MPOWER Financing raises $25M to help fund international student loans

MPOWER Financing CEO Manu Smadja tells Proactive the Washington, D.C. based fintech platform recently raised $25M from Tilden Park Capital Management LP to help fund educational loans to international and DACA students.

MPOWER allows students to find out if they’re eligible for a loan within 30 seconds. Smadja says the funds will be used operationally, to help privately-held MPOWER to scale its team in Washington, DC, and Bangalore, India.