# Dwolla Gets a Check (To Do Away with Checks)

By [Continuations](https://continuations.com) · 2013-04-30

dwolla, a16z, scott weiss, checks, payments

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Today [Dwolla](http://dwolla.com) [announced](http://blog.dwolla.com/coast-to-coast-with-andreessen-horowitz/) a new financing led by [A16Z](http://a16z.com) with [Scott Weiss](http://scott.a16z.com/) joining the board. The funding will go towards establishing a new office in San Francisco, an expanded presence in New York and much needed additions to the team in Des Moines starting with a lot of engineering hires.  I am of course excited about this as an investor but even more so as a user of Dwolla. It already works well for me in in paying contractors but I can’t wait for it to be more broadly available. It is 2013 after all and we have self driving cars – yet I still find myself having to scribble amounts on little pieces of paper, sign those and then put them in the mail. So: congrats to team Dwolla on the funding and now please hurry up so that I don’t need to re-order my check book!

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*Originally published on [Continuations](https://continuations.com/dwolla-gets-a-check-to-do-away-with-checks)*