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Brian Barnes is the founder and CEO of M1 Finance, a financial super-app offering automated investing. His professional career began with an equity hedge fund and management consulting firm before founding M1 Finance. M1 Finance focuses on offering personalized, customizable, and innovative financial solutions. Brian Barnes envisions M1 evolving into a private bank, providing services akin to what larger institutions offer to high-net-worth individuals but digitized for the wider public. M1 Finance has seen significant growth, managing billions in assets and receiving substantial financial backing. The investment check size at M1 Finance has evolved significantly due to this growth, now managing billions in assets and employing hundreds of employees.
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Country: United States of America
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Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed
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Status: not-found
AI Reasoning: Searches for Brian Barnes (founder and CEO of M1 Finance) returned company fundraising news (M1 Series D and Series E) and interviews but no evidence of Brian Barnes personally making recent investments into startups. No records were found of him writing personal checks or participating as an investor in startup financings. Therefore, there is no information to determine recent investment activity. Default to not-found.
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Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.
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