“Can a subscription social network become the on-chain financial platform where fans invest in the creators they love?”
Founded in 2015 as an ad-free, subscription-based social network positioned against advertising-driven incumbents. In late 2024 pivoted toward tokenized community finance, announcing a custom Avalanche L1 blockchain and 'CoFi' (Community Finance) model that lets creators, sports franchises, and IP owners raise capital from fans. Vero Labs now operates the VERO social network plus VERO Music, Tokenise Stock Exchange, and Tokenise-as-a-Service — moving from pure social into embedded creator finance and tokenization infrastructure.
Vero processes payments through Stripe.
Vero uses Yoti for KYC and identity verification.
Vero's crypto products run on Avalanche.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 3 layers in Vero's stack: Payments / PSP (Stripe); KYC (Yoti); Crypto (Avalanche).
Vero was founded by Ayman Hariri, Scott Birnbaum and Motaz Nabulsi and is founded in 2015, headquartered in New York, NY, USA.
Vero has raised $4M in total.
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