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  1. Investment Service

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Backer is a way modern families invest in their kids' future by saving smart together. Saving with Backer is simple: create your fund, then invite your friends and family to contribute. We help you save more by recruiting your modern family: we do the heavy lifting for you, so you can watch your funds grow. At Backer, we believe people build better saving habits when they start supporting each other financially. Saving is better together, and we'll always have your back.


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TrustScore 4 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Backer is an extremely intuitive and…

Backer is an extremely intuitive and easy app that helps you regularly invest in your kids educational 529 fund. Allows us to easily setup recurring contributions, one-time gifts and even makes it easy for grandmas and grandpas to contribute as well.

While it’s hard to say for sure how this is going to ultimately work out (as it’s a long-term, 18+ year relationship with Backer), I can say that they are very client focused and work very quickly to resolve any issues or concerns I’ve had with the app.

Looking forward to watching our kids’s educational funds grow with Backer.

13 December 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Easy way to send gifts for college

I love using Backer to help my sister save for her daughter's college education. Instead of gifting my niece another toy that she's ultimately going to get bored of at some point, I prefer helping to save for her future. My sister shared a link for her gifting page and it was very easy to set up an automatic contribution to her fund. I will definitely open my own Backer account when I have a kid someday. Highly recommend!

25 October 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Simple, fun way to save for college

A friend recommended I check out Backer to save for my baby's future education and I'm so glad I did. It's fun and fast to get started and I've already saved a lot more because of how simple it is for family and friends to get involved and contribute.

19 October 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A great solution to save for your kids education

I've been wondering for a while how to efficiently save money for the future education of my kids and finally found a great solution with the Backer application. It makes it really easy for family and friends to contribute to my kids Backer funds. It also allowed me to open 529 accounts for my 2 kids in minutes. Highly recommended for new parents!

19 October 2021
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