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Baiju Bhatt

Unicorn founder

Co-founder at Robinhood · Founder at Cowboy Space Corporation

San Francisco, CA

FoundedRobinhood$99.3BCowboy Space Corporation

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87 people in our graph share verified history with Baiju — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Nathan RodlandunlockedBaiju: together at Cowboy Space Corporation (2024–2025)
×3Baiju: together at Cowboy Space Corporation
×8Baiju: together at Robinhood

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About

Baiju Bhatt co-founded Robinhood with Vlad Tenev in 2013 after the two had built high-frequency trading software together, and served as co-CEO and then Chief Creative Officer through the 2021 IPO. He left in 2024 to found Aetherflux, a space-based solar power company, returning to the physics he studied at Stanford.

Beyond investing

Education
Read physics at Stanford and took a master's in mathematics there, completing it in 2008.
Family
Son of Gujarati immigrants, raised in Poquoson, Virginia; his father was a scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center.

From published sources — common ground for a warm intro.

Founder at Cowboy Space Corporation

Intro paths

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In turn, Baiju can intro founders to Cowboy Space Corporation's investors below.

Cowboy Space Corporation's investors · 16

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2026Black FlagSan Diego · $500K – $5M checks · since 2026Blossom CapitalLondon · since 2026Brave CapitalSan Rafael · since 2026Breakthrough Energy VenturesBoston · $500K – $50M checks · since 2026Construct CapitalWashington · $2M – $6M checks · since 2026Dragon CapitalFremont · since 2026Draper AssociatesSan Mateo · $500K – $5M checks · since 2026Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2026InterlagosNew York City · since 2026IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks · since 2026Jared Letosince 2026New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2026Ravelin CapitalSausalito · since 2026Scribble VenturesPortola Valley · $750K – $1.5M checks · since 2026Vlad Tenevsince 2026

Founder at Robinhood

Intro paths

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In turn, Baiju can intro founders to Robinhood's investors below.

Robinhood's investors · 60

1/1 CapitalMiami Beach · since 20199Yards CapitalNew York · $100K – $10M checks · since 2019ACME CapitalSan Francisco · since 2019AlgerNew York · since 2019Amplo VenturesHouston · since 2019Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2019at.inc/San Francisco · since 2019BLN CapitalBerlin · $55K – $550K checks · since 2019Blue Owl CapitalNew York · since 2019CapitalGSan Francisco · $75M – $100M checks · since 2019Celesta CapitalMenlo Park · $5M – $10M checks · since 2019ChamaeleonSilicon Valley · $1M – $5M checks · since 2019Commonweal VenturesNew York · $500K – $2.5M checks · since 2019Dragon CapitalFremont · since 2019Draper AssociatesSan Mateo · $500K – $5M checks · since 2019Draper Goren Blockchainsince 2019DST GlobalGeorge Town, Grand Cayman · $100K – $200M checks · since 2017ElefundMountain View · since 2019Fantail Venturessince 2019Firestreak Venturessince 2019Founders Circle CapitalSan Francisco · since 2019Friends Family CapitalSilicon Valley · since 2019Graph VenturesNew York · $5K – $5M checks · since 2019GreenoaksSan Francisco · $1M – $50M checks · since 2019GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2019ICONIQSan Francisco · since 2019Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2019Inertia VenturesNew York · $2M checks · since 2019IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks · since 2019Jared Letosince 2014JuniperoMiami · since 2019Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2019Kortschak Investments L.P.Aspen · $250K – $1M checks · since 2019LAUNCHSan Francisco · $25K – $250K checks · since 2019MastrySan Francisco · since 2019MDT VenturesChicago · since 2019Menlo GroupMenlo Park · since 2019Moonshots CapitalAustin · $5K – $2.5M checks · since 2019Multicoin CapitalAustin · $1M – $50M checks · since 2019Muse CapitalLos Angeles · $100K – $1M checks · since 2019New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2020NKM CapitalSan Francisco · since 2019Pathlight VenturesOld Bridge · $500K – $5M checks · since 2019PruVen Capital PartnersLos Altos · $100K – $10M checks · since 2019Rainfall VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checks · since 2019Ribbit CapitalPalo Alto · $100K – $15M checks · since 2014Rogue Insight CapitalMarkham · since 2019Rothenberg VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $10M checks · since 2019Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2020Slow VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $1M checks · since 2019Social LeverageScottsdale · $1M – $2M checks · since 2019Sound VenturesSanta Monica · since 2019SquareOne CapitalMiami · since 2019Susa VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2019The Players' Impactsince 2019Thrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks · since 2017Toba CapitalIrvine · $1M – $10M checks · since 2019TSG Consumer PartnersLarkspur · since 2020Unusual VenturesMenlo Park · $1M – $15M checks · since 2019W venturesBerlin · $696K – $64M checks · since 2019

Co-founders at Robinhood

VTVlad Tenev
Vlad TenevCo-founder & CEO
BBBaiju Bhatt
Baiju BhattCo-founder

Co-founder at Robinhood

Intro paths

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In turn, Baiju can intro founders to Robinhood's investors below.

