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Walmart Enters The Fintech Space With Ribbit Capital
Monday, January 11, 2021 - 4:56pm | 301A new fintech startup is being created by Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) and Ribbit Capital. The venture will be majority-owned by Walmart. The Board of Directors for the new startup will include Walmart U.S. President John Furner, Walmart CFO Brett Briggs and Ribbit Capital Partner Meyer Malka. The board...
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Robinhood Raises $280M In Series F Led By Sequoia Capital
Monday, May 4, 2020 - 7:13pm | 208Robinhood, a retail trading platform that offers investors commission-free stock, ETF, options trading and high yield savings accounts, formally announced the closure of a $280 million Series F funding round, led by Sequoia Capital, with participation by New Enterprise Associates, Ribbit...
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Robinhood Raises $50 Million To Take Over The World Of Trading
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 3:50pm | 600Robinhood, a fintech startup that offers zero commission stock trading, is ready to go global. The company announced today that it has raised $50 million in a round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA). "It's an important milestone," Vladimir Tenev, co-founder of Robinhood, told...
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Google Ventures-Backed Startup Wants To Change The Way You Trade
Thursday, December 18, 2014 - 3:59pm | 726Robin Hood stole from the rich and gave to the poor, but Robinhood (a new Fintech startup) wants to give investors the ability to trade without robbing anyone. "We really intend for Robinhood to be a product for a new generation of investors," Vladimir Tenev, co-founder of Robinhood,...
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Is Bitcoin Your Chance To Profit Like A VC?
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 2:28pm | 990This week, Pantera Bitcoin Partners announced a $150 million joint venture from Venture Capital Firms Fortress Investment Group, Benchmark Capital and Ribbit Capital. They join Union Square Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Accel Partners, General Catalyst Partners and Lightspeed Ventures in...