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Robinhood ranks last of 18 banks on the Oura IPO. The channel it just joined is being built for what comes next.

Robinhood has won its first IPO underwriting role, ranking last among 18 banks on Oura’s offering. The bigger shift is in retail distribution: SpaceX reserved about 20% of its deal for individuals and Fidelity cut its minimum order from $500,000 to $2,000. That channel is being completed just before the AI listings arrive

Robinhood has won its first IPO underwriting role. It sits among 18 banks on the Oura offering, as Liz Hoffman reported for Semafor, and it is listed dead last.

The company launched its bookrunning business only in June. Oura’s S-1 filing confirms the syndicate and the running order.

Last place is the wrong thing to focus on

An 18-bank syndicate pays its junior members very little. Robinhood’s economics on this deal will be negligible.

The position is a signal, not a business. What matters is that a retail brokerage is in the syndicate at all.

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