Goodly makes it easy for companies to offer tax-free student loan repayment as an employee benefit. Companies that offer this simple to use platform cut down the time that their employees would otherwise be in debt by an average of 30 percent. This benefit can be used as a powerful tool for recruiting and retention while fostering diversity, inclusion and financial wellness.
A meaningful benefit for companies who care.
Lets tackle the $1.6 trillion student debt crisis together.
A meaningful benefit for companies who care.
Lets tackle the $1.6 trillion student debt crisis together.
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $1.3M
Founded date: 2018
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
| 01.03.2023 | ACE & ... | aceandcomp... |
| 06.10.2020 | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
| - | Zeno Ventu... | zenoventur... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 05.04.2019 | Seed | $1.3M | Norwest Ve... |
Mentions in press and media 11
| Date | Title | Description |
| 27.11.2022 | The Best Employees Want More Than Just Money. Here Are 6 Ways to Attract Them. Decent pay is tablestakes. Six founders explain what actually keeps their top performers around. | 1. Commit to a mission. "Since becoming B Corp certified in 2020, we've retained almost three-fourths of our first 50 employees and attracted our next 50 'keepers.' Through employee surveys, we've learned that our B Corp status and ou... |
| 04.11.2021 | Goodly, focused on student loan repayment as an employee benefit, finds tailwinds | Goodly, a three-year-old, San Francisco-based startup, has been steadily building its business with a five-person team and not much funding — $1.5 million secured in 2019 and, more recently, an undisclosed amount of funding from Beth Axelro... |
| 05.05.2021 | A millennial CEO still paying off his own student debt has dedicated his career to solving the student-loan crisis | . Greg Poulin Greg Poulin borrowed $80,000 to complete his education after his father unexpectedly died. He was inspired to create Goodly, a startup that helps employers offer a student-loan repayment benefit. Poulin told Insider he believe... |
| 28.03.2019 | Top startup news for today, Thursday, March 28, 2019 | Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Thursday, March 28. Alphabet-backed startup Clover Health is laying off 140 tech employees after realizing it needs more health-care experts. It is not all a... |
| 27.03.2019 | Goodly Announces $1.3M in Seed Funding to Make Student Loan Assistance a Mainstream Employee Benefit | Round Led by Norwest Venture Partners Will Help Goodly Transform Student Loan Assistance as an Employee Benefit SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 27, 2019– Goodly, the leading platform for student loan assistance as an employee benefit, a... |
| 27.03.2019 | This startup is transforming the $1.6 trillion student loan debt by making it easier for employers to offer student loan assistance as an employee benefit | The US student loan debt is currently $1.6 trillion and counting. One startup is on a mission to change the trajectory. Enter Goodly, a fintech startup that lets any employer offer student loan assistance to employees easily and affordably.... |
| 27.03.2019 | Goodly replaces lame office perks with student loan repayment | There are better employee perks than a ping-pong table. Seventy percent of Americans graduate college with student loan debt. That’s 45 million people who owe $1.6 trillion. So when employers use Goodly to offer $100 per month in student lo... |
| 27.03.2019 | Goodly Raises $1.3M in Seed Funding | Goodly, a San Francisco, CA-based platform for student loan assistance as an employee benefit, raised $1.3m in seed funding. The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from Y Combinator, Ace & Company, Zeno Venture... |
| 21.08.2018 | School’s Out for the Latest Y Combinator Batch, and Here’s What Its Edtech Graduates Are Up to | Investors and founders packed into the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. for startup accelerator Y Combinator’s Summer 2018 Demo Day. For those counting, this was the 27th version of the event, which always features a motley ... |
| 07.08.2018 | 15 Companies from the YC Summer 2018 Batch | At Y Combinator, founders decide when they want to announce that they’re part of the program. Meet 15 of the companies who recently announced that they’re part of the YC Summer 2018 batch. See more companies from the S18 batch here and here... |
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