Fintech Origin Raises $56 Million in Round Co-Led by Dick Costolo’s Firm

Blend Financial Inc. hauled in $56 million in a new financing led in part by a firm co-founded by former Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Dick Costolo, as it pushes ahead with the expansion of its benefits platform. The San Francisco-based fintech, which does business as Origin, offers a suite of services to companies’ workforces that include advising on retirement, equity grants, real estate and taxes. Wall Street Journal