Prosper.com Gets Funded by Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt

Prosper.com, a peer to peer lending marketplace, recently closed a $14.7 million “Series D” round of funding from new and existing investors, including Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt through TomorrowVentures.

Prosper received its “Series D” round from new investors TomorrowVentures and CompuCredit Holdings, along with its previous investors Accel Partners; Benchmark Capital; DAG Ventures; Meritech Capital Partners; Omidyar Network; QED Investors; and Volition Capital participating in the round.

The latest round of funding raises Prosper.com’s total funding to $57.7 million.

Prosper.com, along with Lending Club, popularized the concept of peer to peer lending through the internet in the United States back in 2006. Unfortunately, both companies hit a bump in the road in 2008 when the SEC came down on the industry for failing for register as a seller of securities. Fortunately for participants of the sites, both companies were able to get their ducks in a row with the SEC and re-launch their services.

Prosper is currently available for lenders in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

According to information from Prosper, the company has funded more than 32,000 loans totaling $194 million.