A consumer fintech app for Gen Z that gamifies saving and investing with social features, launched from zero to 85,000 users in 6 months.
Client
Ripple Financial
Category
Web Development
Year
2024
Technologies
7 in stack
Challenge
Ripple Financial wanted to capture the Gen Z market that traditional investment apps were losing. They needed an MVP that felt native to how young people use social media — fast, visual, collaborative — while being fully regulated and integrated with brokerage APIs.
Solution
We shipped a React Native app in 14 weeks with a social investment feed, savings challenges with friends, and gamified milestones. Alpaca brokerage API handled the trading layer, Plaid handled bank linking, and a custom notification engine kept engagement high.
Outcome
85,000 users in 6 months with a 4.8 App Store rating. Average user saves $180/month through the app. Ripple raised a $5M Series A and expanded to Canada.
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