Robinhood's investors · 60

1/1 CapitalMiami Beach · since 20199Yards CapitalNew York · $100K – $10M checks · since 2019ACME CapitalSan Francisco · since 2019AlgerNew York · since 2019Amplo VenturesHouston · since 2019Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2019at.inc/San Francisco · since 2019BLN CapitalBerlin · $55K – $550K checks · since 2019Blue Owl CapitalNew York · since 2019CapitalGSan Francisco · $75M – $100M checks · since 2019Celesta CapitalMenlo Park · $5M – $10M checks · since 2019ChamaeleonSilicon Valley · $1M – $5M checks · since 2019Commonweal VenturesNew York · $500K – $2.5M checks · since 2019Dragon CapitalFremont · since 2019Draper AssociatesSan Mateo · $500K – $5M checks · since 2019Draper Goren Blockchainsince 2019DST GlobalGeorge Town, Grand Cayman · $100K – $200M checks · since 2017ElefundMountain View · since 2019Fantail Venturessince 2019Firestreak Venturessince 2019Founders Circle CapitalSan Francisco · since 2019Friends Family CapitalSilicon Valley · since 2019Graph VenturesNew York · $5K – $5M checks · since 2019GreenoaksSan Francisco · $1M – $50M checks · since 2019GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2019ICONIQSan Francisco · since 2019Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2019Inertia VenturesNew York · $2M checks · since 2019IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks · since 2019Jared Letosince 2014JuniperoMiami · since 2019Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2019Kortschak Investments L.P.Aspen · $250K – $1M checks · since 2019LAUNCHSan Francisco · $25K – $250K checks · since 2019MastrySan Francisco · since 2019MDT VenturesChicago · since 2019Menlo GroupMenlo Park · since 2019Moonshots CapitalAustin · $5K – $2.5M checks · since 2019Multicoin CapitalAustin · $1M – $50M checks · since 2019Muse CapitalLos Angeles · $100K – $1M checks · since 2019New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2020NKM CapitalSan Francisco · since 2019Pathlight VenturesOld Bridge · $500K – $5M checks · since 2019PruVen Capital PartnersLos Altos · $100K – $10M checks · since 2019Rainfall VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checks · since 2019Ribbit CapitalPalo Alto · $100K – $15M checks · since 2014Rogue Insight CapitalMarkham · since 2019Rothenberg VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $10M checks · since 2019Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2020Slow VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $1M checks · since 2019Social LeverageScottsdale · $1M – $2M checks · since 2019Sound VenturesSanta Monica · since 2019SquareOne CapitalMiami · since 2019Susa VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2019The Players' Impactsince 2019Thrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks · since 2017Toba CapitalIrvine · $1M – $10M checks · since 2019TSG Consumer PartnersLarkspur · since 2020Unusual VenturesMenlo Park · $1M – $15M checks · since 2019W venturesBerlin · $696K – $64M checks · since 2019

Co-founders at Robinhood

BBBAIJU BHATT
BAIJU BHATTExecutive Officer, Director
VTVlad Tenev
Vlad TenevCo-founder & CEO

Experience

  1. Cowboy Space CorporationFounder & CEOcurrent2024 — present
  2. RobinhoodCo-Founder & Board Directorcurrent2012 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
  3. RobinhoodChief Creative Officer2021 — 2024
  4. RobinhoodCo-CEO & Co-President2012 — 2020

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Baiju Bhatt

From Robinhood To Rockets: Baiju Bhatt’s New Innovation Frontier

Forbes

Why the Co-Founder of Robinhood is working on Space Datacenters | Baiju Bhatt, Aetherflux

Relentless

Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt’s next frontier is among the stars | TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

TechCrunch

Baiju Bhatt - Robinhood Co-Founder is Beaming Solar Power from Space | SRS #223

Shawn Ryan Show

Baiju Bhatt on raising Robinhood’s seed round and being rejected over 70 investors

Startup Archive

Robinhood Co-founder Baiju Bhatt on the Journey to $40B, Building Space Solar Power with Lasers

The Peel with Turner Novak

Frequently asked questions

Who is Baiju Bhatt?
Baiju Bhatt co-founded Robinhood with Vlad Tenev in 2013 after the two had built high-frequency trading software together, and served as co-CEO and then Chief Creative Officer through the 2021 IPO. He left in 2024 to found Aetherflux, a space-based solar power company, returning to the physics he studied at Stanford.
Where does Baiju Bhatt work?
Baiju Bhatt is Co-founder of Robinhood and Co-founder at Cowboy Space Corporation.
What companies did Baiju Bhatt found?
Baiju Bhatt founded Robinhood, Cowboy Space Corporation.
Where did Baiju Bhatt go to school?
Baiju Bhatt studied at Stanford University (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics); Stanford University (Master of Science (M.S.), Mathematics).
What podcasts and interviews feature Baiju Bhatt?
Tracked appearances include "From Robinhood To Rockets: Baiju Bhatt’s New Innovation Frontier", "Why the Co-Founder of Robinhood is working on Space Datacenters | Baiju Bhatt, Aetherflux", "Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt’s next frontier is among the stars | TechCrunch Disrupt 2025", and 3 more.

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