Vestwell

The modern savings platform

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201-500 employees
  • Fintech
  • B2B
  • Personal finance
  • SaaS
Midtown East, New York, NY

Company mission

To make saving for life's most important milestones accessible to everyone.

Led by a woman
Top investors

17% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Access to retirement and workplace savings remains a challenge for many American workers, especially in gig and non-traditional roles. Founded in 2016, Vestwell is a fintech company making savings simpler, more accessible, and inclusive. From retirement accounts to students loan repayment and specialized savings programs, Vestwell is helping build a modern savings economy for everyone.

Vestwell's platform gives employers, payroll providers, and financial advisors easy tools to manage savings plans, while empowering employees to save directly from their paychecks. And programs like the Amazon Delivery Service Partner pooled employer plan and state-run auto-IRA initiative show just how Vestwell is helping underserved workers gain access to retirement savings, creating real financial security for millions nationwide.

Serving nearly 1.5M participants across 350,000 businesses with over $35B in assets, Vestwell has raised $125M in recent funding and expanded state partnerships. By tailoring solutions for gig and mobile workforces, the company has put itself in a prime position to continue transforming how Americans save, making financial security more accessible than ever.

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Benefits

  • Competitive health coverage
  • A dedicated Employee Wellbeing Committee
  • Generous vacation, safe/sick time, and leave policies
  • Strong focus on learning & development
  • Hybrid work environment
  • A great 401(k) plan!

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Dec 2023

$125m

SERIES D

Jul 2021

$70m

SERIES C

Total funding: $237.5m

This company has top investors

Leadership

Aaron Schumm

(Founder & CEO)

Studied Finance at GIES College of Business and then received an MBA from Duke. Head Equity Research at financial advisory firm Dillon Scott Securities, Product Manager at Fiserv, VP of Product Marketing at Citi.

David joined Vestwell in 2017 as an SVP of Finance & HR and became CFO in 2020. Prior to this, he spent 2 years at Primary Venture Partners as a Senior Associate and Principal and 3 years at Morgan Stanley as an Investment Banking Associate.

Jonathan joined Vestwell in 2021 as an SVP of Business Operations & Strategy and became COO in 2023. Prior to this, he was the Interim Head of Member Operations at Garner Health and a Go-to-market Consultant at Elemental Cognition. He also spent nearly 7 years at Bridgewater Associates in various roles including Chief of Staff to Department Head of Engineering and AI (Principles Division) and Head of Business Operations (Principles Division).

Prior to joining Vestwell in 2020, Patty was a Senior Director of Global Talent Acquisition/VP of People Ops & Talent at Conductor. She also spent 3 years at Dentsu Aegis Network as a Director of Talent Acquisition and 3 years at 24 Seven as an Account Manager.

Prior to joining Vestwell in 2021, Rob held VP roles at Integral Ad Science, Sizmek, MediaMind, and Unicast.