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Brigit

Promoting sustainable financial health

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101-200 employees
  • Fintech
  • B2C
  • Personal finance
  • SaaS
Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY

Company mission

To help everyday Americans build a brighter financial future.

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

12% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Brigit is an algorithm-based personal finance app that helps underserved financial customers maintain financial health. It offers a raft of protective services including cash bumps to fend off overdraft charges, budgeting tools, and interest-free emergency loans.

In spite of this financially-oriented spread, Brigit has no intention of expanding into neo-banking. This is smart, as it allows the company to focus on a broad range of banner services without stepping into the far more competitive digital banking sector. Brigit has successfully united these disparate features under a strong customer-forward and socially-impactful identity, which gives the company the freedom to expand its services in response to new banking trends without diluting its brand.

It means, too, that Brigit can complement new and legacy banking solutions, instead of competing for space. This careful positioning should shore Brigit up in a sector undergoing continual and swift change.

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Benefits

  • 401K - Choose from a wide range of plans to find the ones that suit your specific retirement plans and savings goals
  • Phone/wifi stipend - Whether you’re in a hybrid or remote role, we make sure our employees have what they need to work effectively outside of the office
  • Snacks & more - Caffeine and a stocked kitchen keep us energized and Thursday lunch brings everyone together for a weekly nosh
  • Medical benefits - We offer top-quality health insurance (medical, dental, vision, and wellness) with options so you can select the plan that works best for you
  • Paid parental leave - Because we know there are no jobs harder than being a parent, we support our employees with paid parental leave
  • Generous paid time off - Take the time you want and need to recharge and live a fully balanced life

Company values

  • Fairness: Our founding principle is to look out for—not make a quick buck from—people in need
  • Transparency: When it comes to finances, nobody likes surprises. With Brigit, there are no hidden costs, ever. Ever
  • Simplicity: Finance is complicated enough. Our app is designed to not only be easy to use, but actually reduce stress

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Jan 2021

$35m

SERIES A

Jan 2020

$35m

SERIES A

Total funding: $110m

This company has top investors

Leadership

Hamel Kothari

(CTO & CDO)

Former software engineer at Palantir and Two Sigma. Graduated from Berkley with a BA in computer science.

Former founder and group head in Strategic Partnership at Deutsche Bank, and managing director at Infosys Technology. Founder of METROINDIA.COM. Graduated with a BA Economics from University of Chicago.

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