OUR SPHERE, INC.
Sphere 500 Fossil-Free Index. We track the biggest 500 US companies, minus fossil fuel companies and a few others. Our funds vote our shares for climate action.
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About OUR SPHERE, INC.
How much funding has OUR SPHERE, INC. raised?
OUR SPHERE, INC. has raised $1.5M in total funding. The most recent round was Series A.
Where is OUR SPHERE, INC. headquartered?
OUR SPHERE, INC. is headquartered in Covina, CA.
What does OUR SPHERE, INC. do?
Sphere 500 Fossil-Free Index. We track the biggest 500 US companies, minus fossil fuel companies and a few others. Our funds vote our shares for climate action.
What problem does OUR SPHERE, INC. solve?
99% of Americans with 401(k)s are unknowingly invested in fossil fuel companies, which the site says have delivered the worst sector returns in the US economy over the last 10-20 years.
What's OUR SPHERE, INC.'s solution?
Sphere offers a fossil-free 401(k)/403(b) index fund (Sphere 500) and an AtmoSphere platform that lets sustainability teams track and simulate reducing their retirement plan's fossil fuel exposure and emissions.
What makes OUR SPHERE, INC. different?
Its funds vote shareholder proxies for climate action (rather than defaulting to board recommendations) and are designed to be added to an existing 401(k) plan without switching providers.
What makes OUR SPHERE, INC. notable?
Founded by Alex Wright-Gladstein, who previously co-founded Ayar Labs, an MIT-spinout optical-interconnect company; Sphere is a climate-focused investment platform.
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