DriveWealth
DriveWealth is a financial technology company that provides brokerage services to banks, broker dealers, and consumer brands through APIs. The company has raised $543 million in funding, including a Series D round in August 2021, and employs 373 people.
The growth story
DriveWealth grew from 246 to 373 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $543M along the way, most recently a Series D in August 2021.
About
DriveWealth offers a B2B platform that enables financial institutions and consumer brands to build investing and trading experiences. Its APIs support traditional investment workflows and newer features like fractional share ownership through purchase rounding.
The company has scaled significantly since its 2012 founding, reaching a $543 million total funding milestone in 2021. Its Series D round included investments from Accel, Citi Ventures, and FTX, among others.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is DriveWealth's largest function, with 66 employees. The company has a median employee tenure of 2 years, suggesting moderate turnover.
The DriveWealth org chart
Naureen Hassan (Chief Executive Officer) leads 60 mapped leaders with 21 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 96 (+2% YoY), Operations 41 (+14% YoY), Information Technology 35 (+35% YoY), Finance 32 (-3% YoY), Business Development 29 (-6% YoY), Legal 21 (+11% YoY).
Talent flow
DriveWealth recruits heavily from major financial institutions, with Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, and UBS being its top talent sources. Alumni frequently move to fintech companies like Alpaca and Bloomberg.
Most common previous employers of DriveWealth staff: Morgan Stanley (19), JPMorganChase (16), UBS (12), Goldman Sachs (11), E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley (11), Bank of America (10). Former DriveWealth employees most often moved to cuttone. Technology, Advisory & Consulting (3), Citi (3), RQD* Clearing (3), Alpaca (3), Bloomberg (3), FIS (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The DriveWealth mafia
DriveWealth alumni have founded 17 companies, including Alpaca (483 employees) and VGS (493 employees), both in the fintech space.
18David Grant, was Chief Executive Officer, Asia until 2026Alexander Ramsay McCaig, was Brand Ambassador until 2015Saad Malik, was Consultant until 2015Matthew Ford, was Board Observer until 2021Andrea G. Forte, was Head Of Engineering - FX and Blockchain until 2024
L. Michael Meyer, CFA, was Board Member until 2015
Mubarak Hazeez-Agbaje, was Sales Representative until 2016
Megan Knab, was Director, Analytics & Strategy until 2021
Donato J. Cuttone, was Head of Trading & Brokerage until 2025
Dan Dall'Asta, was Member of the Board of Directors; Advisor until 2021
Tanay Mittal, was Student Product Manager until 2021
Murali V Akella, was Head of FX until 2023
Johnny Lynch, was Chairman, DriveWealth Lithuania & Head of European Operations until 2024
Shivam Agarwal, was Campus Ambassador until 2015Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 81% direct, 13% search, 1% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at DriveWealth: SQL (109), Leadership (104), Microsoft Office (97), Microsoft Excel (91), Python (Programming Language) (82), Project Management (77), Management (77), Java (75).
Where the team actually sits
DriveWealth people are concentrated in New York, United States (73), New York City Metropolitan Area (55), New Jersey, United States (25), United States (13).
Search footprint
DriveWealth attracts about 1,301 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $4K a month if bought through ads. It gained 225 ranking keywords and lost 96 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.50 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 2.60 / 5
- Senior management
- 2.40 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.10 / 5
Frequently asked
DriveWealth has 373 employees as of September 2026.
DriveWealth has raised $543M in total, most recently a Series D round in August 2021.
Naureen Hassan (Chief Executive Officer) sits at the top of DriveWealth's reporting structure, with 21 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current DriveWealth staff are Morgan Stanley (19 people), JPMorganChase (16 people), UBS (12 people).
Former DriveWealth employees most often move to cuttone. Technology, Advisory & Consulting (3), Citi (3), RQD* Clearing (3).
At least 17 companies have a founder who previously worked at DriveWealth, including VGS, Alpaca, TARTLE.
DriveWealth attracts about 1,301 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $4K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among DriveWealth staff are SQL, Leadership, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Python (Programming Language).
DriveWealth staff are concentrated in New York, United States (73), New York City Metropolitan Area (55), New Jersey, United States (25).
DriveWealth has about 96 people in Engineering, up 2% over the past year, as of September 2026.
DriveWealth has about 41 people in Operations, up 14% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 234 current and 261 former DriveWealth profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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