Better Mortgage boosted its overall funding to about $115m, closing a series C round in which American Express Ventures came onboard as an investor.

Better Mortgage, the US-based operator of a digital mortgage platform, has completed a $70m series C round featuring American Express Ventures, the strategic investment arm of payment services firm American Express.

Investment banking firm Goldman Sachs also took part in the round, as did pension plan provider Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan, venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins and investment firm Pine Brook.

Founded in 2014, Better Mortgage has created an online platform that has been responsible for more than $2bn…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.