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Origins podcast: Sarah Pinto on taking venture capital public

24 September 2026

In the latest episode of the Origins podcast, co-host Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director at LGT Capital Partners, speaks with Sarah Pinto, Portfolio Manager at Robinhood Ventures, about what it means to take venture capital public and run a portfolio in full view of the market.

Sarah spent close to a decade backing mission-driven growth-stage companies at Emerson Collective, where she helped build the venture effort and made early bets on Open AI, Anthropic and Coinbase. Today, she runs two publicly listed funds at Robinhood Ventures, providing access to venture capital for Americans who do not qualify as accredited investors and therefore do not have exposure to private companies.

Beezer and Sarah look at the mechanics and tensions behind this model, from the fund structures that make it possible to the question of whether venture truly belongs in a public product and how retail investors behave when the market turns.

Listen to the podcast here.

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