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Renovation financing startup RenoFi raised $14 million in Series A funding led by Canaan, with Nyca Partners and CMFG Ventures participating.

Why it matters: The company aims to make the surging demand for home improvements affordable by providing financing to its customers.  

Context:  The renovation market is being driven by a combination of aging housing stock, record low inventory, and the COVID-19 pandemic making many homes into hybrid workstations for homeowners.

Add in supply chain shocks and high labor demands and those who wish to do renovations are being struck by sticker shock when they get a quote from a general contractor. 

How it works: RenoFi offers loan origination and underwriting for borrowers seeking to do renovations who may not have built up equity in their homes yet.

"Banks are very good at underwriting the credit risk of a borrower, but they don't have the capabilities typically to underwrite the risk of a renovation," RenoFi founder Justin Goldman tells Axios. 

For borrowers that wouldn't usually qualify for a home equity line of credit or a cash-out refinance, RenoFi enables lenders to underwrite loans by considering the value of a home after its renovation. 

That allows RenoFi to work with banks and credit unions to offer homeowners more attractive options for financing home improvements.

By the numbers: Now available in 49 out of 50 states in the U.S., homeowners have generated $10 billion in renovation financing demand from lenders on RenoFi's platform.

And the company has seen more than $2 billion in renovation financing requests in just the first three months of 2022.

RenoFi raises $14M to re-imagine renovation financing

Aging housing stock, record low inventory, and pandemic driving surging demand for pricey home improvements.

Illustration of construction workers analyzing a house on top of a stack of money.

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Renovation financing startup RenoFi raised $14 million in Series A funding led by Canaan, with Nyca Partners and CMFG Ventures participating.Why it matters: The company aims to make the surging demand for home improvements affordable by providing financing to its customers.

RenoFi raises $14M to re-imagine renovation financing

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