10. Robinhood $280.0M
Round: Series F
Description: Menlo Park-based Robinhood is a stock brokerage that allows customers to buy and sell U.S. stocks, options, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies with zero commission. Founded by Baiju Bhatt and Vlad Tenev in 2013, has now raised a total of $1.2B in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, GV, and LocalGlobe.
Investors in the round: 9Yards Capital, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Ribbit Capital, Sequoia Capital, Unusual Ventures
Funding month: May
Industry: Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Ethereum, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Mobile, Personal Finance
Founders: Baiju Bhatt, Vlad Tenev
Founding year: 2013
Location: Menlo Park
Total reported equity funding: $1.2B
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