The Bloom digital banking app will allow you to open your bank account online, get fee-free SDG and USD bank accounts, get a free USD Mastercard, make free transfers in Sudan and receive free international transfers from several countries globally.
Bloom is your wallet’s new superpower.
Regulated banking services are provided by the Export Development Bank.
Bloom is your wallet’s new superpower.
Regulated banking services are provided by the Export Development Bank.
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $6.5M
Founded date: 2021
Founders name: Merghani Mahgoub
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
| 09.03.2022 | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
| - | VentureSou... | venturesou... |
| 03.02.2022 | LoftyInc C... | loftyincca... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 19.07.2022 | - | $6.5M | Goodwater ... |
Persons 9
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Abdigani | Diriye | - | linkedin.c... | - | A******i@w... | - |
| - | Merghani | Mahgoub | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | m******i@w... | - |
| - | Ahmed | A. | - | linkedin.c... | - | a***d@with... | - |
| - | Faris | Keenan | - | linkedin.c... | - | f*********... | - |
| - | Khalid Bin... | Al Saud | - | linkedin.c... | - | k****d@wit... | - |
| - | Youcef | Oudjidane | - | linkedin.c... | - | y****f@wit... | - |
| - | Artem | Gordeev | Lead Mobil... | linkedin.c... | - | a*********... | - |
| - | Mayada | Osman | Marketing ... | linkedin.c... | - | m*********... | - |
| - | Yousif | Yahya | - | linkedin.c... | - | y*********... | - |
Mentions in press and media 4
| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.07.2022 | Sudanese fintech Bloom nabs $6.5M, backed by Y Combinator, GFC and Visa | Bloom, a Sudan-based fintech that offers a high-yield savings account and adjacent digital banking services, has raised a $6.5 million seed round. This investment is coming after the startup’s undisclosed pre-seed round last year. |
| 19.07.2022 | Sudanese fintech Bloom nabs $6.5M, backed by Y Combinator, GFC and Visa | Bloom, a Sudan-based fintech that offers a high-yield savings account and adjacent digital banking services, has raised a $6.5 million seed round. This investment is coming after the startup’s undisclosed pre-seed round last year. This fina... |
| 29.03.2022 | The 25 crypto startups that Y Combinator is backing in its W22 batch | Crypto was big at YC this batch. Y Combinator Demo Days returned yet again with another ballooning heap of startups. In the old days, a gaggle of TechCrunch reporters would go to the Demo Day in person, write up the presentations of each st... |
| 08.03.2022 | Sudan’s first YC-backed startup is helping consumers protect and grow their wealth | Anglophone East Africa is home to over 400 million people, with half under 25. The region happens to be one of the fastest-growing globally; nevertheless, over 200 million people in East Africa do not have access to a bank account or mobile... |