Inclined Technologies
Series A in 2022
Inclined is a fintech company that assists life insurance policyholders in maximizing the value of their whole life policies. Established in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Inclined's primary product is the Inclined Line Of Credit (iLOC), which enables policyholders to access liquidity without compromising coverage.
Kinly is a financial technology company focused on serving the unique needs of African-Americans and their allies. It provides a range of digital banking services designed to enhance financial literacy and promote responsible money management. Kinly offers tools for financial education, expense tracking, and goal setting, alongside debit cards linked to savings accounts. By delivering these resources, the company aims to empower users to develop positive financial habits, achieve their financial goals, and fulfill their aspirations.
Nosso is a mobile-based financial planning platform for the future of children.
Addition Wealth
Seed Round in 2022
Addition Wealth is a digital platform that empowers employees to make informed financial decisions. It combines online tools, educational resources, expert content, and access to financial professionals, making personalized financial advice accessible to all employees. The company partners with employers to improve their workforce's financial well-being.
Happy Money
Series D in 2022
Happy Money, Inc. is a financial services company based in Costa Mesa, California, that focuses on helping individuals pay off credit card debt and build savings. Founded in 2009, the company originally operated under the name Payoff, Inc. before rebranding in March 2020. Happy Money offers a range of innovative products, including Payoff, a loan program specifically designed to assist customers in managing their credit card obligations; Joy, a mobile application featuring robotic Money Coaches that guide users in spending wisely and saving effectively; and the Happy Money Score, which combines psychological insights to enhance financial decision-making. The company emphasizes a mission-driven approach, aiming to transform the financial landscape by encouraging borrowers to become savers and promoting a more mindful form of capitalism. Through its unique platform, Happy Money integrates financial products with dedicated support and educational resources to foster long-term financial wellness for its members.
Ejara is a mobile investment platform designed specifically for Africa and its diasporas, offering access to a range of investment opportunities, including fractional shares, commodities, and cryptocurrencies. The company has developed blockchain-based software that facilitates the trading of investment products globally, allowing users to invest in various companies and manage their portfolios effectively. Ejara also provides features such as interest-saving accounts, which help users save and grow their investments over time. The platform is aimed at empowering traders by enabling them to track their investment performance and enjoy greater trading flexibility.
Betterment
Series F in 2021
Betterment LLC is an online financial advisory firm based in New York, founded in 2007. The company specializes in automated investing services that help individuals manage their finances through a customized and diversified portfolio. Betterment offers a range of investment options, including traditional and Roth IRAs, 401(k) accounts, and trust accounts, all of which are designed to optimize investment returns. Its services also include financial and retirement planning, tax loss harvesting, and cash management tools, such as the Two-Way Sweep feature. Betterment caters to various customer segments, including individual investors, businesses through Betterment for Business, and financial advisors via Betterment for Advisors. The firm charges a management fee for its services and focuses on providing personalized, goal-based investing solutions to enhance clients' long-term financial success.
Daylight
Seed Round in 2021
Daylight is a digital banking platform based in West Hollywood, California, specifically designed for the LGBTQ+ community. Founded in 2020, Daylight offers a range of services including prepaid cards, financial tools, and advice tailored to the unique needs of its members. The platform not only facilitates smarter financial habits but also provides cashback rewards for spending at queer bars and allied businesses. By fostering a supportive community, Daylight aims to empower individuals to navigate the financial system effectively and build a secure future without compromise.
First Boulevard
Seed Round in 2021
First Boulevard is a digitally native neobank building generational wealth for Black America. Though unbanked, underbanked and underserved, the Black community’s $1.4-trillion in annual economic impact provides a significant base to build upon. By developing a platform focused on improving financial livelihood through incentive-based financial education, Black-focused spending, and automated wealth building, First Boulevard helps members remove the stress out of managing their money while also developing positive financial behaviors and habits to reach goals faster.
Founded in 2018, Aya Payments is based in Toronto, Canada. It specializes in developing payment tools and programs tailored for employee benefits packages.
First Boulevard
Venture Round in 2020
First Boulevard is a digitally native neobank building generational wealth for Black America. Though unbanked, underbanked and underserved, the Black community’s $1.4-trillion in annual economic impact provides a significant base to build upon. By developing a platform focused on improving financial livelihood through incentive-based financial education, Black-focused spending, and automated wealth building, First Boulevard helps members remove the stress out of managing their money while also developing positive financial behaviors and habits to reach goals faster.
