British fintech Zopa raised £70 million

Zopa, a UK-based peer-to-peer money lender, managed to raise the amount of £70 million in a financing round that could value the company at something more than £500 million.

The funding process was led by JPMorgan Chase & Co. and had the participation of Benchmark Capital, Wellington Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Augmentum Capital and Arrowgrass Capital.

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