RateLadder was in attendance at Prosper Nights SF this evening. In addition to meeting many great lenders, RateLadder obtained a scoop. Made public here and only here (until it is released tomorrow to the newswire.)

Prosper The leading P2P lending marketplace receives an additional 20MM in capital.

“We weren’t looking to raise money, but it is a good market to raise funds right now.”

No mention of the participants (edit: Series C Financing led by DAG Ventures and Meritech Capital Partners), but word is it was a “favorable valuation.”

Comments were by Prosper CEO Chris Larsen during a Q&A session. I didn’t want to quote until after the press release…

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