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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Robinhood raised.
Companies Robinhood acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Robinhood. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
A fintech roundup: Bench's closure and sale to Employer.com, multiple acquisitions, fresh raises at Float Financial, Open Ledger, NomuPay and Buk, Robinhood's regulator settlement, and Groww's listing plans.
Profile of New Zealand fintech Sugar Wallet, cofounded by Dev Soni and Sophia Ritchie, which simplifies investing for beginners and has joined GD1-backed Phase One incubator, with backing from fintech angel operators.
Weekly tech wrap: cloud-market trends, Tiger Global's cheques into Stake, Shippit and Carma, new VC funds, several acquisitions, grocery delivery startups Send and Quicko collapsing, and Elaine Stead joining M8 Ventures.
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AfterWork Ventures reflects on backing Stropro in February 2020, explaining why the platform opening structured bank products to sophisticated investors fits its unbundling-of-banks thesis and Asia-Pacific ambitions.
Share trading app Stake secured a $50 million Series A extension from Tiger Global and DST Global Partners, a year after its initial $40 million round, lifting total funding to $90 million ahead of a crypto launch.
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US investor Tim Draper has led a pre-seed round in Australian drone reforestation startup Lord of the Trees, raising US$1.25 million (A$1.67 million) at a A$7 million valuation.
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