LearnVest.com
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Personal finance, Software |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Founder | Alexa Von Tobel |
| Headquarters | New York, New York, USA |
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United States |
| Revenue | N/A |
| Parent | Northwestern Mutual Life |
| Website | LearnVest.com |
LearnVest is an American financial planning company founded by CEO Alexa Von Tobel. It sells personal finance software.
Alexa von Tobel entered Harvard Business School in the fall of 2008, but took a leave of absence and launched LearnVest.
LearnVest's headquarters are in New York and they have an Expert Hub in Phoenix. LearnVest was selected as a TechCrunch50 2009 Company and debuted in September 2009 at the TechCrunch50 conference in San Francisco.
The LearnVest Program focuses on behavior change and “takes you from cutting expenses to budgeting for goals to investing your money.” Clients work with LearnVest Planners to make progress on their money. There are “three tiers of access to financial plans” The LearnVest Program was featured in von Tobel’s New York Times Bestseller, Financially Fearless.
The Money Center is an online tool that lets users track their spending, visualize their budgets and financial goals. In addition to the built-in budgeting system, full goal tracking, full trends and analysis, and a financial inbox, Money Center allows live co-viewing of user’s account and dashboard between the user and his or her LearnVest financial planner.
LearnVest Planning, a subsidiary of LearnVest Inc., is a Registered Investment Advisor through which LearnVest employs Certified Financial Planners nationwide. As a registered SEC financial advisor, LearnVest is able to offer portfolio recommendations and general investment advice.
LearnVest released free iPhone and iPad apps that help users track their spending and their financial goals. The LearnVest app was featured as an iTunes App Store New & Noteworthy pick.
LearnVest raised a $4.5 million Series A round, a $19 million Series B round, a $16.5 million Series C round, and a $28 million Series D round.
Investors include Accel Partners, Northwestern Mutual, American Express Ventures, Claritas Capital, Ed Mathias of The Carlyle Group, and Todd Ruppert of T. Rowe Price.
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