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Title=”Cercli: AI-Powered HR Platform Raises $12M for MENA Market

by Rachel Kim – Technology Editor October 21, 2025

written by Rachel Kim – Technology Editor

Cercli, Y Combinator-Backed‌ HR Tech Startup, Secures $12M‍ Series A⁤ to Fuel AI-Powered ⁤Expansion in MENA

Dubai, UAE – ⁣October 26, 2023 ⁣ – Cercli, a rapidly growing ‌HR technology company building an ⁣AI-native platform⁣ for the Middle East‍ and North Africa (MENA) region, today announced it has closed an oversubscribed $12 million Series A funding round.The investment, led by Picus ⁣Capital with participation ‍from Knollwood⁤ Investment Advisory, and existing investors Y Combinator, Afore Capital, and‌ COTU Ventures, will be used to accelerate product development and ‍expand market share in the burgeoning $5.8 billion MENA HR software⁢ market.

Founded two years ago, Cercli aims to ⁢consolidate ‍fragmented HR processes for‍ businesses operating in MENA, a region where companies often rely on a patchwork⁤ of point solutions for functions like payroll, expense management, and recruitment. The company’s platform differentiates itself by being built from the ground up ⁣with artificial intelligence‍ at its core, rather than ⁢simply integrating AI as an add-on.

“The legacy systems of the last⁢ 20 years-your SAPs, Oracles, Workdays-they were built for ⁢on-prem and the cloud. Now we’re entering ⁣an AI-native⁢ world,” ⁤said Cercli founder Azmi in an interview with TechCrunch. “We didn’t want to just integrate AI; we wanted ⁢to rethink⁤ the whole stack for how⁣ people and agents work ⁤together.”

Cercli has ⁢already rebuilt its‌ payroll engine ⁢to be multi-country and agent-compatible,enabling efficient scaling across diverse global jurisdictions. The company has also ‍applied AI ⁣to its‍ recruitment module, offering features that surface candidate⁤ lists, source from internal datasets, and assess hiring fit. notably, Cercli utilizes‌ its own AI-powered treasury and reconciliation agents ‍to manage its internal finances and accounting, ⁢contributing to a 21% month-to-month revenue growth rate,‍ according to Azmi.

The company’s speed of implementation is another key advantage.⁤ Cercli claims to onboard‍ customers in two to ‌three days, ‌a meaningful ‌reduction ‍compared to the⁤ months-long process frequently‍ enough⁣ associated with legacy systems. This rapid onboarding has attracted a diverse client ‍base, ⁣including Vision bank, the ‌Global Climate Finance Centre, Huspy, Lean Technologies, and Ziina.

This marks Picus Capital’s first investment in a MENA-based company.”We’ve seen this ⁣business model succeed‍ globally within our ⁢portfolio, and we are excited to back Cercli ‌as they continue to grow market share‌ through new customers ⁣and product launches,”⁤ said⁤ Robin Godenrath, founding partner at Picus Capital. ⁤ Picus capital’s portfolio includes other prominent HR⁣ companies like Personio, Multiplier, ⁣Deel, Maki, and JetHR.

Cercli is⁤ participating in the HR Tech ⁢Marketplace event, taking place October 27-29, 2025.

October 21, 2025 0 comments

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The number of display circles | Mix

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com September 4, 2023

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

Ammon – There are 180 imaginary circles of latitude that surround the globe horizontally from east to west. At the center of these circles is a circle of zero latitude, also known as the equator. The Earth is divided into two halves, a northern and a southern half, each containing 90 degrees latitude.

There are 360 imaginary lines of longitude that circle the globe vertically from north to south. The Greenwich Line, also known as the starting line or the zero line, is the most important. It divides the globe into two parts, an eastern and a western one, each containing 180 longitudes.

There are five main latitudes:

Arctic Circle: It is located at a latitude of 66.5 degrees north of the equator. It marks the beginning of the northern region known as the Arctic and is characterized by extreme cold and continuous darkness in the winter and continuous daytime in the summer.

Tropic of Cancer: It is located at a latitude of 23.5 degrees north of the equator. It forms the northernmost limit of the tropics and relates to the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere.

Equator: It is located at 0° latitude and is the largest latitude. It divides the earth into two equal halves, and the sun is perpendicular to it twice a year.

Tropic of Capricorn: It is located at a latitude of 23.5 degrees south of the equator. It forms the southern extremity of the tropics and is associated with the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.

