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Aparna Chennapragada joins Robinhood as Chief Product Officer

Robinhood, the Menlo Park, California-based fintech startup, announced it has appointed Aparna Chennapragada as its first Chief Product Officer.  In her new role, Aparna will oversee all of product, design and research. Aparna is a tech industry veteran and brings over 20 years of experience in product development, design and strategy.  “Her leadership will help…

Robinhood lands $1 billion from existing investors

Robinhood, the Menlo Park, California-based fintech startup credited with helping popularize trading among millennials, that it has raised over $1 billion in latest funding from existing investors – Sequoia Capital and Ribbit Capital. Robinhood’s spokeswoman stated in an email, “We’re pleased to share that we’ve raised over $1 billion from existing investors to continue to…

Robinhood adds another $320 mn from new and existing investors

Robinhood, the Menlo Park, California-based fintech startup credited with helping popularize trading among millennials, announced that it has raised another $320 million in latest funding from new and existing investors at a valuation of $8.6 billion. Investors that took part in the current financing round include TSG Consumer Partners and IVP, and brings the seven-year-old…