a broader recalibration in North Africa’s mobility ecosystem, where sustainability, cost efficiency, and congestion reduction are becoming more important than user growth at any cost.
Enakl’s focus on algorithm-driven route optimisation highlights how software, rather than vehicles, is increasingly becoming the core value driver in mobility startups.
The startup’s ability to secure a pilot contract with the Casablanca–Settat Region signals growing regulatory openness to tech-enabled transport solutions, a barrier that has historically limited innovation in the sector.
As decarbonisation shifts from a policy goal to an economic necessity, Enakl’s shared mobility approach aligns closely with ESG priorities of large firms and public authorities.
With institutional backing and early public-sector validation, Enakl has an opportunity to move from pilot deployments to a national mobility standard, if it can execute at scale.
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