Republic (fintech)

Republic
Company typePrivate
IndustryOnline fundraising, financial services
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016)
FoundersKendrick Nguyen, Peter Green, and Paul Menchov[1][2][3]
Headquarters,
ProductsInvestment platform
Websiterepublic.com

Republic is a global financial firm operating an enterprise-focused digital merchant bank and a network of retail-focused investment platforms. Backed by Morgan Stanley, Valor Equity Partners, Galaxy Interactive, Hashed, AngelList and other leading institutions, Republic boasts a portfolio of over 2,500 companies and a community of 3 million members from over 150 countries. More than $2.6 billion has been deployed through investment platforms, funds, and firms within the Republic family of companies. It is headquartered in New York City and has operations in the US, the UK, the EU, the UAE, South Korea, and Singapore.

Republic is known for opening new asset classes to investors of all types with a particular emphasis on using tokenization to expand access and liquidity.

  1. ^ Butcher, Mike (December 1, 2021). "Republic acquires the UK's Seedrs in $100M deal to push into Europe". TechCrunch. TechCrunch. Archived from the original on May 31, 2022. Retrieved May 31, 2022. Kendrick Nguyen, Republic's founder, said: "We knew international expansion was necessary to achieve cross-bordered participation [...]"
  2. ^ Thomas, Daniel. "Seedrs bought by US group after merger of UK rivals was blocked". Financial Times. Financial Times. Archived from the original on December 2, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  3. ^ Megaw, Nicholas (August 16, 2021). "A progress report on fintech's record-breaking year". Financial Times. Financial Times. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2022.