Mohammed Ali Yusuf
A former Checkout.com and Visa executive building regulated digital asset infrastructure that lets Gulf banks and fintechs offer crypto to their own customers instead of losing them to exchanges.
2023 · Raised $14M seed led by Further Ventures; received VASP licence from Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority
2025 · Closed $12.2M Series A led by Galaxy and e& capital, taking total funding past $26M
2025 · Fined by VARA in August for AML shortcomings tied to historical transactions; remediation overseen by a VARA-appointed skilled person
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