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Robinhood Private Company Fund to Back Y Combinator Startups
['Anthony Hughes', 'Min Read']
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(Bloomberg) -- Robinhood Markets Inc. kicked off formal marketing of its second publicly traded closed-end fund, which will focus on investing in private companies that have participated in startup accelerator Y Combinator's programs.
The new vehicle plans to invest in a diversified portfolio of early-stage and growth-stage private companies, the filing shows.
Companies that Y Combinator has helped include Airbnb Inc., Stripe Inc. and Instacart.
Robinhood's first closed-end private companies fund, Robinhood Ventures Fund I, climbed as much as 2.8% on Monday to $25.50.
Robinhood will hold a video presentation about the new fund with executives including Chief Executive Officer Vlad Tenev at noon Monday in New York via the Robinhood app and YouTube.