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Origin, the AI native platform reshaping how global organisations manage employee benefits, today announced a $30 million Series A+ funding round. This brings the company’s total funding to over $50 million within twelve months. Origin helps organisations to manage one of the largest, least visible areas of workforce spend - global benefits. Its platform identifies inefficiencies, streamlines benefits operations and improves employee experience at scale.

Today, Origin, the all-in-one personal finance app, introduced its AI financial advisor – the first system designed to provide certified financial planner–level guidance to everyday Americans. Built on advanced AI, the advisor combines each user’s financial data with state-of-the-art reasoning to deliver personalized, interactive guidance at scale. As part of this launch, Origin will offer a one-year subscription to all new users for just $1 – for one day only – removing price as a barrier so anyone can access certified planner-level financial guidance.

Origin, the all-in-one personal finance app that’s reimagining how people manage, build and protect their wealth, today announced the launch of AI Budget Builder – a first-of-its-kind tool that leverages artificial intelligence to generate personalized, flexible budgets in seconds. By analyzing users’ historical spending patterns, AI Budget Builder creates customized budgets designed to reflect real-life financial behavior. This innovation empowers users to take control of their finances – without the overwhelm of figuring out where to begin.

Origin, the world’s first Global Benefits Intelligence platform, today officially launched, announcing it has raised $21 million in Series A funding led by Felix Capital, with participation from Acadian Ventures and Notion Capital. Additional investment has been secured from Tudor Havriliuc, former VP of HR at Meta, Paul Daugherty, Enterprise AI author, recently retired CTO of Accenture, Jacqui Canney CHRO at ServiceNow, and Laura Modiano Startups Lead for OpenAI in EMEA. The funding round values Origin at $106 million and will accelerate the company's mission to revolutionize the $45 billion global benefits industry by providing HR and benefits leaders with unprecedented visibility, strategic insight, and cost control.

Origin, the premier launchpad on Hedera offering curated investment opportunities, emerged from stealth to introduce a democratized investment vehicle that will revolutionize today’s venture capital landscape.

It’s already been widely reported that the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted women’s employment more than men, and new research shows that their overall financial well-being is also lagging behind. Origin, the employee financial wellness platform, today released its inaugural State of Financial Health and Wealth Report, a survey of 1,000 full-time U.S. employees, diving deep into the financial behaviors and stressors of employees today. Among other insights on financial burdens of employees detailed in the report, Origin’s survey found men are nearly 2x more likely to be confident or very confident in their financial health than women (62% of male respondents versus 38% of female respondents).

Origin, the employee financial wellness platform, today announced that it has hired Chad Schneider as head of broker partnerships to spearhead its global broker ecosystem. Schneider brings more than 20 years of experience in managing the onboarding, development, and strategy for broker and carrier partnerships in the insurance and employee benefits industry.

Financial education and services are unevenly distributed in the modern economy. Marginalized communities are apprehensive about working with financial systems or have been cut off from accessing opportunities to accumulate wealth. To expand financial literacy education and support the next generation of financial planners to be as diverse as the clients they serve, Origin, the employee financial wellness platform, announced the formation of their new philanthropic initiative – the Origin Diversity Program. Through the program, Origin has committed time, resources, and funds to further its mission of bringing financial wellness to every employee, no matter their income, net worth, or location.

Origin, the comprehensive employee financial wellness platform, today announced it has raised $56 million in Series B funding led by Dick Costolo and Adam Bain’s 01A, General Catalyst and Lachy Groom, with participation from existing investors Founders Fund, Felicis Ventures and Abstract Ventures, bringing its valuation to $400 million. This funding round will fuel Origin’s customer expansion and new product innovation, following a massive uptick in demand for financial planning benefits as the pandemic increased financial stress for employees.

With a flurry of skyrocketing valuations, huge IPOs and SPACs in recent months, equity compensation can make up the majority of an employee’s total compensation. However, if employees don’t understand how equity works, they are leaving a significant amount of value on the table. Origin, the employee financial wellness platform, today launched Equity Manager, a new suite of tools designed to empower employees to make the most informed and confident decisions possible around their equity compensation so that they can maximize their worth with the help of financial professionals.