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Highway Benefits Inc.

Manhattan Beach, CA · Founded 2021
LAST FUNDING
$350K
Seed

Quickly and easily offer your employees tax-free employer student loan repayment and tuition reimbursement benefits with Highway. Get started today.

Funding history

RoundAmount
Seed$350K
SEC Form D filed
Apr 9, 2025·Jul 22, 2022·Jan 25, 2022·Sep 13, 2021

About Highway Benefits Inc.

How much funding has Highway Benefits Inc. raised?

Highway Benefits Inc. has raised $350K in total funding. The most recent round was Seed.

Where is Highway Benefits Inc. headquartered?

Highway Benefits Inc. is headquartered in Manhattan Beach, CA.

What does Highway Benefits Inc. do?

Quickly and easily offer your employees tax-free employer student loan repayment and tuition reimbursement benefits with Highway. Get started today.

What problem does Highway Benefits Inc. solve?

Employees carry student loan debt that hurts their financial wellbeing, while employers struggle to set up and administer tax-free student loan and tuition benefits that help attract and retain talent.

What's Highway Benefits Inc.'s solution?

Highway is a platform that lets employers create and administer student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and student loan 401(k) matching benefit programs, with calculators and toolkits to plan and launch them.

What makes Highway Benefits Inc. different?

The site highlights automated qualified student loan payment (QSLP) verification for retirement plan matching, free tools like a Section 127 plan template and benefit cost/payoff calculators, and a customer quote saying the program 'runs on autopilot' after launch.

What makes Highway Benefits Inc. notable?

Highway Benefits was co-founded by Michael MacLaverty and Cory Micheel; its 2023 seed round was backed by XYZ Venture Capital and notable investor Roger Ferguson Jr., the former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve and former CEO of TIAA.

Leadership

Executive Officer, Director
LinkedIn ↗
Chauncey Hamilton
Director
Cory Micheel
Director
Industry
B2B
Founded
2021
HQ
Manhattan Beach, CA
Raised
$350K
Stage
Seed

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