Human Interest (YC S15) — The 401(k) for small and medium-sized businesses
Human Interest is on a mission to ensure that people in all lines of work have access to retirement benefits. Nearly half of all working Americans are not saving enough for their future.
Human Interest is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2015 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: The 401(k) for small and medium-sized businesses. The founders listed are Roger Lee (Founder/CEO), Paul Sawaya (Founder/CTO) (Y Combinator directory entry, June 10, 2015).
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Human Interest is on a mission to ensure that people in all lines of work have access to retirement benefits.
Nearly half of all working Americans are not saving enough for their future. Too often it’s because they are employed by a company that doesn’t offer a retirement plan. Human Interest is changing that by making it affordable and accessible for small and medium-sized businesses to offer employees a path to financial independence through retirement savings.
We’re a high-growth tech company changing the retirement industry. We’ve raised $500M and are backed by leading investors. Most recently, by funding from BlackRock as well as many other top investors: TPG (The Rise Fund) with SoftBank led our Series D, Glynn Capital, NewView Capital, USVP, Wing, Uncork, and others.
Roger Lee
Founder/CEO
Paul Sawaya
Founder/CTO
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