• BrightScope Launches Personal 401K Fee Report

    Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

    Leena Rao currently works as a writer for TechCrunch. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she studied business journalism and videography. From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was... → Learn More

    San Diego based BrightScope, recently launched to help people navigate their 401k retirement plans and how to maximize the benefits. Today, the startup is launching its Personal 401k Fee Report that will let participants can figure out exactly how much they are paying in fees in their specific plan.

    Drawing from a database of more than 30,000 401k plans, BrightScope helps users get a clear picture of the breakdown of their contributions to their plans, including information on the amount of fees users are paying to providers. The company has also raised a $2 million second round of financing, led by Steelpoint Capital Partners, to continue to build out the service.

    BrightScope’s service is needed to help 401k participants gain visibility into the their financial plans.The startup claims that 30% of workers don’t participate at all in their company 401k programs, 22% don’t contribute enough to maximize matching benefits from companies, and 80% of workers have no idea how much they’re paying in 401k administrative and other fees. BrightScope’s 401k fee report is one of the first tools to be rolled out to users; more products are in the pipeline.

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