News & Insights: Robinhood Ventures

Insights

Capital markets commentary.

Plain-spoken analysis on listing pathways, governance, and capital structure, from the people doing the work.

Pillar Guides

Standing references, refreshed fortnightly.

Deep guides that anchor our fortnightly analysis. Each pillar collects the specialist deep-dives, adds current thresholds, and answers the questions founders and allocators actually ask.

Pillar Guide · 12 min

Listing on Nasdaq from Asia

Current thresholds, 2026 rule changes, and the corridor for mid-market founders. 5 deep-dives.

Pillar Guide · 10 min

The 18-Month Listing Pathway

Four phases from diagnostic to bell. What each requires, and where founders slip. 3 deep-dives.

Pillar Guide · 8 min

Structured Capital: The Thesis

How our pre-IPO allocation vehicle is structured and why it is not venture capital. 1 deep-dive.

Latest Insights

Fortnightly analysis.

Capital Markets · 7 min read · Amanda Ooi

The Asia-to-US IPO corridor just posted its thinnest half-year. That is not the story.

Chinese companies completed a single Nasdaq IPO in the first half of 2026, raising about twelve million dollars, down from thirty-nine deals a year earlier. Read as a collapse it looks like a closed door. Read as a sorting, it is the corridor clearing for the companies that belong in it.

Capital Markets · 7 min read · Cynthia Ng

The Singapore-Nasdaq bridge is open. Here is who it actually serves.

The SGX-Nasdaq Global Listing Board launched mid-2026, promising Asian founders an easier path to both exchanges. The catch: SGD 2 billion minimum market cap, and you need a Nasdaq Global Select Market listing first. Here is what it means for everyone else.

Capital Markets · 7 min read · William Du

Nasdaq is closing the exits, not the entrance

The market is fixated on Nasdaq's new $25 million entry floor for China-based IPOs. The quieter, more consequential 2026 shift is on the other side of the bell, where the rules for staying listed are tightening and the reverse-split escape hatch is closing.

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Newsletter

Inside the Club, this month.

A recap of recent gatherings: sharing sessions, intensives, and the conversations that happened on the floor.

June 2026 · 3 events

Nasdaq honestly, design deeply, launch quietly.

An IPO Journey briefing on Nasdaq Global with Master Limns Tang and John Lim, the third Unicorn intensive on designing valuable companies at the Ritz-Carlton, and the VizionGuard brand milestone night at Aurum Theatre, TRX.

May 2026 · 3 events

Designing value, going global, AI on the floor.

F&B founders looking at the global capital map, a second Unicorn intensive at the Ritz-Carlton, and a strategic briefing on AI, cybersecurity, and growth at TRX Exchange 106.

April 2026 · 3 events

Build, finance, connect.

A two-day intensive on what makes a company valuable, an afternoon on the financial risks every founder needs to clear before listing, and an evening of entrepreneur networking in Kuala Lumpur.

Upcoming Events

What's next at Robinhood.

Three sessions ahead: a Stablecoins deep dive on 7 July at TRX; Vintage Wealth, an afternoon of wine and business connections on 10 July at Pavilion Damansara Heights; and Your IPO Journey · NASDAQ from Hong Kong, a 2-day immersion on 22 – 23 July.

Stablecoins · The New Landscape of Malaysia's Digital Finance Future, 7 July 2026, Exchange 106 TRX Kuala Lumpur

By registrationDigital finance briefing

Stablecoins · Malaysia's Digital Finance Future · 稳定币新格局

Stablecoins are reshaping how value moves, and Southeast Asia is one of the regions driving that shift. An afternoon by GenieX Lab on real-world stablecoin use cases, $GMYR in practice, and what this evolving landscape means for enterprises, capital markets, and the future of digital finance. Speakers from XOX DEX, GenieX, and Malaysia Blockchain Week.

Date7 July · Tuesday

Time2:30 – 6:00 PM

VenueLevel 58 Event Hall, Exchange 106, TRX KL

ForFinance professionals · Investors · Founders · Web3 builders

Hosted by GenieX Lab. Supporting partner: Malaysia Blockchain Week. Register here.

Paid · Limited seatingWine + business networking

Vintage Wealth · Wine, Business & Connections

An exclusive networking afternoon for entrepreneurs, investors, and professionals, with a special guest from PUC Investment Bank. Premium wine tasting, curated snacks, a focused industry-sharing session, and time to build the kind of connections that turn into next steps. Brought to you by IIFLE and PUC Investment Bank.

Date10 July · Friday

Time2:00 – 5:00 PM

VenuePavilion Damansara Heights, Tower 2, Kuala Lumpur

FeeRM 188 / person

Exclusive limited seating. Reserve your seat.

Paid · Early bird2-day Hong Kong immersion

Your IPO Journey · NASDAQ from Hong Kong

Two days inside Asia's financial powerhouse, designed for founders ready to take their company beyond the local market. Direct exposure to NASDAQ-side advisors, capital-market specialists, and investor institutions: the pathway to a US NASDAQ listing, how to elevate valuation, how international capital actually operates, and the global expansion opportunities that open up. With strategic partners CFN Lawyers, EDDID, UHY, AOGB, Stratosphere Capital and Oerfels.

Date22 – 23 July · Wed & Thu

VenueHong Kong

FeeUSD 499 (early bird until 30 June)

Contact+60 12-694 1913

Brought to you by IIFLE and MVP International Capital Group. Reserve your seat.

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