“Can a proprietary mortgage-servicing OS replace legacy software and become the financial infrastructure layer for the entire residential mortgage lifecycle?”
Founded in 2019 as Peach Street (later GoServiceOne), Valon pivoted to become a branded, consumer-facing tech-enabled mortgage servicer after raising its a16z-led Series A in 2021. The company's embedded finance story centers on replacing legacy servicing software with a proprietary platform (ValonOS) that unifies complex fund flows — escrow, payoff, loss mitigation — at scale. By 2024, Valon had evolved from pure servicer to positioning itself as the 'AI-native operating system for mortgage servicing,' offering the platform to third-party originators and investors, expanding into HELOC/HELOAN origination, and processing over $2B/month through Modern Treasury.