Robinhood to Open Pre-IPO Investing to Retail Traders With New Fund

Robinhood Markets ￰4￱ unveiled plans to give everyday traders access to private companies before they go public, marking one of its most ambitious efforts yet to expand retail participation in markets traditionally reserved for the ￰5￱ Monday, the company announced the launch of Robinhood Ventures Fund I (RVI), a closed-end fund that has filed an initial registration statement with the ￰6￱ and Exchange ￰7￱ Fund Designed to Track Private Firms Through IPOs and Beyond According to the announcement, the fund, managed by Robinhood Ventures DE LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary, is designed to offer retail investors exposure to private firms in sectors such as technology while they are still privately ￰8￱ approved, RVI shares are expected to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker RVI and will be available through brokerages, including Robinhood ￰9￱ ground-breaking companies stay private for years.

Soon, everyone will be able to invest in them before they go ￰10￱ tuned for more updates on Robinhood Ventures: ￰0￱ ￰11￱ — Robinhood (@RobinhoodApp) September 15, 2025 “For decades, wealthy people and institutions have invested in private companies while retail investors have been unfairly locked out,” said Robinhood CEO Vlad ￰12￱ added, “With Robinhood Ventures, everyday people will be able to invest in opportunities once reserved for the elite.” The initiative comes at a time when the number of ￰13￱ companies has shrunk ￰14￱ to Robinhood, there were about 7,000 listed firms in 2000 compared with roughly 4,000 ￰15￱ contrast, the value of private companies has swelled, with ￰16￱ firms now estimated at more than $10 ￰17￱ creating a publicly traded fund, Robinhood attempts to bridge the gap, giving small investors access to a part of the market that has been growing but remains largely ￰18￱ fund will target a concentrated portfolio of private companies considered to be at the “frontiers of their industries.” Robinhood said the investments will be held for the long term, continuing through IPOs and ￰19￱ strategy mirrors the company’s earlier moves in Europe, where it introduced private tokenized stocks earlier this year, allowing EU customers to gain exposure to prominent private names such as OpenAI and ￰20￱ filing with the SEC is still under review, and shares cannot be sold until the registration statement is declared ￰21￱ company emphasized that the program is structured to align with public market rules while extending opportunities that were once closed to retail ￰22￱ announcement follows a series of milestones for Robinhood in recent ￰23￱ September, the retail brokerage was named to the S&P 500 Index , sending its shares higher in after-hours ￰24￱ of @RobinhoodApp jumped 7% in after-hours trading Friday after the retail brokerage was named to the S&P 500. #Robinhood #Microstrategy ￰1￱ — ￰25￱ (@cryptonews) September 6, 2025 Robinhood stock (HOOD) has more than doubled this year, climbing over 150% year to date and closing above $101 before surging past $108 on the S&P inclusion ￰26￱ firm also reported stronger-than-expected earnings in the second quarter of 2025 , with revenue rising 45% year on year to $989 million, surpassing analyst estimates. @RobinhoodApp posted $989M in Q2 revenue, up 45% YoY and above estimates, driven by surging crypto activity and the impact of its Bitstamp integration. #Robinhood #Earnings ￰2￱ — ￰27￱ (@cryptonews) July 31, 2025 Earnings per share came in at $0.42, compared with expectations of $0.31, boosted by a 65% increase in transaction-based revenue, particularly from ￰28￱ has also been expanding its footprint in digital ￰29￱ June, it completed its $200 million acquisition of crypto exchange Bitstamp, which has since recorded higher trading volumes than those on Robinhood’s core ￰30￱ move is seen as central to Robinhood’s broader ambitions in real-world asset ￰31￱ Startups Dominate VC Flows in 2025 as Crypto Funding Wavers Venture capital activity has accelerated in 2025, driven by record allocations to artificial intelligence ￰32￱ to S&P Global Market Intelligence , global VC investment reached $189.9 billion in the first half of the year, up from $152.2 billion in the same period of ￰33￱ rebound follows a strong first quarter for AI, with PitchBook reporting that AI companies secured $73 billion , including OpenAI’s $40 billion round led by ￰34￱ contrast, crypto funding has shown signs of ￰35￱ from CryptoRank show more than $10 billion raised by blockchain startups in the second quarter, the strongest level since 2022.

Tokenization, stablecoin infrastructure, and decentralized finance were key ￰36￱ alone accounted for over half of Q2’s total, reflecting renewed interest in digital asset projects. Still, other datasets paint a more cautious ￰37￱ compiled by Galaxy Digital show crypto VC flows plunging to $1.97 billion across 378 deals in the same quarter, down 59% from ￰38￱ capital funding for crypto startups plunged in the second quarter of 2025, marking one of the weakest periods since late 2020. #Funding #Crypto ￰3￱ — ￰39￱ (@cryptonews) August 20, 2025 The sharp decline followed an inflated start to the year, when Binance secured a $2 billion injection from UAE-linked fund ￰40￱ that round, the pullback would have been less severe, but sentiment toward early-stage ventures remains ￰41￱ and blockchain infrastructure captured the largest share of allocations, with ￰42￱ regaining nearly half of all capital ￰43￱ say rising interest rates and competition from alternative investment vehicles, including spot ETFs and digital asset treasuries, continue to pressure venture funding in the sector.