← Back to search

Mochatrade

US stock perps for global traders

Y CombinatorSpring 2026ActiveFintechConsumer FinanceFintechCrypto / Web3Consumer Finance

What they do

Problem

Global traders lack easy access to leveraged US stock exposure without needing a US brokerage account or dealing with complex cross-border funding and custody.

Solution

Mochatrade provides a self-custodial platform to trade perpetual futures on US stocks with up to 20x leverage and local-currency on-ramps.

Who it's for

Retail traders outside the US, starting with Indian investors, who want leveraged access to US equities.

Founders

Utkarsh Sinha
Founder

CoFounder and CEO at MochaTrade. Building US stock trading for the globe. Built Martian Wallet in my Columbia Dorm Room, that scaled to 2M+ installs, raised $3.5M, and got acquired. Studied MS in CS at Columbia, and EECS at IIT KGP.

Parth Maheshwari
Founder

Cofounder and CTO at Mochatrade. Previously led engineering at the largest fintech lending startup in India, and was part of a small team who build Adobe Photoshop for the web. Graduated from IIT Guwahati in 2020

Chetan Manda
Founder

Co-Founder and CPO at Mochatrade. Previously Director of Product at Sprinklr(NYSE:CXM), Cofounder/CEO at Meadow(Synthetic-user testing platform acq. by YC company). HCI grad from IIT G

Company timeline

Similar startups