Seattle-based Lighter Capital, which is part of the growing fintech sector that uses mobile and Web technology to replace traditionally paper- and people-based financial services, uses a Web platform to collect data on tech startups looking for funding and analyzes their growth potential. To the more promising ones, Lighter Capital offers loans up to $2 million that startups repay over a few years, based on how quickly their own revenue is growing. Lighter Capital also announced on Friday that it has closed a $9 million Series B, its second round of venture capital funding, which will be used to...