Become (formerly Lending Express) operates an online lending marketplace designed to improve small-business access to capital. The platform analyzes applicant data to generate a LendingScore that gauges fundability and then produces a personalized plan to help businesses qualify for better financing. Once scored, owners receive real-time, competing loan offers from more than 50 integrated lenders, including PayPal, OnDeck and Kabbage, with funding possible in as little as three hours. The company claims 200,000 SMBs have registered and more than $165 million in loans have been facilitated to date. Revenue specifics were not disclosed, but the volume of loans originated indicates meaningful marketplace traction. Become plans to deploy new capital to expand operations in the United States and Australia while continuing product development around automated funding discovery. Headquartered in Tel Aviv with a San Francisco office, the startup positions itself against marketplaces like Fundera and Lendio and credit-profiling tools such as Nav by offering an end-to-end digital experience.

Total raised

$13M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Debt Financing

Latest activity

Oct 2019