by RJ Shara | Aug 10, 2021 | Fundings and Exit, Startups
The offer is notable due to the fact that it is Robinhood’s very first major purchase because going public in July, and since it shows where Robinhood may aim to invest some of its freshly liquid equity wealth. You can see how State and Robinhood might fit together. Robinhood has a big user swimming pool of retail financiers who like to trade and invest. By offering to its user base a service like what State has actually built, Robinhood can offer a distinct twist on retail investing. 
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by RJ Shara | Aug 4, 2021 | Fundings and Exit, Startups
The wild swing in the price of Robinhood today appears from our vantage point to be another stonk moment. …
by RJ Shara | Aug 3, 2021 | Startups
Square paid around a quarter of its present-day value for AfterpayContemporary…
by RJ Shara | Jul 30, 2021 | Fundings and Exit, Startups
Robinhood states it went public because it was all set. And our read of the marketplaces is that it’s an appealing time for high-growth tech companies with a history of losses to do so. It’s undersea. Let’s not be dicks about it. Rather, execs on IPO day tend to deflect the concern, pivoting to a well-oiled bon mot about how their public offering is a simple milestone on their business’s long-lasting trajectory. With that in mind, Warnick did not state Robinhood went public due to the fact that the IPO market has recently rewarded big-brand customer tech companies like Airbnb and DoorDash with strong launchings. …
by RJ Shara | Jul 30, 2021 | Fundings and Exit, Startups
Hey there and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headings. We were a smaller sized group this week, with Natasha and Alex together with Grace and Chris to sort through a week that united both this quarter’s revenues cycle, and the Q3 IPO rush. So, it was just a little hectic! Prior to […] Before we get to topics, however, a note that we are having a lot of enjoyable recording these live on Twitter Spaces. We’ve discovered a hacky method to record regional audio and also share the chats live. You can hang out with us. In short, Robinhood seems to have actually deftly priced its IPO, leaving no fat on the table. Due to the fact that we care lots about the cloud and platform companies….
by RJ Shara | Jul 29, 2021 | Fundings and Exit, Startups
Once the U.S. consumer investing and trading app began to permit financiers to trade its shares, they went down dramatically, off more than 10% in the very first hours of its life as a floating stock….
by RJ Shara | Jul 21, 2021 | Fundings and Exit, Startups
A decline in consumer interest in the next few months or quarters is not a big deal, assuming one keeps a long sufficient viewpoint and the crypto-infused future that its fans anticipate comes to pass. It’s likely fair to say that Coinbase and Robinhood are bullish sufficient about the cryptocurrency market to be unbothered by short-term changes to crypto trading volumes. There are some 316 discusses of “cryptocurrency” in Robinhood’s newest IPO filing. As context, Robinhood shared preliminary Q2 data. A fast scan of Robinhood’s 2020 incomes shows it’s unlikely that the unicorn will be able to publish year-over-year growth in the last 2 quarters of 2021. 
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by RJ Shara | Jul 19, 2021 | Fundings and Exit, Startups
Robinhood’s huge valuation indicates that its ascent in the last 18 months from breakout unicorn to category-defining upstart is about to be embraced by the public market. …
by RJ Shara | Jul 19, 2021 | Fundings and Exit, Startups
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from the private markets. You […] …
by RJ Shara | May 27, 2021 | Fundings and Exit, Startups
Acorns feels like a company going public a year or two early, which is a bit of the point of SPACs, frankly. …
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