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Fortune
Jessica Mathews

SoftBank-backed Better shrunk its staff by 91% in 18 months

man wearing fleece vest and collared shirt smiling (Credit: Courtesy of Better)

As it prepares to go public next week, Better—the embattled mortgage company backed by SoftBank—is in dire need of cash.

It’s why the company, which has been plagued by scandal, turnover, and hundreds of millions in losses, is moving forward with a SPAC merger during the worst IPO market in three decades, one of the very few companies to try and do so.

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