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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. 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
Baraka is a DIFC-regulated platform built for the GCC that enables investment in US stocks, bonds, options, and physical gold from the UAE and GCC. It emphasizes real ownership, fractional investing from $1, and a broad set of assets on one platform.
One Platform offering access to stocks, bonds, options, and physical gold with real ownership and fractional from $1. The platform provides a catalog of 20k+ assets across stocks, gold, options, bonds, and ETFs, with features such as auto-invest, dividend reinvestment, stock analysis reports, and an investor calendar. Available through web and app, with various investor tools (e.g., investment education, reports, and market data).
Who it’s for: Retail investors in the GCC (Dubai, UAE, and surrounding Gulf countries) seeking access to US-listed securities, bonds, options, ETFs, and gold from a single platform.
Regulated by DFSA; mentions of subscriptions and app availability; company information and careers pages referenced (implies ongoing operations and growth)
Founder and CEO at baraka. Former asset manager and VC turned builder and addicted angel investor. Passionate about investing, building and empowering others.
Executive business and technology leader with over two decades of multifaceted expertise spanning various industries, renowned for spearheading digital transformation, product management, cybersecurity, and seamless integration of consumer products across cloud and mobile platforms My mission is to democratize business innovation, streamline operations, and foster continuous innovation through the provision of cost-effective, scalable, and reliable infrastructure solutions. Possessing a robust
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