{"id":20851,"date":"2020-08-20T18:56:57","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T13:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apptunix.com\/blog\/?p=20851"},"modified":"2025-12-30T07:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T07:11:54","slug":"robinhood-stock-trading-app-business-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apptunix.com\/blog\/robinhood-stock-trading-app-business-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Robinhood Stock Trading App: Business Model of Silicon Valley\u2019s Hottest Startup Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Robinhood stock trading app is indeed a business like no other &#8211; its success story is worth telling and the way it has disrupted the stock trading market is not just exciting but inspiring for many entrepreneurs around the world.<\/p>\n<p>At the time when Robinhood was launched in the year 2013, just a few people believed that it would make an impact on the market. However, today, after the company&#8217;s recent fundraising of more than $200 Million at a valuation of around $8 Billion, we got the proof that it has entirely disrupted the fintech market.<\/p>\n<p>If you are an entrepreneur &#8211; planning to go for Fintech app development and make it big in the $124.3 Billion strong Fintech Market &#8211; this blog is for you. Before you start your own venture, you must know the strategies of already established players in the market to stand out.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, to give you a clear picture of how the <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Robinhood stock trading app works<\/span>, we have broken its strategic business model into small segments. 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