Online lending company Social Finance is in talks to raise $500 million from the Qatar Investment Authority, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The round would value SoFi around $4.3 billion, making it a flat round from its valuation in 2017, according to the report. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Online lending platform Social Finance is in talks to raise $500 million in funding from the Qatar Investment Authority and others, according to Bloomberg. The new round would value SoFi around $4.3 billion, the same valuation of its 2017 financing round led by Silver Lake, according to Bloomberg.