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Funding U's Jeannie Tarkenton Talks About FinTech's Role In Student Loan Debt

Funding U's Jeannie Tarkenton Talks About FinTech's Role In Student Loan Debt

Jeannie Tarkenton, CEO and founder of Funding U, started our conversation by acknowledging the reality faced by up to 45 million Americans: Talking about student loan debt isn't really an enjoyable topic. "The need to get last-gap funding for school is not fun. But it'

Following Overwhelming Interest, Funding U Raises $5M to Scale Student Lending Nationally

Following Overwhelming Interest, Funding U Raises $5M to Scale Student Lending Nationally

Student lending startup Funding University has raised a $5 million strategic funding round in equity and debt. The $2.4 million equity portion was led by Silicon Valley-based Deciens Capital with participation from Valor Ventures, Asia-based fund GMO Ventures and additional angel investors. Additional investment was allocated in