Goin
Venture Round in 2020
Goin is a mobile application that enhances users' financial health by layering innovative saving, investing, and smart-shopping tools onto traditional banking services.
Wollit Ltd, established in 2017 and headquartered in London, specializes in providing financial stability to individuals with irregular incomes or zero-hour contracts through its online platform. The company offers instant top-ups, allowing users to maintain a consistent monthly income despite fluctuating work hours and earnings. Wollit's services aim to improve credit scores over time, enabling users to access better financial products and opportunities.
Wollit
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Wollit Ltd, established in 2017 and headquartered in London, specializes in providing financial stability to individuals with irregular incomes or zero-hour contracts through its online platform. The company offers instant top-ups, allowing users to maintain a consistent monthly income despite fluctuating work hours and earnings. Wollit's services aim to improve credit scores over time, enabling users to access better financial products and opportunities.
Circles powered by StepLadder
Seed Round in 2019
A fast-growing, award-winning FinTech pioneering collaborative savings circles to help people all over the world reach their financial goals.
For individuals:
In the UK we offer products to help people raise money for their property deposit, getting married, starting a family, paying for education, cosmetic surgery and paying off debt.
Check out: https://www.joinstepladder.com/
For companies:
You can now white-label our Savings Circles and offer them to your customers and potential customers to increase you market share, improve retention, enhance engagement and generate revenue
Read more here: https://www.step-ladder-solutions.com/
For Investors:
StepLadder is leading the way in the new global category of digital Collaborative Finance. Savings Circles transactions total more than $500 billion worldwide, and 40% of consumers in more than 90 countries around the world use offline and informal ROSCAs. The opportunity is huge. The impact we have on people’s lives is real.
Goin is a mobile application that enhances users' financial health by layering innovative saving, investing, and smart-shopping tools onto traditional banking services.
Goin is a mobile application that enhances users' financial health by layering innovative saving, investing, and smart-shopping tools onto traditional banking services.
Kindur Services Inc., operating as Kindur, is a financial technology company based in New York that focuses on assisting baby boomers in their retirement transition. Established in 2016, Kindur offers a platform designed to enhance financial wellness for retirees and their families. The platform manages various aspects of retirement finances, including savings, pensions, and social security, tailored to different phases of retirement. Kindur provides straightforward digital advice to help users understand their financial situation, covering savings, insurance, social security, and healthcare costs. By offering tools such as a personalized retirement paycheck, Kindur aims to empower individuals to navigate retirement with confidence and prepare for unforeseen expenses.
Fluidly, established in 2016 and based in London, specializes in cash flow management and forecasting software. It leverages data science, accounting expertise, and machine learning to provide intuitive, AI-powered cash flow forecasting and management solutions. Fluidly's software automates cash flow forecasting using transaction data from accounting systems, offering small and medium enterprises real-time, invoice-level insights to optimize their financial future and make informed decisions.
Meniga
Venture Round in 2018
Meniga develops white-label digital banking solutions that enable personal finance management, automated notifications, predictive analytics, and personalized engagement. It also offers marketing products such as card-linked offers and consumer data analytics.
Kindur Services Inc., operating as Kindur, is a financial technology company based in New York that focuses on assisting baby boomers in their retirement transition. Established in 2016, Kindur offers a platform designed to enhance financial wellness for retirees and their families. The platform manages various aspects of retirement finances, including savings, pensions, and social security, tailored to different phases of retirement. Kindur provides straightforward digital advice to help users understand their financial situation, covering savings, insurance, social security, and healthcare costs. By offering tools such as a personalized retirement paycheck, Kindur aims to empower individuals to navigate retirement with confidence and prepare for unforeseen expenses.
ABAKA is a London-based provider of an AI-powered savings and retirement platform for financial institutions and employers. Its enterprise software enables employers to improve benefits engagement and financial wellbeing by giving staff access to digital saving, pension and investment guidance, and control over their financial decisions. The platform also offers modular applications for conversational AI, personalized nudges, data dashboards, and retirement planning tools, including cash-flow modeling and Monte Carlo simulations. ABAKA’s technology is licensed by leading banks, pension providers, and asset managers to serve retail customers across multiple countries, reaching millions of people through its clients. The company supports Open Banking data, pension dashboards, and scalable, outcome-driven advice. Founded in 2016, ABAKA has a strategic partnership with Avaloq Group AG.
