shares of sofi jumped tuesday after the online finance company made its public debut sofi short for social finance went public by merging with social capital hedosophia corp v a blankcheck company run by venture capital investor chamath palihapitiya the stock closed up more than 12 to 2265 special purpose acquisition companies known as spacs raise money through a shell company to buy an existing firm and have become increasingly popular in the past year the shares were previously listed under the ticker ipoe for palihapitiyas special purpose vehicle shares of palihapitiyas venture closed at 2015 on friday up 62 year to date founded in 2011 with a focus on student loan refinancing for millennials sofi offers stock and cryptocurrency trading personal and mortgage loans and wealth management services were the only one stop shop to do all your financial service needs at one platform ceo anthony noto told cnbcs techcheck many people talked about broadening the suite of products but only sofi has done it on one mobile platform sofi was last valued at 57 billion in private markets its attracted funding from investors such as peter thiel private equity firm silver lake and softbank according to pitchbook correction shares of palihapitiyas venture closed at 2015 on friday up 62 year to date an earlier version misstated the percentage sign up for our weekly original newsletter that goes beyond the list offering a closer look at cnbc disruptor 50 companies and the founders who continue to innovate across every sector of the economy