

He and co-founder Soren Macbeth built Stocktwits using Twitter's own programming interface, letting users follow each other and post about markets.

Cofounder Howard Lindzon passed on the opportunity to be an early investor in Twitter, but thought the social network would be a great place to discuss stocks and markets. New York-based Stocktwits was founded in 2008 because of an investment error. Valued at $210 million, it's the latest firm to make bank on Reddit's transformational year. That place was Stocktwits, and on Thursday the social-media platform for investors announced it raised $30 million. It does not store any personal data.Long before Reddit's WallStreetBets community took the financial world by storm, internet-savvy retail traders were huddling together in another cyberspace to hash out which stocks would potentially finance their early retirements. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
