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Baraka (YC S21) — Grow your wealth with baraka

💸Hey YC, we’re baraka (S21), an investment app built for people in the Middle East. 📱 Our product This is how we do it: • 6,000+ stocks and ETFs – the freedom to choose the companies and industries that you want to back • The power of financial literacy – educational content, digestible market news and in-depth stock analysis • Fractional Shares – the ability to start investing with smaller sums of money • Fair pricing – Transparent, low commission pricing model • Easy to use – intuitive user journey and interface 🕒 What's Next? The app is available in countries across MENA.

Baraka is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2021 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Grow Your Wealth With Baraka. The founders listed are Feras Jalbout (Founder), Kunal Taneja (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, June 23, 2021).

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Baraka

New accelerator entry · 2021-06-23 · the record

Summer 2021
batch
34
people
Growth
stage
United Arab Emirates
region
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BatchSummer 2021
Announced2021-06-23
StageGrowth
StatusActive
Team size34
IndustryFintech
Sub-industryFintech -> Asset Management
SectorsFintech
RegionsUnited Arab Emirates, Middle East and North Africa, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedDubai, United Arab Emirates
HiringYes
Sitehttps://www.getbaraka.com/

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💸Hey YC, we’re baraka (S21), an investment app built for people in the Middle East. 📱 Our product This is how we do it: • 6,000+ stocks and ETFs – the freedom to choose the companies and industries that you want to back • The power of financial literacy – educational content, digestible market news and in-depth stock analysis • Fractional Shares – the ability to start investing with smaller sums of money • Fair pricing – Transparent, low commission pricing model • Easy to use – intuitive user journey and interface 🕒 What's Next? The app is available in countries across MENA. Check out our website: getbaraka.com. Please reach out to give us feedback, discuss product, go-to-market strategy or anything else on founders@getbaraka.com. Feras & Kunal

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