Happy Money
Series C in 2016
Happy Money, Inc. is a financial services company based in Costa Mesa, California, that focuses on helping individuals pay off credit card debt and build savings. Founded in 2009, the company originally operated under the name Payoff, Inc. before rebranding in March 2020. Happy Money offers a range of innovative products, including Payoff, a loan program specifically designed to assist customers in managing their credit card obligations; Joy, a mobile application featuring robotic Money Coaches that guide users in spending wisely and saving effectively; and the Happy Money Score, which combines psychological insights to enhance financial decision-making. The company emphasizes a mission-driven approach, aiming to transform the financial landscape by encouraging borrowers to become savers and promoting a more mindful form of capitalism. Through its unique platform, Happy Money integrates financial products with dedicated support and educational resources to foster long-term financial wellness for its members.
Betterment
Series E in 2016
Betterment LLC is an online financial advisory firm based in New York, founded in 2007. The company specializes in automated investing services that help individuals manage their finances through a customized and diversified portfolio. Betterment offers a range of investment options, including traditional and Roth IRAs, 401(k) accounts, and trust accounts, all of which are designed to optimize investment returns. Its services also include financial and retirement planning, tax loss harvesting, and cash management tools, such as the Two-Way Sweep feature. Betterment caters to various customer segments, including individual investors, businesses through Betterment for Business, and financial advisors via Betterment for Advisors. The firm charges a management fee for its services and focuses on providing personalized, goal-based investing solutions to enhance clients' long-term financial success.
Moven is a fintech company based in New York, founded in 2011. It specializes in providing mobile banking and personal finance services, with a focus on financial wellness. Moven's platform offers real-time spending insights through its app, debit card, and contactless payment sticker, helping customers make informed decisions and save more money. The company partners with banks and non-bank entities to enhance customer acquisition, engagement, retention, and growth by leveraging these digital tools.
Betterment
Series D in 2015
Betterment LLC is an online financial advisory firm based in New York, founded in 2007. The company specializes in automated investing services that help individuals manage their finances through a customized and diversified portfolio. Betterment offers a range of investment options, including traditional and Roth IRAs, 401(k) accounts, and trust accounts, all of which are designed to optimize investment returns. Its services also include financial and retirement planning, tax loss harvesting, and cash management tools, such as the Two-Way Sweep feature. Betterment caters to various customer segments, including individual investors, businesses through Betterment for Business, and financial advisors via Betterment for Advisors. The firm charges a management fee for its services and focuses on providing personalized, goal-based investing solutions to enhance clients' long-term financial success.
Moven is a fintech company based in New York, founded in 2011. It specializes in providing mobile banking and personal finance services, with a focus on financial wellness. Moven's platform offers real-time spending insights through its app, debit card, and contactless payment sticker, helping customers make informed decisions and save more money. The company partners with banks and non-bank entities to enhance customer acquisition, engagement, retention, and growth by leveraging these digital tools.
Betterment
Series C in 2014
Betterment LLC is an online financial advisory firm based in New York, founded in 2007. The company specializes in automated investing services that help individuals manage their finances through a customized and diversified portfolio. Betterment offers a range of investment options, including traditional and Roth IRAs, 401(k) accounts, and trust accounts, all of which are designed to optimize investment returns. Its services also include financial and retirement planning, tax loss harvesting, and cash management tools, such as the Two-Way Sweep feature. Betterment caters to various customer segments, including individual investors, businesses through Betterment for Business, and financial advisors via Betterment for Advisors. The firm charges a management fee for its services and focuses on providing personalized, goal-based investing solutions to enhance clients' long-term financial success.
PayPerks
Venture Round in 2014
PayPerks, Inc. is a financial capability and engagement platform focused on improving the financial literacy of low- and middle-income consumers. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, PayPerks utilizes an educational rewards model that allows users to win cash prizes for completing tutorials and surveys on topics such as budgeting, saving, and nutrition. By integrating illustrated education with sweepstakes-based incentives, the platform fosters behavior change that benefits both consumers and the financial institutions that serve them. Financial institutions can incorporate PayPerks into their products, such as prepaid debit cards, to enhance customer engagement, retention, and loyalty. The platform emphasizes transparency and provides users with practical advice to help minimize fees and maximize convenience in their financial lives. Recognized for its innovative approach, PayPerks has received multiple accolades for serving the emerging middle class.
