Robinhood starts roadshow for retail fund backing Y Combinator startups

RVII moves into SAFE-heavy early-stage bets, charging a 2% base fee and 20% of realized capital gains.

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Primary source: Bloomberg

Why it matters

Robinhood is packaging seed-stage venture risk for public-market buyers while collecting management fees and carried-interest-style upside from an illiquid portfolio it must value itself.

Illustration of an overhead financial map showing Robinhood's RVII retail fund channeling investments toward Y Combinator startups.

Vlad Tenev (@vladtenev) is taking Robinhood deeper into venture capital with a second publicly traded fund, this time giving retail investors exposure to dozens of early-stage startups tied to Y Combinator.…

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