Vesta closes on $30M in an a16z-led Series A to build a new kind of mortgage infrastructure

If you’ve ever taken out a mortgage, you know how painful and tedious the process can be.

In an effort to make it simpler, faster and cheaper, a pair of former Blend employees have teamed up to build mortgage loan origination software that will connect banks, credit unions, mortgage bankers and brokers. Or in other words, they want to make it easier for financial institutions to make the whole lending process easier and more transparent for customers.