Give the gift of stocks and index funds to friends and family

In 2014, we set out to create a company that would enable an entirely new form of gifting - The ability to gift a stock or ETF to friends and family.

We believed it should be fast, easy and affordable to give an investment gift. We also tried to make it fun :)

The gifting market was $100 billion and we sought to convert 5-10% from consumable gifts, to investment gifts. We supported fractional shares, custodial accounts for minors and we required no existing brokerage account to get started. You could get started with just $20.

In December of 2014 we pitched our idea to Sam Altman and Jessica Livingston and were accepted into Y Combinator. Our company was the first to build on Folio brokerage APIs (now Goldman Sachs) and we maintained 100% compliance with all SEC and FINRA requirements.

We launched SparkGift (formerly Gratitude Investments) and raised our seed round in March of 2015.

We received abundant coverage in all major tech and investing publications and our company even broke through into culture publishing like Real Simple magazine and The Week, as well as many popular gift giving guides for holiday 2016. We built a fan base of gifters that used SparkGift for all of their gifting needs. Our users gifted to people of all ages and our most popular gifts were Tesla and Google.

In February of 2017, we were acquired by Stockpile.

It's exciting to now see fractional shares being offered by all major retail brokerage firms. It's even more exciting to see the announcement by the Trump Administration to create and fund tax-advantaged savings accounts for all US children (born 2025-2028). The added impact from the Dell family is tremendous, with their pledge of $6.25 billion to this initiative.

Investing early creates a solid base that will grow, but more importantly, it's the best way for people to learn about saving and investing.

- Peggy Mangot, Bob Hagler, Tia Gao, founders of SparkGift

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Teach someone about investing

Many people don’t have a savings or investment account. Traditional financial firms can make investing complicated. SparkGift makes investing simple so that young investors can learn the value of investing early and experienced investors can receive gifts that grow their portfolio. A gift can empower someone's financial future.

Send a stock gift certificate in under a minute

There’s no need to fill out long forms, sign papers, or mail checks. You choose a stock or fund and pay. We create a gift certificate with your choice of stock and fund and deliver it to the recipient. It only takes a minute to give an investment that can last a lifetime.

Start gifting stock for as low as $20

With SparkGift you can give fractional shares of stocks and index funds. Using SparkGift, you can give someone a piece of Apple stock, Google stock or a Vanguard index fund, with just $20. SparkGift charges a fee of $2.95 + 3%. Gift recipients pay nothing to redeem their gift and hold their investments.