“After fleeing the civil war in Liberia to attend college in the US, we lacked flexibility. We worked 2-3 jobs at a time and could not choose when we worked and when we studied. We built PettyGigs so that others do not have to go through the same experience,” William Ward, Co-founder and CEO of PettyGigs, said in a press release on Tuesday (Aug. 23).
By teaming with Atomic, gig workers on the PettyGigs platform can allocate a portion of their earnings from each job into a curated portfolio. The fully diversified account has no minimum deposit or balance requirement and includes direct indexing, tax-loss harvesting and ESG investing.
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“Financial freedom is not just about one’s ability to earn. Wealth isn’t built by saving — It’s built by investing. The partnership with Atomic has turbocharged our vision of putting every young person on the path to financial freedom,” said Alois Monger, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of PettyGigs.
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina and launched last year by first-generation immigrants, PettyGigs was founded to create socioeconomic mobility for every young person, according to the company’s website.
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“Our partnership with PettyGigs creates a tremendous opportunity to introduce responsible investing concepts to younger Giggers who are just at the beginning of their wealth-building journeys,” said David Dindi, Co-Founder and CEO of Atomic.
Headquartered in San Francisco and founded in 2020, Atomic enables consumer-facing FinTechs to integrate wealth management and trading into their products. The startup recently closed a Series A funding round backed by QED Partners, Anthemis, SoftBank and Y Combinator.
