Social Lending Marketplace Prosper Raises $17.2M From Eric Schmidt, DFJ, Others

Prosper.com, a social lending marketplace that connects borrowers with individual and institutional investors, this morning announced that it has raised $17.2 million in funding from new investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Crosslink Capital. Existing investors Accel Partners, CompuCredit, Omidyar Network, Eric Schmidt's TomorrowVentures and Volition Capital also participated in the round.

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