About

Founded

2014

Headquarters

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Industry

Real Estate

Company Description

Better is a digital-first homeownership company whose services include mortgage, real estate, title, and homeowners insurance.

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Funding

Total Raised

$2.1 billion

Valuation

$7.7 billion

Significant Investors

Kleiner Perkins, Goldman Sachs, SoftBank, American Express Ventures, Activant Capital, 9Yards Capital, Gaingels, IA Ventures, Alumni Ventures Group, BOND, 10x Capital, G Squared

Company Traction

As of June 2023, Better reports $100 billion in home loans funded online, up from $1 billion in 2018.

Leadership Team

Vishal Garg: Founder & CEO of Better. Former Analyst at Morgan Stanley.

Kevin Ryan: Interim President and CFO at Better. Former Managing Director at Morgan Stanley.

Sushil Sharma: Chief Growth Officer at Better. Former CPO at LendingTree.

Ali Khan: CISO at Better. Former VP of Technology at VIOLET GREY.

Nicholas Calamari: Chief Administrative Officer at Better. Former Senior Associate at Quinn Emanuel.

Press

TechCrunch (June 9, 2023): Better.com lays off real estate team and shutters business unit

TechCrunch (November 30, 2021): Better.com gets $750M cash infusion in new agreement with its SPAC backers

TechCrunch (April 9, 2021): Mortgage is suddenly sexy as SoftBank pumps $500M in Better.com at a $6B valuation

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