Hi, we're Stride! Today, 60 million Americans work independently, and that trend is only accelerating. But benefits are tightly coupled with full-time, W2-based jobs. As a result, the millions of Americans who work independently are excluded from that financial safety net. Stride is the world’s first benefits platform built specifically for contractors, part-timers, and the self-employed. We provide them with all the same benefits you’d expect from a W2 job, like insurance (health, dental, vision & life insurance), tax support, mileage & expense tracking, and special deals & discounts on everyday expenses. In fact, since launching in 2014, Stride has helped more than 3.5 million Americans save more than $4 billion on their benefits and taxes. We were founded in SF CA, we are a remote-first company, and have teammates all across the United States. We partner with over 100 work platforms like Uber, Lyft, Postmates, DoorDash, Instacart, Amazon, Grubhub, MasterCard, Aon, Willis Tower Watson, GoPuff, and more to help their communities of independent contractors and part-time employees get the benefits they and their families need to stay physically and financially healthy. We’re backed with over $86 million in capital by Venrock, New Enterprise Associates, Fidelity’s F-Prime Capital Partners, King River Capital, Mastercard, and Allstate.