Chestnut
Last verified 2026-05-02. JSON
The funding figures on this page are attributed, not sourced: a publisher is on record but no document URL is. How we mark provenance.
| Total raised | $1.0Mattributed |
|---|---|
| Latest round | seed, $1.0M, 2025-04-01attributed |
| Founded | 2025 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Industry | ai |
| Stage | seed |
| Website | chestnutmortgage.com |
Chestnut is an AI-powered mortgage lender offering home purchase, refinance, and equity loans through an automated online process. It serves borrowers wanting faster closings and lower rates without heavy paperwork or phone calls. AI handles manual underwriting work to deliver ~0.5% typical rate savings while keeping a dedicated human loan expert per borrower.
Funding rounds
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-01 | seed | $1.0M | undisclosed |
Detected tech stack
Cloudflare, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, DoubleClick Floodlight, WordPress, PHP, MySQL, Astro, @sentry/browser
Provenance
| Fact | Status | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Seed, $1.0M | attributed | yc named as publisher. No document URL on file. |
| Total raised $1.0M | attributed | yc named as publisher. No document URL on file. |
| Company existence | sourced | Y Combinator named as publisher. Document, retrieved 2026-09-17. |
| Description | self-reported | chestnutmortgage.com, read 2026-05-02 |
Change history
| Date | Fact | Change | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24Existence: self-reported → sourced, Y Combinator, document, retrieved 2026-09-17 | Existence | self-reported → sourced | Y Combinator, document, retrieved 2026-09-17 |
Records begin 2026-09-24. All changes