Fynanz, a peer to peer lending platform for student loans, has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DFJ Gotham Ventures, The Brazos Group, Zelkova Ventures and JBR Media Ventures. This latest round of funding brings the startup’s total funding to over $8 million. Fynanz will use the funding to expand its credit union and student lending marketplace, and for… → Read More
If you are having trouble paying for college, maybe you can hit up your social network for a loan. That’s the idea behind GreenNote, another peer-to-peer lending startup that is launching this week. (The site is still going through load testing, but should be up fully by Wednesday). Prosper, Zopa, and Lending Club (which is under regulatory scrutiny) already offer general P2P loans, but… → Read More
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