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Valon

Operating system and AI agents that run mortgage servicing for big servicers

Pace
3:30/kmSprint5.0
Distance
Distance Half.
Open ops roles
4
Last week
#44
Move
▼ 7
Peak
#44
Weeks in the 100
2
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Rank and score over time
Board rank
#34#47#59#44Oct 18#49Oct 25
Pace score
02465Oct 185Oct 25

One point per Sunday re-rank, tracking since Oct 18. The lines fill in week by week.

Valon runs in the Sprint lane (3:30/km): 51 of 89. Further right = more momentum. No competitors on the board yet, so it runs alone.

Also competes with: ICE Mortgage Technology (Black Knight MSP), Sagent, Sapiens/FICS, Mr. Cooper (Xome)

Total raised
~$440M ($290M+ before Series D, company-stated)see rounds ↓
Founded
2019
HQ
New York, NY

Leadership

The problem

Mortgage servicers run on decades-old software and armies of manual staff

What they do

Operating system and AI agents that run mortgage servicing for big servicers

Traction $200M+ contracted ARR within 6 months of selling ValonOS; $200B+ mortgages on platform

Hiring trend

Open roles
28
Ops roles
4
Headcount
~450 (est.)

Headcount ~2x 2023→2026 (249 → ~529, Mar 2026); servicing arm sold Aug 2026

Hiring in

  • New York
  • San Francisco
  • Remote

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Funding

Last round
$150M
Stage
Series D
Date
Oct 2026

Led by n.a. (Ribbit Capital new; a16z returning; no lead named)

Distance

Half · edge: hard to leave

Core servicing system is hard to rip out, but most contracts go live in 2027.

Sources: Business Wire: Valon Series D (Oct 2026) ↗

Last checked Oct 25, 2026

News timeline

  1. Oct 2026Raises $150M Series D at $2.3B led by Ribbit; aims at 1 in 6 US mortgages businesswire.com ↗
  2. Aug 2026Carrington completes acquisition of Valon Mortgage (~810K loans); Valon goes software-only carringtonhc.com ↗
  3. May 2026Strikes Carrington deal: ValonOS adoption plus sale of servicing arm housingwire.com ↗
  4. Oct 2024Raises $100M Series C at $1.1B valuation housingwire.com ↗

Funding historyTotal raised ~$440M ($290M+ before Series D, company-stated)

  1. Oct 2026Series D$150Mat $2.3BLed by Ribbit Capital ffnews.com ↗
  2. Oct 2024Series C$100Mat $1.1Bhousingwire.com ↗
  3. Nov 2021Series Bplatform.tracxn.com ↗
  4. Feb 2021Series A$50MLed by Andreessen Horowitz businesswire.com ↗

Profile facts checked Oct 19, 2026. Every fact links to its public source.

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