Mochatrade
Mochatrade is a YC Spring 2026 (P26) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Team of 3.
About Mochatrade
Summary
Mochatrade lets Indian retail traders go long or short on US stocks, such as NVDA, TSLA, and AAPL, using perpetual futures with up to 20x leverage. Traders fund positions in rupees via UPI and trade around the clock without a US brokerage account, wire transfers, or remittance paperwork. The product replaces a friction-heavy process of foreign-exchange forms, multi-day bank wires, and cash-account restrictions that blocked timely execution.
Business model
A fee on each perpetual futures trade
Go-to-market
Indian retail traders with demat accounts access the platform directly through a self-custodial, self-serve onramp funded by UPI, with no intermediary broker required.
From the Y Combinator listing
US stock perps for Indian traders
Mochatrade lets global traders trade perpetual futures on US stocks with up to 20x leverage. Access 50+ US stocks including TSLA, NVDA, AAPL. Mocha is fully self-custodial and no US brokerage account is needed. Traders on-ramp in local currencies and get professional-grade execution on the world's most liquid equities. Starting with India (140M+ demat account holders), and expanding across other markets.
Facts
- Fintech / Fintech -> Consumer Finance
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- 3
- Active
- Early
Founders (3)
- Utkarsh Sinha
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