Credit Sesame, a platform for managing loans and credit scores, picks up $43M en route to IPO

Now, one of the startups that's building tools to help consumers better cope with that is announcing a round of funding and plans for an IPO -- signs of the demand for its services, and its success to date. Credit Sesame -- which lets consumers check their credit scores and evaluate options to rebalance existing debts and loans to improve that score and thus their overall "financial health," in the words of CEO and founder Adrian Nazari -- has raised $43 million. With the company already profitable and growing revenues 90% each year for the last five, Nazari said that this round is likely to be the last round the company raises before it goes public.