Venture capital

The company's latest funding announcement caps off a year of tailwinds that propelled growth for home equity investment platforms and related lending products.

Technology centered on addressing certain key mortgage priorities stand to attract the greatest attention from venture capitalists and other investors.

The chattel financing firm's cash infusion is in addition to a $15.5 million venture round in 2022 and a Series A earlier this year.

While finding investors will likely be more difficult, the long-term outlook remains solid for more established companies, industry experts say.

While mortgage and real estate startups currently face a challenging environment in seeking investors, some companies are finding venture capital.

The seed round was led by Conversion Capital and also includes backing from Blend, Zillow and Figure.

Zigg Capital led the Series B raise for the West Coast-based digital platform, which was founded by former employees of Freddie Mac and Palantir.

Bain Capital and American Family Ventures were among the investors in this funding round for the company, which has more than doubled its staff in the past 12 months.

Maxwell, a startup that operates an online platform catering to mortgage loan officers and smaller lenders, raised $28.5 million in equity funding from investors led by the venture firm Fin VC and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital.

Button Finance intends to use the capital to develop its underwriting platform and increase hiring.

The Series B investment round for the power buyer comes at a time when all-cash purchases account for almost a quarter of the market.

Rather than add debt through a HELOC, the company’s product allows clients to get cash in exchange for a portion of the property's value.

The fintech projects the Series C capital will enable $10 billion in annual housing transactions through its system and expansion to half the U.S.

The digital provider of commercial mortgage closing documentation hired a Guaranteed Rate executive and announced plans to add staff and integrate more loan operating systems.

The lending technology provider currently has 37,741 decisioning steps or pivot points on its platform.

Lending startup Tomo Networks will eschew refinances to focus exclusively on purchases.

The financial services company will use its new capital to invest in artificial intelligence and machine learning to cut transaction times, as well as build its own servicing platform.

The digital title insurance, closing, escrow, and recording services provider has now raised a total of $110 million in funding.

The cloud-based mortgage closing platform’s Series D round earned $150 million for the company.

The digital lender’s valuation ballooned to $6 billion from $4 billion less than five months after closing a $200 million fundraise.