El Shenawy cofounded Khazna with Omar Saleh, Ahmed Wagueeh, and Omar Salah in 2019, and they launched it in 2020. The app provides online financial inclusion solutions to more than 150,000 users. In March 2022, the startup raised $38 million in a funding round led by Quona Capital, with participation from Speedinvest, Nclude, Khawarizmi Ventures, Algebra Ventures, Accion Venture Lab, Disruptech, Arab Bank’s AB Accelerator, and CVentures. As of April 2022, it had raised a total of $47 million in funding. El Shenawy is Khazna’s Chief Strategy Officer. She previously worked at Arqaam Capital.