Dina Shoman

An international banking veteran, she co-founded Verity as a DIFC-based family banking app that gives children aged 8 to 18 prepaid cards and chore-based allowances to build money skills.

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Dina Shoman

Verity

An international banking veteran, she co-founded Verity as a DIFC-based family banking app that gives children aged 8 to 18 prepaid cards and chore-based allowances to build money skills.

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Verity

Founded2021 · Dubai

Raised$1.2M

BackersVentureSouq, Wamda Capital, Beyond Capital

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2021 · Founded in May at DIFC with Omar Al Sharif and Kamal Al-Samarrai; closed $800K pre-seed
2022 · App and prepaid Visa cards for kids and teens went live in the UAE; bridge round lifted total raised to $1.2M

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Verity

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2021 · Dubai

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$1.2M total ($800K pre-seed 2021, bridge round 2022)

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VentureSouq, Wamda Capital, Beyond Capital

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