Now companies that set aside IPO shares for retail investors via Robinhood can start allocating a certain amount of shares for “friends and family”—meaning employees, customers, vendors, or others with ties to the company going public.
Robinhood says this will “facilitate meaningful community-driven interactions between companies going public and the individuals who have been a part of their journey leading up to the IPO,” according to a statement on its blog where it announced the new program Wednesday.