Anthony Scaramucci, the SkyBridge founder known as "The Mooch," once argued that heavy-handed Securities and Exchange Commission rules are shutting ordinary Americans out of the country's most exciting companies. Scaramucci Criticizes SEC Regulations In a July 2025 YouTube Shorts clip, Scaramucci said the U.S. is seeing fewer "great companies going into the hands of the public." He pointed to privately held firms such as Elon Musk's xAI and SpaceX, which remain out of reach for everyday investors because ...

Group 1 - Robinhood has filed an application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a new publicly traded fund called "Robinhood Ventures Fund I," aimed at providing retail investors access to shares of startups before they go public [1] - The application is currently public, but lacks detailed information such as the number of shares to be sold and the management fee [2] - The fund is expected to invest in sectors including aerospace and defense, AI, fintech, robotics, and software for consumers and enterprises [2] Group 2 - The initiative addresses the gap where retail investors are often excluded from the gains made by startup investors like venture capitalists [3] - Accredited investors have more options for investing in startups, while non-accredited retail investors have limited choices [4] - Previous efforts by Robinhood, such as the launch of private "tokenized" stocks in the EU, faced controversy due to misleading implications about ownership of shares [5] Group 3 - The new "Ventures Fund I" represents a more traditional mutual fund approach compared to Robinhood's earlier initiatives [6]