Brightside is the first employer-based financial care platform to drive meaningful ROI for employers by making paychecks go farther for the 72% of Americans who are not financially healthy. Since 2018, its Financial Assistants, proprietary rules engine, and innovative products have helped thousands of families save more than $1,200 each while improving emergency savings and reducing debt, resulting in improved productivity, retention, and diversity while lowering healthcare costs.
Location: United States, Arizona, Chandler
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $72.1M
Founded date: 2017
Investors 8
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 15.11.2022 | Series B | $33M | - |
| 22.06.2020 | Series A | $35.1M | a16z |
| 07.05.2018 | Seed | $4M | - |
Mentions in press and media 13
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| 24.07.2023 | What is the difference between debt consolidation and bankruptcy? | Regardless of your debt relief of choice, they should be part of a larger plan to remain debt-free. Giuseppe Lombardo/Getty JUMP TO Section Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation opt... |
| 12.07.2023 | How does debt consolidation impact and affect your credit score? | Debt consolidation often saves you money by giving you lower interest rates on your current debt. JuFagundes/Getty JUMP TO Section Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. Wha... |
| 05.12.2022 | Brightside – Personal Financial Expert | The post was originally published in Russian on Startup of the Day. Alexander kindly agreed to republish what we think is of great value to our readers. If an employee has money problems, they don’t work very well because their thoughts ar... |
| 11.11.2022 | Brightside Raises $33M in Series B Funding | Brightside, a San Francisco, CA, Chandler, AZ, and Philadelphia, PA-based provider of a financial care platform for employers, raised $33M in Series B funding. The round was led by Obvious Ventures, with participation from Andreessen Horowi... |
| 10.11.2022 | A16z-backed financial wellness benefits provider Brightside raises $33 million in Series B funding with plans to hire hundreds of employees | Tom Spann, CEO of Brightside. Brightside This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Redeem now Brightside works with employers to provide financial wellness benefits to employees. It... |
| 29.06.2020 | Why Insurtech doesn’t get the funding it deserves | Australia is ranked 5th (out of 137 countries) on the Global Entrepreneurial Index, and one of our strongest attributes is Risk Capital¹. |
| 17.06.2020 | Brightside Raises $35.1M in Series A Funding | Brightside, a Francisco, CA, Chandler, AZ, and Philadelphia, PA-based financial care platform for employers, raised $35.1m in Series A funding. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from existing investors Comcast Vent... |
| 07.05.2018 | Brightside Raises $4M in Seed Funding | Brightside, a San Francisco, CA-based employee financial health platform, raised $4M in seed funding. Backers included Comcast Ventures and Trinity Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to continue to expand its reach. Founded in 2... |
| 07.05.2018 | Brightside raises $4 million to improve employees’ financial health | Brightside has raised $4 million in funding for its platform to improve employees’ financial health and has appointed Tom Spann, formerly CEO of health care company Accolade, as its new CEO. The announcement was made at the HLTH conference ... |
| 07.05.2018 | Comcast Ventures Leads $4M Round In Startup With Philly Ties | Montco-based Tom Spann, founder and vice chair of connected healthcare company Accolade, launched a new venture in a similar space: Brightside, which is focused on reducing the toll of “financial stress” on employees. Spann has rallied supp... |
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