Backer makes it easy to invest tax-free for college with help from family and friends.
We believe every child in America deserves a 529 Savings Plan, and we've already helped 170k+ parents and kids avoid more than $500 million in student debt.
Whether it's for your child or a friend or relative's, kick off their tax-free college savings today at backer.com.
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $17.9M
Founded date: 2015
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Crosslink ... | crosslinkc... |
| 04.05.2021 | Reach Capi... | reachcapit... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 19.12.2023 | Series A | $9.5M | - |
| 28.04.2021 | - | $8.4M | Crosslink ... |
Mentions in press and media 20
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 19.12.2023 | Backer Raises $9.5M in Series A; Acquires Saving For College | Backer, a San Francisco, CA-based fintech company focused on tax-advantaged 529 Savings Plans, raise... | finsmes.co... |
| 06.12.2022 | Backer Partners with North Carolina’s 529 Savings Program to... | SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) December 06, 2022 Today, Backer, the leading fintech company focused on 529 p... | prweb.com/... |
| 17.11.2022 | Parents Set to Embrace Gifting to Higher Education 529 Savin... | Vivian Tsai, Chair of College Savings Foundation As the holiday season approaches, the convenience o... | prweb.com/... |
| 27.05.2022 | Backer Announces Invest Now, Pay Later Offering for 529 Day | SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) May 27, 2022 Research shows that children with college savings between $1 and... | prweb.com/... |
| 22.06.2021 | ShareChat backer India Quotient raises $64m for its fourth f... | India Quotient, a homegrown early stage venture capital fund, on Tuesday said it has raised $64 mill... | dealstreet... |
| 03.05.2021 | Social Savings Platform Company Backer Closes $8.4 Million | Backer (formerly known as CollegeBacker) announced that it has raised $8.4 million in funding. These... | pulse2.com... |
| 28.04.2021 | Backer : raises $8.4M to make saving for education social | SAN FRANCISCO, April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CollegeBacker, the social savings platform that brough... | marketscre... |
| 28.04.2021 | Backer Raises $8.4M in Funding | CollegeBacker, a San Francisco, CA-based social savings platform, rebranded to Backer, and raised $8... | finsmes.co... |
| 30.09.2020 | China’s M31 Capital, backer of ByteDance and Grail, closes U... | Premium China-based investment firm M31 Capital announced on Tuesday that it has closed a USD-denom... | dealstreet... |
| 26.02.2020 | ‘Parasite’ backer Company K Partners launches $102m growth f... | Premium South Korean venture capital investor Company K Partners, which counts Oscar-winning ‘Paras... | dealstreet... |
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