Startup Fundraising during Covid-19 across the USA

We are delighted to feature:

Brian Barnes is the founder and CEO of M1 Finance, a Chicago-based company in the personal finance technology and robo-advisory space. M1 Finance raised $33M in Series B funding this June led by Left Lane Capital, Jump Capital and Clocktower Technology Ventures. M1 surpassed $1B AUM on its platform in Feb 2020, beating Acorns, Betterment and Wealthfront on reaching this milestone. Brian graduated from Stanford University in 2012, and has been immersed in personal investing since fifth grade.

Jaclyn Chen is the founder and CEO of Benepass, based in New York. Benepass is a modern employee benefits card provider, and its mission is to help companies take better care of their employees. The company graduated Y Combinator in Winter 2020 and subsequently raised a seed round led by Gradient Ventures. Jaclyn graduated from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2019. Before business school, she worked at TPG Capital and Goldman Sachs focused on financial services investing and advisory.

Alan Chiu is the co-founder and CEO of Enya.ai, a confidential computing startup that helps companies protect privacy and minimize data liability while generating insights from sensitive data. Enya developed the advanced COVID checker FeverIQ, and raised an oversubscribed angel round this summer. Alan, who is also a serial entrepreneur and a partner at XSeed Capital, graduated from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2011. He is the Co-President of the Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs chapter in the Bay Area.