Alongside CompuCredit in backing Prosper were venture capital firms Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Crosslink Capital, Accel Partners, Omidyar Network, TomorrowVentures, QED Investors and Volition Capital.
CompuCredit, a Nasdaq-listed financing company, has reinvested in a consortium providing $17.2m to US-based social lending website Prosper.com.
Alongside CompuCredit were venture capital firms Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Crosslink Capital, Accel Partners, Omidyar Network, TomorrowVentures, QED Investors and Volition Capital.
Investment bank Victory Park Securities advised on the latest round.
In total, Prosper has raised $75m and Jim Catlin, Prosper’s executive vice-president of acquisition and risk management and former risk management executive at bank Capital One, said: "We’ve combined industry…
