The 401(k) for small and medium-sized businesses.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 2, 2026
Human Interest is a San Francisco financial-technology company that provides affordable, automated retirement plans to small and midsize businesses. Its mission is to close the U.S. retirement-savings access gap; the company reports serving roughly 47,000–50,000 employers and nearly 2 million eligible employees as of late 2025/early 2026.
Primary product
A technology-first, full-service 401(k) and 403(b) platform covering plan setup, payroll integrations, automated contributions, recordkeeping, investment education/advice, compliance, IRS filings, fiduciary oversight, employee support, and related retirement-plan services.
Founded
2015
Headquarters
655 Montgomery Street, Suite 1800, San Francisco, California 94111, United States
Team size
700–900 employees; Revelio Labs estimated 829 worldwide in March 2026, while other public profiles report approximately 815–877.
Work style
Flexible
Industry
59 jobs at Human Interest
Financial services
Sub-industry
Fintech / retirement-plan administration / employee benefits software
Offices
Business model
Stage
Late-stage, revenue-generating venture-backed private company / unicorn
Total raised
$904M
Latest round
Later-stage venture / reported Series E extension or Series F financing · Jan 2026
Latest amount
$200M
Jan 2026
Series E investment / Morgan Stanley Tactical Value tranche
Aug 2025 · Morgan Stanley Tactical Value
Jul 2024 · Marshall Wace and Baillie Gifford
Series E / combined equity, secondary, and credit-facility financing
Jul 2024 · Marshall Wace and Baillie Gifford
Jun 2022
Aug 2021 · TPG's The Rise Fund, with SoftBank participation
Feb 2021
Jul 2019
Jun 2017
Aug 2015
Accelerator / incubator (Y Combinator)
Jun 2015 · Y Combinator
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Revenue Officer
Chief Legal & People Officer; Corporate Secretary
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Accounting Officer
The company describes a high-growth, collaborative, flexible, mission-driven culture. Published operating principles are customer obsession, long-term orientation, autonomous and accountable teams, a rising bar for talent and performance, and fundamental optimism. San Francisco employees may work in-person or hybrid; many listed roles are remote, while Lindon is the center of customer-success operations.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
Public job postings expose role-specific salary ranges inconsistently; no reliable company-wide compensation dataset was found. Public benefits include equity for all employees, a matched company 401(k), health coverage, stipends, and family/mental-health benefits. Visa sponsorship is not clearly stated in the reviewed postings.
Benefits
Pricing
Employer-paid flat monthly base fee plus a per-eligible-employee fee, with tiered plans. Public pricing pages show approximately $80/month + $5 per eligible employee for a basic tier, $180/month + $7 per eligible employee for a higher tier, and $280/month + $9 per eligible employee for Concierge; setup fees and separate recordkeeping/advisory asset-based fees may apply.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Approximately $80M–$100M annual recurring revenue; a third-party estimate put 2023 ARR at about $85M, while Human Interest said it passed $100M ARR in early 2024. This is an estimate, not audited company revenue.
Estimated monthly visits
700K
Traffic estimate as of Aug 2026
Third-party workforce data reported a contraction from a 2023 peak of about 890 employees to a 2025 low near 776, followed by recovery to approximately 829 in Q1 2026. This is a workforce signal, not confirmed evidence of a formal layoff.
SourceHuman Interest said it was approaching cash-flow break-even and preparing for public-company readiness; these statements are forward-looking and should not be treated as a completed IPO or guarantee of financial performance.
SourceHuman Interest / GlobeNewswire · Mar 2026
UBS made Human Interest available as a recordkeeping solution to its U.S. financial advisors, expanding the company's advisor-distribution channel; the release cited nearly 50,000 customers and more than 650 advisory firms.
Human Interest · Dec 2025
The company announced a new generation of its white-label embedded-retirement platform, reporting more than 18,000 partner-originated customers and integrations with nearly 600 payroll companies.
Human Interest · Aug 2025
Morgan Stanley Tactical Value committed up to $50M as part of the previously announced Series E financing, bringing reported combined primary and secondary financings above $700M.
Human Interest / GlobeNewswire · Jul 2024
The company described its financing, leadership, and board changes as steps toward public-company readiness and said it had passed $100M in ARR and was approaching cash-flow break-even.
Bloomberg · Jul 2024
Bloomberg reported a $267M equity-and-debt financing led by Marshall Wace and Baillie Gifford at a $1.33B valuation.