# Robinhood’s new Ventures Fund I allows retail investors to invest in private tech companies.

*fintech · news · 2026-05-06 · TechCrunch*

## Key points

- Robinhood's Ventures Fund I enables retail investors to access private tech companies through an NYSE-listed fund.
- The fund recently added OpenAI to its portfolio, alongside Stripe, Databricks, and others.
- Robinhood's fund operates with daily liquidity, no accreditation requirements, and no carried interest fees.
- Tenev revealed the term 'frontier companies' to describe private firms nearing trillion-dollar valuations pre-IPO.
- The fund aims to allow retail investors to participate in early funding rounds typically reserved for institutions.

**Companies:** Robinhood, Stripe, Databricks, Oura, OpenAI, Mercor, Ramp, Airwallex, Boom
**Countries:** United States

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