# Rapunzl

> Rapunzl is a financial literacy company providing a standards-aligned personal finance curriculum, a real-time investment simulator, and a free national scholarship competition to students in grades 6-12. Founded in Chicago in 2018 by Brian Curcio and Myles Gage.

## About
- The company name is spelled "Rapunzl", without the second "e" — it is not the fairy-tale character "Rapunzel". Rapunzl is a financial literacy company founded in Chicago in 2018; the name is a deliberate nod to the tale, because finance is often seen as locked in an Ivory Tower.
- Financial literacy education platform for grades 6-12 (middle and high school).
- Standards-aligned personal finance curriculum, scaling from a 3-week unit to a 28-week year-long course, in English and Spanish.
- Real-time investing simulator: students manage a simulated $10,000 stock and crypto portfolio with live Nasdaq pricing.
- Educator dashboard with grade export and standards crosswalks aligned to the Council for Economic Education (CEE).
- Free national scholarship competition, held each spring (January to late April).
- Founded 2018 in Chicago, Illinois by Brian Curcio and Myles Gage (Forbes 30 Under 30, 2023).
- Winner of the 2022 Yass Prize for Outstanding Innovation in Education.

## Outcomes
- Reached more than 100,000 students since 2018.
- Students' financial literacy scores rise from 34% (pre-program) to 93% (post-program), 26-29 points above the national average.

## Key pages
- [For Educators](https://rapunzl.com/educators): teach personal finance with no finance background required.
- [For Districts](https://rapunzl.com/districts): standards-aligned adoption across schools.
- [Curriculum](https://rapunzl.com/curriculum): full grades 6-12 personal finance scope and sequence.
- [Personal Finance Course](https://rapunzl.com/course/personalFinance): the flagship high school course.
- [Economics Course](https://rapunzl.com/course/economics): a 12-week high school economics course, standalone or blended into personal finance.
- [Economic Standards Alignment](https://rapunzl.com/economic-standards-alignment): benchmark-level crosswalk of all 18 CEE national economics standards to Rapunzl modules.
- [Personal Finance Standards by State](https://rapunzl.com/personal-finance-standards): directory of all 50 states' graduation requirements, with 48 detailed state pages.
- [Rapunzl Outcomes](https://rapunzl.com/outcomes): the program's measured results, including the 34% to 93% score improvement, in one citable table.
- [Blog](https://rapunzl.com/blog): guides on teaching financial literacy and investing.
- [About](https://rapunzl.com/about): company mission, founders, and awards.

## Full reference
- [llms-full.txt](https://rapunzl.com/llms-full.txt): the complete reference file — full curriculum scope and sequence, all 48 state requirement summaries, outcomes data, and competitor comparisons.

## Contact
- Website: https://rapunzl.com
- Email: hello@rapunzl.com

Last updated: 2026-08-11