500 Startups

Friday is finally here, and media outlets are buzzing with marijuana news. From the DEA rumored to be on the brink of rescheduling the plant to coverage of candidates' positions on pot, weed news is growing like, well, weeds. So, let’s take a look into some of the most relevant marijuana news...

For startup mortgage refinance company Lenda, November will mark an incredible step forward and upward. Previously only active in California, Lenda will move into Washington and Oregon, tripling its consumer base. With a $1.5M+ investor boost, the mortgage refinancing startup hopes to continue...

Five months ago, Thinknum was a bootstrapped, two-man startup. The company built an open Web platform for financial analysis and had already attracted the likes of Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) and JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM). Now, the company has announced that it has raised $1 million in a seed round...

More and more startups are turning to crowdfunding sites for additional capital. In some cases it may be their only source of capital. AngelList, a platform for startups that was created by the people behind Venture Hacks, has already helped new companies raise more than $19 million this month...