Mortgage tech startup Blend raises $130M, adds Pixar vet to board

Digital mortgage lending startup Blend announced Monday its raised an additional $130 million in venture capital funding, bringing the company’s total funding to $310 million. The company plans to use the capital to further grow its team of nearly 400 … Continue reading

Blend wants to speed up getting home equity loans, credit lines

Digital mortgage startup Blend announced that it will soon expand to offer customers home equity loans and lines of credit. Continue reading

Blend names former Fannie Mae chief executive as first president

Blend, the digital mortgage application startup, has named former Fannie Mae chief executive Timothy Mayopoulos as its new president, the company announced. Continue reading

Real estate’s new disruptors: The ‘PayPal Mafia’

A group of hard-charging, investor-entrepreneurs who have built some of the world’s most iconic tech companies have launched a multi-pronged assault on the real estate industry. Continue reading