Mission
Give every financial adviser a true AI partner — handling the admin around advice so humans can focus on relationships and judgement.
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Marloo
Every adviser deserves a second brain.
Wellington, New Zealand · fintech · saas · ~25 people · founded 2024marloo.com
The people behind it
Hardy Michel — co-founder
Hardy helped scale retail investing platform Sharesies before co-founding Marloo, naming it after the Optimist dinghy he learned to sail as a child.
Shakeel Lala — co-founder
Shakeel worked alongside his co-founders scaling Sharesies before starting Marloo, and now interviews every successful candidate alongside Hardy.
Ben Robertson — co-founder
Ben, an ex-Sharesies teammate of Hardy and Shakeel, co-founded Marloo and is often spotted coding — a running theme in the team's photo wall.
Beginnings
Founded in Wellington in 2024 by three ex-Sharesies teammates who saw good advice bottlenecked by paperwork, not judgement.
Why people join
850+ firms in eight countries in under a year, near-zero churn, and US$10m raised from Blackbird — Canva's first and largest investor.
The bigger picture
Advisers guide life's biggest financial decisions; Marloo removes the admin so more people can get great advice, across eight jurisdictions.
Open roles
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