Dubai’s PlayDate raises $250,000 to help parents find friends for their children

Dubai’s PlayDate raises $250,000 to help parents find friends for their children

Dubai-based mobile social platform PlayDate (Play:Date) that helps parents build their child's social circles has raised $250,000 in a round led by New York-based Modus Capital (that has offices in Cairo & Dubai), it announced in a statement last week.

Founded in 2017 by Shamim Kassibawi, PlayDate enables parents to engage with each other based on the interests and personalities of their children, through its mobile app for iOS and Android. The app can be used to find like-minded parents and children and schedule play dates with them.

Parents create profiles for the child with their details including display name, gender, date of birth, and the language(s) they speak (wherever applicable). They can also add preferences in the form of age-group and gender for who do they want their kid (or toddler) to meet. In addition to these options, the parents can list favorite activities and playing the environment of their children too.

So what PlayDate is trying to do is build an social network for families with young kids (and toddlers). Even though it allows parents from all over the world to connect with each other, it seems that the focus is on creating local connections so the families could meet and