Banking lending

LendEDU

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Overview

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!

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
About
Banking lendingMarketplaceConsumersConsumerMarketplace

Founders & team

10team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

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Sources & observations

Y Combinator

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Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedNew York City, NY, USA; Hoboken, NJ, USA
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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