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October 14, 2021

Meet the sisters who quit their jobs to build ‘The Duolingo of finance’

Margot and Alexia de Broglie have launched a new 'financial literacy' app for women — and they're already looking to go global


Isabel Woodford

5 min read

Margot and Alexia, founders of Juno

Wealthtech apps may have taken the world by storm, but they have one serious shortcoming — a shortage of female users. Women are still far less likely to invest and about 70% of the users on apps like Robinhood are men.

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A demo of the 'Your Juno' app and its 'explainer' videos
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The Juno team
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