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Robinhood launches a billion-dollar IPO for its CVC fund
Robinhood is taking its corporate venture arm public, aiming to raise $1 billion by listing its first venture fund on the New York Stock Exchange. The vehicle, Robinhood Ventures Fund I, gives everyday investors access to late-stage private tech companies like Databricks, Airwallex, Ramp, and Stripe with no accreditation requirements, no minimum investment, and built-in liquidity through publicly traded shares. By wrapping venture exposure in a tradable structure, the trading app is betting it can turn private market investing into a mainstream retail product while collecting a 2% management fee along the way.
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