M1

M1

Chicago, IL
250 Total Employees
176 Local Employees
Year Founded: 2015
The Finance Super App

M1 is a fast-growing fintech company and personal finance platform made for the modern era. Hundreds of thousands of investors take control of their long-term wealth with M1 and have already trusted us with over $6 billion of assets. As the Finance Super App™, we empower financial well-being with all the tools to invest, borrow, spend and save: high-yield savings, automated investing tools, paperwork-free margin loans, low-cost personal loans, high cash-back credit card rewards that can be automatically re-invested From 2020 to 2021, the company grew from 82 employees to 236 employees and in 2021 became a fintech unicorn with a valuation of $1.45 billion. Today, the 260+ M1 team spans the United States with headquarters in Chicago. M1 has over 60,000 5-star customer reviews on the App Store and Google Play and has been recognized as a top app for investors including Investopedia’s 2023 Best for Sophisticated Investors and Best for Low Costs, Insider’s Best Investment App for Portfolio Customization, and one of Bankrate’s Best Robo-Advisors 2023. The company was also named one of CB Insights’ Top Fintech Companies of 2021, a 2021 Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune, and one of Built In’s 2022 and 2023 Best Places to Work in Chicago. Find out more at m1.com. Mission: M1 empowers personal financial well-being. From our automation tools to our competitive rates to the content we produce, we’re focused on helping clients manage money and grow wealth the way they want to. That’s why our tagline is Build and Manage Your Wealth.


M1 Offices

Hybrid Workspace

Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

Typical time on-site:
Chicago, IL

What the Team is Saying

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Technology We Use

AWS (Amazon Web Services)
AWS (Amazon Web Services)
SERVICES
JavaScript
JavaScript
LANGUAGES
Kotlin
Kotlin
LANGUAGES
Node.js
Node.js
FRAMEWORKS
Python
Python
LANGUAGES
React
React
LIBRARIES
Scala
Scala
LANGUAGES
SQL
SQL
LANGUAGES
Swift
Swift
LANGUAGES
Asana
Asana
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Confluence
Confluence
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Figma
Figma
DESIGN
Miro
Miro
DESIGN
Tableau
Tableau
ANALYTICS
Slack
Slack
COLLABORATION
Zoom
Zoom
COLLABORATION

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Updated on March 07, 2022

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