One wonders if anything can fix the U.S. student loan system, in which many students carry massive borrowing for a credential that is often considered essential. But student loan marketplace Credible is trying to connect students to the best deal available. Today, the San Francisco-based company is announcing it has closed the final $1.5 million tranche of its $2.7 million seed financing, the total raised thus far for the two-year-old company. “In ten seconds, a recent graduate can use Credible’s comparison tool to find out if they are overpaying on their student loans,” founder and CEO Stephen Dash told VentureBeat via email.

http://venturebeat.com/2015/02/19/credible-a-kayak-for-student-loans-lands-2-7m-for-itself/