Private company

Public Holdings, Inc.

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American financial technology company

Public Holdings, Inc. (doing business as Public or Public.com) is an American financial technology company headquartered in New York City that offers an electronic trading platform to trade financial assets.² It was founded by Leif Abraham.¹ It employed 150 people in 2025.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2019Founded¹

Industryfinancial services¹
HeadquartersNew York¹
Websitepublic.com

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The story

Founded by Leif Abraham in 2019.¹

Leadership

Who has led Public Holdings, Inc., and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

FounderLeif Abraham¹

Employees over time

2025150¹

Timeline

2019Founded Founded¹

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$362.8K 2020–2020

PPP loans $362.8K

Figures by year

Year	PPP loans	Total
2020	$362.8K	$362.8K

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA⁴. Matched to this company by name and state.

Apr 28, 2020$362.8K PPP loan (first draw) from JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association⁴To PUBLIC HOLDINGS, INC, New York NY; $366.4K forgiven Apr 29, 2021

Sources

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WikidataPublic Holdings, Inc. on Wikidata
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WikipediaPublic Holdings, Inc. on Wikipedia
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Wikimedia CommonsPublic Holdings, Inc. logo by Author99554, CC0
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SBASBA Paycheck Protection Program loan data (FOIA), loans of $150,000 and up