SparkGift

SparkGift, a Y Combinator alumnus, aimed to revolutionize gift-giving by enabling users to send stocks and index funds as presents. The company's founders shared a vision of making investment gifting as straightforward as purchasing a standard retail gift card. SparkGift facilitated small-dollar gifts and fractional shares, allowing users to gift investments as small as $20 in companies like Apple or Vanguard index funds. SparkGift's core mission was to democratize investing by leveraging the gift-giving occasion to cultivate a new generation of savers and investors, making investing simple, enjoyable, and accessible to a broad audience.