{"id":4714,"date":"2020-04-20T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2521035"},"modified":"2020-04-20T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T15:20:00","slug":"all-press-is-good-press-for-robinhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/20\/all-press-is-good-press-for-robinhood\/","title":{"rendered":"All press is good press for Robinhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/equity-podcast-2019-phone-1-4-e1578089278201.jpg?w=430&amp;h=230&amp;crop=1\" width=\"586\" height=\"313\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hello and welcome back to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5IEYLip3eDppcOmy5DmphC?si=bjgo57TCQ-uFC38-iTy6HA\">Equity<\/a>, TechCrunch&rsquo;s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.<\/p>\n<p>This week the Key Three were back with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DannyCrichton\">Danny Crichton<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nmasc_\">Natasha Mascarenhas<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alex\">Alex Wilhelm<\/a>&nbsp;taking on the news while&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cgates123\">Chris Gates<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/236x\/8b\/9a\/fc\/8b9afc993740c10fee99164f60a38507--music-radio-music-humor.jpg\">kept everything perfect<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"piano-inline-promo\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>Alex apologizes for the math error you&rsquo;ll hear, naturally. 36 divided by four, is, of course, nine.<\/p>\n<p>Turning to the show, as has been the case every single week since we cannot recall when, we had a hell of a packed agenda.; there were new funds to talk about, there were rounds aplenty. As the unicorn era hands the baton to the COVID-19 downturn, there&nbsp;<em>still<\/em>&nbsp;more than we can get through each week.<\/p>\n<p>But we did manage all that follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lightspeed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/alexkonrad\/2020\/04\/09\/vc-firm-lightspeed-raises-4-billion\/#4f1b56283be0\">raised a host of new funds worth billions of dollars<\/a>, including $1.83 billion in capital for later-stage deals and $1.5 billion to pour more capital into its international investments.<\/li>\n<li>Andreessen Horowitz&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/329ca57b-5b57-4c81-9037-e704ef5c4476\">wants to put together a second crypto-focused fund<\/a>&nbsp;worth $450 million. That&rsquo;s more than last time, and we had questions.<\/li>\n<li>Corigin Ventures&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2020\/04\/14\/corigin-ventures-raises-36m-debut-fund-to-invest-in-startups-that-help-with-99-of-daily-life\/\">raised its first institutional fund at $36 million<\/a>, effectively stepping out of complete control from its parent organization, Corigin Real Estate.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2020\/04\/16\/stripe-raises-600m-at-36b-valuation-in-series-g-extension-says-it-has-2b-on-its-balance-sheet\/\">Stripe raised $600 million more<\/a>, at a flat valuation to its preceding round. The payments company is now worth around $36 billion. The news dropped out of nowhere, and probably means that the eventual Stripe IPO is far, far away.<\/li>\n<li>Robinhood is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-04-16\/robinhood-said-to-be-raising-new-funds-at-about-8-billion-value?sref=eTJxxXf2\">raising new capital<\/a>, which caught our eye.<\/li>\n<li>Carta, which helps manage equity for startups,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@henrysward\/cartas-covid-19-layoff-cbb80e3e8a5d\">laid off 16 percent of its staff<\/a>&nbsp;as detailed in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@henrysward\/cartas-covid-19-layoff-cbb80e3e8a5d\">an emotional memo<\/a>&nbsp;by the company&rsquo;s CEO Henry Ward. Then, the plot thickened when news broke that it&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-04-15\/andreessen-horowitz-backed-startup-carta-to-cut-161-jobs\">raising a new round of funding that would value it at $3 billion<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.golucid.co\/\">Lucid<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.everee.com\/\">Everee<\/a>, two Utah-based companies raised capital this week, right after we saw Podium raise the week before.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2020\/04\/16\/lucidchart-raises-52m-series-d-passes-100m-arr\/\">$52 million for Lucid<\/a>, makers of Lucidchart,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2020\/04\/16\/everee-raises-a-10m-series-a-to-scale-its-worker-friendly-payroll-software-service\/\">and $10 million fo Everee<\/a>, a payroll software startup with a fun twist.<\/li>\n<li>But we weren&rsquo;t done yet, as we had to talk&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2020\/04\/15\/airbnb-ups-its-debt-by-1bn-amid-the-coronavirus-travel-crunch\/\">about Airbnb&rsquo;s new debt work<\/a>; Danny made the point that it&rsquo;s hardly cheap capital for the firm to raise, possibly adding pressure to Airbnb later on. This is another company that will not go public in 2020.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2020\/04\/14\/college-isnt-free-yet-but-savi-raises-a-6m-series-a-to-assist-student-loan-borrowers-find-loan-forgiveness\/\">Savi raised $6 million<\/a>&nbsp;to help students pay student loans,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2020\/04\/13\/frank-raises-5m-more-in-its-quest-to-get-students-max-financial-aid\/\">while Frank raised $5 million to help students avoid racking them up.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Despite tight school budgets,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2020\/04\/14\/labsters-latest-partnership-and-what-it-tells-us-about-the-future-of-remote-learning\/\">Labster landed a deal<\/a>&nbsp;with the California Community Colleges which tells us a bit about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2020\/04\/14\/venture-capitalists-chat-edtechs-new-normal-after-covid-19\/\">how edtech optimism is turning into actual dollars<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And, breathing out, that was the show. Thanks for sticking with us through the pandemic and not having a commute. It&rsquo;s a treat to have you here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5IEYLip3eDppcOmy5DmphC?si=bjgo57TCQ-uFC38-iTy6HA\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5IEYLip3eDppcOmy5DmphC?si=bjgo57TCQ-uFC38-iTy6HA<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Alex Wilhelm, Natasha Mascarenhas<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Alex Wilhelm, Natasha Mascarenhas<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello and welcome back to&nbsp;Equity, TechCrunch&rsquo;s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week the Key Three were back with&nbsp;Danny Crichton,&nbsp;Natasha Mascarenhas, and&nbsp;Alex Wilhelm&nbsp;taking on the news while&nbsp;Chris Gates&nbsp;kept everything perfect. &nbsp; Alex apologizes for the math error you&rsquo;ll hear, naturally. 36 divided by four, is, of course, nine. Turning &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/04\/20\/all-press-is-good-press-for-robinhood-2\/\">Continue reading <span>All press is good press for Robinhood<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/20\/all-press-is-good-press-for-robinhood\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>All press is good press for Robinhood - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/20\/all-press-is-good-press-for-robinhood\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"All press is good press for Robinhood - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hello and welcome back to&nbsp;Equity, TechCrunch&rsquo;s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. 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