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LendEDU

Acquired · LendEDU is a marketplace for consumer financial products.

WebsiteYC profile

Why it ranks

How the rank works
13signal of 100 · rising 2
  • team of 10Team size · YC's directory+5.4
  • acquiredOutcome · YC, program pages, Acquisitions+4
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4

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About LendEDU

LendEDU was Co-Founded by Nate Matherson and Matt Lenhard in 2014. LendEDU is a personal finance comparison website. Our goal is to create transparency in a number of markets including student lending, unsecured lending, auto lending, banking, credit cards, and some misc. insurance products. LendEDU participated in Y Combinator's W16 program in Mountain View California. LendEDU has been featured and mentioned on a variety of websites including The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, CNBC, Bloomberg, USA Today, MSN, Fox News, CBS News, NBC News, Yahoo! Finance, Forbes, Bustle, and roughly 500 other media outlets. LendEDU is a graduate of the Iowa Startup Accelerator. LendEDU received seed funding from Built By Iowa, the Iowa Startup Accelerator Fund, and others. We'd love to tell you about LendEDU! Email support@lendedu.com with any questions, comments, or criticism (really!). Pronounced "Lend E D U"​, our website is located at LendEDU.com!

YC batch
W16 · Winter 2016
Status, per YC
Acquired
Category
Other
Team size
10
Location
New York City, NY, USA; Hoboken, NJ, USA
Checked
9h ago

YC tags: Fintech, Marketplace

LendEDU in W16: 122 companies, 18% AI

LendEDU: questions

Which YC batch was LendEDU in?

LendEDU was in Y Combinator's Winter 2016 batch (W16).

Is LendEDU still active?

Y Combinator lists LendEDU as acquired.

Where is LendEDU based?

LendEDU lists New York City, NY, USA; Hoboken, NJ, USA as its location on YC's directory.