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Shara - About the company

Shara is a funded company based in Kenya, founded in 2020. It operates as a Provides point of sale transaction for costumers through business. The company has 257 active competitors, including 70 funded and 49 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Square, Klarna and Tabby.

Company Details

Provides point-of-sale transactions for customers through business. It keeps a track of transactions, shares receipts, and sends payment reminders to get paid faster.
Email ID
*****@shara.co
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Founded Year
2020
Location
Stage
Funding Raised
Ranked
Employee Count
104 as on Jun 30, 2026
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Shara's funding and investors

Shara is a funded company. Shara has 13 institutional investors.

Shara's founders and board of directors

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Shara's employee count trend

Shara has 104 employees as of Jun 26. Here is Shara's employee count trend over the years:
Employee count trend for Shara
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Shara's Competitors and alternates

Top competitors of Shara include Square, Klarna and Tabby. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Shara, ranked by Tracxn score:
Rank
Company Details
Short Description
Total Funding
Investors
Tracxn Score
1st
Logo for Square
Square
2009, San Francisco (United States), Public
Provider of integrated point of sale and business management solutions
$520M
85/100
2nd
Logo for Klarna
Klarna
2005, Stockholm (Sweden), Public
Developer of an online platform for point-of-sale financing
$4.19B
85/100
3rd
Logo for Tabby
Tabby
2019, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Series E
Provider of purchase financing solutions for businesses
$604M
83/100
4th
Logo for Addi
Addi
2018, Bogota (Colombia), Series C
Provider of an online platform for point of sale financing
$238M
79/100
5th
Logo for Paidy
Paidy
2014, Tokyo (Japan), Acquired
App-based lending platform for purchase financing
$281M
78/100
6th
Logo for Sunbit
Sunbit
2016, Los Angeles (United States), Series D
Online platform for point of sale financing
$159M
78/100
7th
Logo for Afterpay
Afterpay
2014, Melbourne (Australia), Acquired
Provider of buy now, pay later services with flexible options
$35.4M
77/100
8th
Logo for Sezzle
Sezzle
2016, Minneapolis (United States), Acquired
Online platform for point of sale financing
$17.5M
76/100
9th
Logo for Zilch
Zilch
2018, London (United Kingdom), Series D
Direct-to-consumer ad-subsidised payments network
$566M
76/100
10th
Logo for Zip
Zip
2013, Sydney (Australia), Public
Provider of an online platform for point-of-sale financing
-
75/100
67th
Logo for Shara
Shara
2020, Kenya, Funding Raised
Provides point of sale transaction for costumers through business
-
56/100
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Shara's Investments and acquisitions

Shara has acquired Maisha Bank. Shara has not made any investments as of now.

News related to Shara

Media has covered Shara for 1 event in last 1 year.
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