The Antarctic Circle: It is located at a latitude of 66.5 degrees south of the equator and marks the beginning of the southern region known as the Antarctic.

Latitudes intersect with longitudes at right angles (90 degrees) and contribute to determining the climate and geographical location of regions. The degrees of latitude change slightly due to the inclination of the earth’s axis, and this affects the climate and lighting conditions in those areas.

September 4, 2023 0 comments

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The Alarming Rise of Intimate Partner Violence in Freiburg: A List of Fatal Violent Crimes in 2023 and 2022

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com June 27, 2023

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

Intimate partner violence is on the rise. Most of the cases nationwide are in the area of the police headquarters in Freiburg. Nobody knows exactly why. A list of fatal violent crimes in 2023 and 2022.

The statistics are frightening and pose a bit of a mystery to investigators: Last year, the area of the police headquarters (PP) Freiburg, which includes the districts of Freiburg, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Emmendingen, …

#Partner #violence #increased #BadenWürttemberg

June 27, 2023 0 comments

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The real estate department file is to the fore.. The escape of employees and the difficult health conditions of a woman arrested from the Baabda district

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com February 15, 2023

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

The file of the real estate departments returned to the fore once again, after the preliminary investigations were concluded in Baabda and were referred to the Appeal Public Prosecution, at a time when the interrogation investigations began in the Zalka district, bringing the number of detainees in the two departments to 54, and more than 30 people are in hiding, and two employees were released Two with surety bonds from the “Baabda” real estate.

The beginning is from Baabda, where the file was not referred to the Appeals Public Prosecution except after pressure from a group of lawyers and the families of the detainees, who record their objection to the arrests, considering them to be “arbitrary” and “discretionary” to blame corruption crimes on junior employees and brokers, while senior employees flee abroad. It also happened in the Chouf real estate department after one of the senior employees fled to America.

Baabda district

Thus, the Baabda file was referred to the Appeal Public Prosecution to review the basis and express an opinion on requests for release in preparation for the issuance of the indictment, and accordingly, according to a follow-up judicial source who confirmed to “Lebanon 24” that we may witness new releases in the next stage, but the matter may require more time.
According to the information, one of the detainees, named R. Dr.. From the Baabda district, she was exposed to a sudden health condition as a result of the difficult conditions in “Barbar El-Khazen” prison, where she was diagnosed with heart disease, which necessitated her transfer to “Al-Hayat” Hospital, and she is currently being treated “at the expense of her family,” as confirmed by the follow-up source.

Zalka district

The information confirms that all those in hiding from the Baabda district were issued arrest warrants in absentia, and this also happened in the Al-Matn district in Zalka, which did not happen with regard to some names in the Chouf district, which led to the flight of the employee concerned to America.

Before the Chouf, what happens in Zalka? The follow-up source says that the investigations began in Zalka and will continue until next week, after Judge Samer Lishaa charged 51 people, pending the expansion of the investigation and the issuance of arrest warrants similar to what happened in the second chambers.

The investigating judge in Mount Lebanon, Hanna Braidy, conducted his investigations with the arrested employees and brokers in the file of corruption, bribery and forgery in Zalka real estate. Lebanon 24 learned that some of the detainees’ families met with major political party figures to “mediate” to close the file or look into it, but they were met with complete rejection, especially because the file did not bear any religious or sectarian consequences.

Chouf district

As for the major catastrophe, it is in the Chouf, and follow-up sources confirm that major political interventions took place on several levels, the first of which was the delay in opening the file until some matters were settled, including the transfer of certain real estate belonging to one of the senior politicians, and secondly, allowing one of the senior employees to leave the country, and this is what actually happened. And the source confirms that he is now in the United States of America. Here, the discussion returns to the previous point, i.e. discretion in dealing. If search and investigation notes were written against the employees of the “Shouf” as what happened in Baabda and Al-Matn, this employee would not have become “in the news,” according to the source.

It is noteworthy that the Public Prosecutor of Appeal in Mount Lebanon, Judge Ghada Aoun, had asked a week ago to hear this employee in the case, but the investigations were not completed there, but rather moved to Zalka and Aley, without issuing a search and investigation warrant against this employee, which led to his escape, and he has a lot in his pocket. Among the files that expose the involvement of politicians, personalities, employees and brokers in major corruption files.

Thus, the investigations in these departments expand, amid major political and judicial interventions, which may raise many question marks about the results of the investigation and the accountability of the corrupt in departments that have been hotbeds of corruption for many years.

February 15, 2023 0 comments