Backer makes it easy to invest tax-free for college with help from family and friends.
We believe every child in America deserves a 529 Savings Plan, and we've already helped 170k+ parents and kids avoid more than $500 million in student debt.
Whether it's for your child or a friend or relative's, kick off their tax-free college savings today at backer.com.
We believe every child in America deserves a 529 Savings Plan, and we've already helped 170k+ parents and kids avoid more than $500 million in student debt.
Whether it's for your child or a friend or relative's, kick off their tax-free college savings today at backer.com.
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $17.9M
Founded date: 2015
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Crosslink ... | crosslinkc... |
| 04.05.2021 | Reach Capi... | reachcapit... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 19.12.2023 | Series A | $9.5M | - |
| 28.04.2021 | - | $8.4M | Crosslink ... |
Mentions in press and media 21
| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.12.2024 | More Startups Are Working On Lowering Your Taxes | 4 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn These days, a lot of Americans earn enough to qualify for the highest taxes. Per recent estimates, roughly a fifth of households earn over $250,000 in annual income, putting most of them in a 35% fed... |
| 19.12.2023 | Backer Raises $9.5M in Series A; Acquires Saving For College | Backer, a San Francisco, CA-based fintech company focused on tax-advantaged 529 Savings Plans, raised $9.5M in funding. The round was led by WndrCo. Baker has also acquired Saving For College, a Miami, FL based provider of a 529-related med... |
| 06.12.2022 | Backer Partners with North Carolina’s 529 Savings Program to Help Students Save | SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) December 06, 2022 Today, Backer, the leading fintech company focused on 529 plans, has partnered with the State of North Carolina to bring its best-in-class gifting features to over 160,000 North Carolina 529 accounts ... |
| 17.11.2022 | Parents Set to Embrace Gifting to Higher Education 529 Savings Plans, College Savings Foundation Finds | Vivian Tsai, Chair of College Savings Foundation As the holiday season approaches, the convenience of online gifting programs will help families engage their friends and networks in setting and achieving education and career goals for their... |
| 27.05.2022 | Backer Announces Invest Now, Pay Later Offering for 529 Day | SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) May 27, 2022 Research shows that children with college savings between $1 and $500 are three times more likely to enroll in college and four times more likely to graduate, but many Americans can’t make or save enough t... |
| 22.06.2021 | ShareChat backer India Quotient raises $64m for its fourth fund | India Quotient, a homegrown early stage venture capital fund, on Tuesday said it has raised $64 million for its fourth fund. The fourth fund was launched in February 2021 to build a corpus of $80 million from domestic and global allocations... |
| 03.05.2021 | Social Savings Platform Company Backer Closes $8.4 Million | Backer (formerly known as CollegeBacker) announced that it has raised $8.4 million in funding. These are the details. CollegeBacker — a social savings platform that brought digital investment advice to 529 plans, has rebranded to Backer (at... |
| 28.04.2021 | Backer : raises $8.4M to make saving for education social | SAN FRANCISCO, April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CollegeBacker, the social savings platform that brought digital investment advice to 529 plans, has rebranded to Backer (at backer.com) and raised $8.4 million in venture capital. Backer's lates... |
| 28.04.2021 | Backer Raises $8.4M in Funding | CollegeBacker, a San Francisco, CA-based social savings platform, rebranded to Backer, and raised $8.4m in funding. The round was led by Crosslink Capital with participation from Rally Ventures, Correlation Ventures, Expansion Ventures, SoF... |
| 30.09.2020 | China’s M31 Capital, backer of ByteDance and Grail, closes USD fund at $450m | Premium China-based investment firm M31 Capital announced on Tuesday that it has closed a USD-denominated fund at $450 million. Continue reading this story with a subscription to DealStreetAsia. Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in Contac... |
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