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Vlad Tenev

Investor2× unicorn founder

Founder at Robinhood · Founder at Harmonic

Menlo Park, CA

FoundedRobinhood$99.3BHarmonic$1.4B

30 Under 30 2022 · Hall of Fame

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About

Vlad Tenev co-founded Robinhood in 2013 on commission-free trading, forcing the entire US brokerage industry to drop commissions within six years, and took the company public in 2021. Bulgarian-born and Stanford-educated, he led the company through the GameStop trading halt of January 2021 and the congressional hearings that followed, and has since expanded Robinhood into retirement accounts, crypto and prediction markets.

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Beyond investing

Education
Read mathematics at Stanford and took a master's at UCLA, leaving its mathematics doctorate in 2011 to start a company.
Family
Born in Varna, Bulgaria in 1987 and joined his parents in the United States at five; both worked at the World Bank.
More
Built two trading-software companies with Bhatt before Robinhood — Celeris in 2010 and Chronos Research in 2011.

Mentioned above: the UCLA mafia → · the Robinhood mafia →

From en.wikipedia.org — common ground for a warm intro.

Founder at Harmonic

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Harmonic's investors · 15

Blossom CapitalLondonByers CapitalCraft VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $50M checksDST GlobalGeorge Town, Grand CaymanFellowsCampbellFirestreak VenturesGreatPoint VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $20M checksIndex VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2024Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2025ParadigmSan Francisco · $1M – $100M checks · since 2025Rainfall VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checksRibbit CapitalPalo Alto · $2M – $15M checks · since 2025Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $50M checks · since 2024Storm VenturesPalo AltoTIBAS VenturesAmsterdam

Co-founders at Harmonic

TATudor Achim
Tudor AchimFounder
VT
Vlad Tenev Tudor AchimFounder

Founder at Robinhood

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Robinhood's investors · 73

1/1 CapitalMiami Beach · since 20199Yards CapitalNew York · $100K – $10M checks · since 2019ACME CapitalSan Francisco · since 2019AlgerNew York · since 2019Aliya Capital PartnersMiami · since 2019Amplo VenturesHouston · since 2019Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2019ARTFO Holdings LLCMexico City · since 2019at.inc/San Francisco · since 2019BLN CapitalBerlin · $55K – $550K checks · since 2019Blue Owl CapitalNew York · since 2019Bond Capital ManagementSan Francisco · $100K – $25M checks · since 2019CapitalGSan Francisco · $75M – $100M checks · since 2019Celesta CapitalSan Mateo · $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 · since 2017ElefundMountain View · since 2019Empede CapitalTortola · since 2019Fantail Venturessince 2019Firestreak Venturessince 2019Founders Circle CapitalSan Francisco · since 2019Friends Family CapitalSilicon Valley · since 2019Graph VenturesNew York · $50K – $300K checks · since 2019GreenoaksSan Francisco · $1M – $50M checks · since 2019GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2019Head & Heart Capitalsince 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 2019LocalGlobeLondon · 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 2019Pascal Capitalsince 2019Pathlight VenturesOld Bridge · $500K – $5M checks · since 2019Pegasus Tech VenturesSan Jose · since 2019PruVen Capital PartnersLos Altos · $100K – $10M checks · since 2019Rainfall VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checks · since 2019Red Sails InvestmentHong Kong · since 2019Ribbit CapitalPalo Alto · $2M – $15M checks · since 2014Rogue Insight CapitalMarkham · since 2019Rothenberg VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $10M checks · since 2019Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $50M checks · since 2020Slow VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $1M checks · since 2019Social LeverageScottsdale · $1M – $2M checks · since 2019Sound VenturesSanta Monica · since 2019SquareOne CapitalMiami · since 2019Surf Club VC$100K checks · since 2019Susa VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2019The Players' Impactsince 2019Thrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks · since 2017Toba CapitalLos Angeles · $1M – $10M checks · since 2019Top Shelf Equity Funds Csince 2019TOP-Direct IVGeneva · since 2019TSG Consumer PartnersLarkspur · since 2020Unusual VenturesMenlo Park · $1M – $15M checks · since 2019W venturesBerlin · since 2019W VenturesBerlin · since 2019

Co-founders at Robinhood

BBBaiju Bhatt
Baiju BhattFounder
VT
Vladimir TenevFounder

Investments

Per curated public sources.

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Vlad Tenev

Vlad Tenev’s Vision for the Future of Robinhood

Future Investing

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev reflects on his journey from immigrant to CEO

CNBC Television

A Conversation with Robinhood co-founder and CEO Vlad Tenev

The Knowledge Project Podcast

Robinhood’s Vlad Tenev on AI, Prediction Markets, and the Future of Trading | Ep. 33

Uncapped with Jack Altman

Watch CNBC's full interview with Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev from Bitcoin 2025

CNBC Television

Why Vlad Tenev and Tudor Achim of Harmonic Think AI Is About to Change Math—and Why It Matters

Sequoia Capital

Frequently asked questions

Who is Vlad Tenev?
Vlad Tenev co-founded Robinhood in 2013 on commission-free trading, forcing the entire US brokerage industry to drop commissions within six years, and took the company public in 2021. Bulgarian-born and Stanford-educated, he led the company through the GameStop trading halt of January 2021 and the congressional hearings that followed, and has since expanded Robinhood into retirement accounts, crypto and prediction markets.
Where does Vlad Tenev work?
Vlad Tenev is Founder of Robinhood and Founder at Harmonic.
What companies did Vlad Tenev found?
Vlad Tenev founded Robinhood, Harmonic.
What companies has Vlad Tenev invested in?
Investments tracked here include Human Interest.
What podcasts and interviews feature Vlad Tenev?
Tracked appearances include "Vlad Tenev’s Vision for the Future of Robinhood", "Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev reflects on his journey from immigrant to CEO", "A Conversation with Robinhood co-founder and CEO Vlad Tenev", and 3 more.

Founder mafias

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