Happy Money
Series A in 2013
Happy Money, Inc. is a financial services company based in Costa Mesa, California, that focuses on helping individuals pay off credit card debt and build savings. Founded in 2009, the company originally operated under the name Payoff, Inc. before rebranding in March 2020. Happy Money offers a range of innovative products, including Payoff, a loan program specifically designed to assist customers in managing their credit card obligations; Joy, a mobile application featuring robotic Money Coaches that guide users in spending wisely and saving effectively; and the Happy Money Score, which combines psychological insights to enhance financial decision-making. The company emphasizes a mission-driven approach, aiming to transform the financial landscape by encouraging borrowers to become savers and promoting a more mindful form of capitalism. Through its unique platform, Happy Money integrates financial products with dedicated support and educational resources to foster long-term financial wellness for its members.
Betterment
Series B in 2012
Betterment LLC is an online financial advisory firm based in New York, founded in 2007. The company specializes in automated investing services that help individuals manage their finances through a customized and diversified portfolio. Betterment offers a range of investment options, including traditional and Roth IRAs, 401(k) accounts, and trust accounts, all of which are designed to optimize investment returns. Its services also include financial and retirement planning, tax loss harvesting, and cash management tools, such as the Two-Way Sweep feature. Betterment caters to various customer segments, including individual investors, businesses through Betterment for Business, and financial advisors via Betterment for Advisors. The firm charges a management fee for its services and focuses on providing personalized, goal-based investing solutions to enhance clients' long-term financial success.
PayPerks, Inc. is a financial capability and engagement platform focused on improving the financial literacy of low- and middle-income consumers. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, PayPerks utilizes an educational rewards model that allows users to win cash prizes for completing tutorials and surveys on topics such as budgeting, saving, and nutrition. By integrating illustrated education with sweepstakes-based incentives, the platform fosters behavior change that benefits both consumers and the financial institutions that serve them. Financial institutions can incorporate PayPerks into their products, such as prepaid debit cards, to enhance customer engagement, retention, and loyalty. The platform emphasizes transparency and provides users with practical advice to help minimize fees and maximize convenience in their financial lives. Recognized for its innovative approach, PayPerks has received multiple accolades for serving the emerging middle class.
Moven is a fintech company based in New York, founded in 2011. It specializes in providing mobile banking and personal finance services, with a focus on financial wellness. Moven's platform offers real-time spending insights through its app, debit card, and contactless payment sticker, helping customers make informed decisions and save more money. The company partners with banks and non-bank entities to enhance customer acquisition, engagement, retention, and growth by leveraging these digital tools.
Betterment
Series A in 2010
Betterment LLC is an online financial advisory firm based in New York, founded in 2007. The company specializes in automated investing services that help individuals manage their finances through a customized and diversified portfolio. Betterment offers a range of investment options, including traditional and Roth IRAs, 401(k) accounts, and trust accounts, all of which are designed to optimize investment returns. Its services also include financial and retirement planning, tax loss harvesting, and cash management tools, such as the Two-Way Sweep feature. Betterment caters to various customer segments, including individual investors, businesses through Betterment for Business, and financial advisors via Betterment for Advisors. The firm charges a management fee for its services and focuses on providing personalized, goal-based investing solutions to enhance clients' long-term financial success.
PayPerks
Angel Round in 2010
PayPerks, Inc. is a financial capability and engagement platform focused on improving the financial literacy of low- and middle-income consumers. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, PayPerks utilizes an educational rewards model that allows users to win cash prizes for completing tutorials and surveys on topics such as budgeting, saving, and nutrition. By integrating illustrated education with sweepstakes-based incentives, the platform fosters behavior change that benefits both consumers and the financial institutions that serve them. Financial institutions can incorporate PayPerks into their products, such as prepaid debit cards, to enhance customer engagement, retention, and loyalty. The platform emphasizes transparency and provides users with practical advice to help minimize fees and maximize convenience in their financial lives. Recognized for its innovative approach, PayPerks has received multiple accolades for serving the emerging middle class.