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Betterment Raises $70 Million At $800 Million Valuation
Friday, July 21, 2017 - 1:55pm | 319Betterment, an online financial advising platform, is now valued at $800 million based on its latest round of financing. Betterment secured $70 million in funding at a time when the company's business is booming. The last time the company raised money was in early 2016 when it was valued at $...
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Donald Trump Vs. Robo-Advisors
Monday, December 12, 2016 - 8:00am | 419Last week, Betterment CEO Jon Stein publicly called for President-elect Donald Trump to support the fiduciary standard, a Department of Labor rule introduced this year that requires financial advisors to act in their clients’ best interests rather than their own. Stein’s letter to...
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Flipping Burgers At Harvard Taught This Fintech Founder How To Run His Multi-Billion Dollar Company
Monday, June 6, 2016 - 12:52pm | 725Some towering figures in finance and technology got their start behind the grill -- Jeff Bezos and Lloyd Blankfein slang burgers and hot dogs, respectively. Jon Stein, CEO of Betterment, was above such ignoble pursuits, however. Just kidding: his first real job was managing a group of burger...