One 'I'm in' flipped Robinhood's near-death round into $10B of demand
davidsenra · x · 2026-11-12
Robinhood went from nearly going out of business to oversubscribed because Micky Malka committed on the spot, making every subsequent investor conversation easy — 'Micky Malka is in? Okay I'm in too.' The first term sheet eventually drew about $10 billion of demand.
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