Pluto Money, Inc.
The ultimate money management app for Gen Z's financial wellness.
- Stage Full Product Ready
- Industry Fintech
- Location Mountain View, CA, US
- Currency USD
- Founded March 2016
- Employees 3
- Incorporation Type C-corp
- Website gopluto.io
Company Summary
Pluto is the money management app for college students' financial wellness, with an eye on the larger up-and-coming Generation Z.
Launched public beta (iOS) in Oct '17. Have saved users over $300K & tracked over $120M in assets.
Users save for goals and improve money habits by doing simple challenges tailored to their finances. Users can also take action based on contextual insights, such as anonymous spending comparison with similar peers.
Team
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CEO
B.S. Cognitive Science w/ computing, HCI & entrepreneurship specializations from UCLA. Worked in product, project & program mgmt roles at Expedia and NeuroSky (biotech startup). Inaugural Startup UCLA / UCLA VC Fund fellow, William Sharpe Fellow (13% acceptance rate) & KPCB Product Fellow semifinalist. Co-led sponsorship for Global Hackathon Seoul, the largest hackathon that never was (partnered with Seoul gov't & United Nations) w/ $1M+ budget.
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CCO
B.A. Art History with Certificate in Marketing (Concentration in Social Media and Web Analytics) earned with Distinction from UCLA. Multi-disciplinary visual designer and brand strategist with Silicon Beach startup experience. Founded the Bruin Startup Fair and ran marketing for the UCLA VC Fund. Founded and managed a cafe franchise in Korea that generated $1M+ in revenue. Designed QC FinTech's logo (www.qcfintech.co).
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CTO
Current CS major w/ EE & Math minor at Seattle U. Full stack developer with 7+ years of experience building consumer mobile and web applications. Started coding in middle school and founded a local electronics refurbishing company that got sold to a larger shop. Self-proclaimed blockchain and cybersecurity geek.
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