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Pave Finance
Pave Finance is a New York-based fintech building an AI-powered, institutional-grade wealth management platform that lets financial advisors customize, personalize and automate portfolio construction for their clients. Combining an alpha-scoring algorithm, an optimization engine and an integrated trading platform across 10,000+ global securities, Pave brings tools once reserved for hedge funds and ultra-high-net-worth desks to everyday advisors - offering direct indexing, tax-loss harvesting, values-based screens and concentrated-position management. In September 2025 the company closed an oversubscribed $14M seed round.
M1
M1 is a Chicago-based personal finance platform that bundles investing, borrowing, and spending into a single app it calls 'The Finance Super App.' Built around customizable 'Pies' that let people design a portfolio of stocks and ETFs and automate contributions and rebalancing, M1 aims to give self-directed investors the kind of automated, low-cost money management once reserved for the wealthy. Founded in 2016 by Brian Barnes, the company has raised more than $300 million and surpassed $10 billion in assets under management.