Yakeey and IFC Partner to Expand Digital Real Estate Infrastructure in Morocco

Washington, D.C., January 27, 2026 - The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, has committed an equity investment in the Series A round of Yakeey-a Moroccan technology company that is transforming how homes are valued, financed, and transacted. This investment marks IFC's first venture capital investment in the country's rapidly digitizing real estate sector.

Yakeey's digital platform integrates property search, valuation, brokerage, and financing into a single transaction infrastructure. By reducing information gaps and streamlining access to data and credit, it will lower transaction costs and expand formal housing finance for households and small investors. As participation grows, standardized digital rails connecting buyers, sellers, and financial institutions will drive greater liquidity, price transparency, trust, and faster loan approvals.

Morocco's real estate market offers strong growth potential but faces fragmented services, financing bottlenecks, and limited price visibility. Yakeey will address these challenges by simplifying transactions and boosting confidence across the market. Yakeey has raised US$15 million in the Series A round from a consortium of international and local investors. These investments will help Yakeey strengthen and launch new products, scale the digital platform, deepen partnerships with financial institutions, and strengthen its YakeeyPro network of 800+ independent agents, nearly half of whom are women.

"As IFC's first venture capital equity investment in Morocco, our partnership with Yakeey marks a milestone for our ambitions to support the country's tech ecosystem," said Farid Fezoua, Global Director for Private Equity and Venture Capital at IFC. "By digitizing the real estate value chain and bringing together transactions, financing, and data on a single platform, Yakeey will expand access to housing and enable financing for households across the country. This investment will also catalyze job creation - through the growth of the YakeeyPro network and the broader ecosystem - while driving innovation that makes real estate more transparent and efficient. We're proud to support a Moroccan technology champion with the potential to scale across Africa."

Founded in 2023 by entrepreneur Karim Beqqali, Yakeey operates in Morocco and plans to use the financing to further develop its platform and expand partnerships with financial institutions. Yakeey is Morocco's sole provider of Instant Buying (iBuying), offering sellers a quick, guaranteed sale at a transparent price through direct purchase agreements with Umnia Bank-providing a simpler, safer alternative to traditional sales.

"This fundraise enshrines the vision that has driven us since day one: making real estate accessible, transparent, and efficient for everyone, while empowering professionals in the sector. In markets as dynamic as Morocco, the challenge is not to multiply real estate portals, but to build a genuine transactional infrastructure capable of bringing together transactions, financing, and data within a single technological ecosystem," said Karim Beqqali, Founder & CEO of Yakeey. "Our mission is clear: to become the trusted third party that connects all the levers of real estate - transaction, financing, and data - to foster trust, strengthen transparency, and sustainably simplify the real estate experience for all."

Other investors participating in the round include Beltone Venture Capital, Enza Capital, and CDG Invest through its 212Founders program.

For more than 60 years, IFC has worked with public and private sector partners in Morocco, supporting small businesses, manufacturers, agribusinesses, infrastructure, the financial sector, and more. In the past two years, IFC has invested and mobilized more than $2 billion to support sustainable economic development in Morocco.