Fintech payments

Baraka

Website
Founded 2020Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

💸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

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
LinkedIn
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Founders & team

Feras Jalbout

Founder

Founder and CEO at baraka. Former asset manager and VC turned builder and addicted angel investor. Passionate about investing, building and empowering others.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Kunal Taneja

Founder

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

LinkedIn
Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
34team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2020 · Source

News & product activity

Sources & observations

Y Combinator

Profile depthenriched profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedDubai, United Arab Emirates
Pricing evidenceA pricing page was detected
Maturity: Launched · 4 of 6 areas documented

Source-based assessment · automated evidence rules

The company website offers product access through a trial, free start, app download, purchase, or onboarding with existing-account login. Customer adoption is not established by this evidence.

Company website: home Checked 2026-09-16

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Maturity is an evidence-based assessment, not a success rating. It may understate the current stage where evidence is limited. Coverage records documented areas, not a complete or independently audited company history.

Stage definitions
independent websitesource corroborationreachable websitedescriptive evidenceclassified market and modelsourced peoplesourced founding yearpricing page observed
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