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US stock perps for global traders

Spring 2026Founded 20263 peopleNew York, NY, USA
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AI insightcan contain mistakes
Global Equity PerpetualsTransactionalRetail traders in emerging marketsMedium competition
Moat
Self-custody and low-friction on-ramp create adoption advantage; execution quality and regulatory clarity are defensible.
Key risk
Regulatory clampdown on leverage and perpetuals trading; traditional brokers offering perpetuals could commoditize.
Why now
Emerging market retail demand for US equity access and high leverage; regulatory tailwinds for self-custody.
Competitors
Bybit, OKX, Traditional brokers adding perpetuals
โ†ป Pivot / rename signal

This company has previously operated under โ€œMarvinโ€, โ€œLeverberryโ€. A rename frequently marks a pivot in positioning or product โ€” useful raw material for variant ideas.

About

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.

Founders ยท 3

Parth Maheshwari
Parth MaheshwariFounder
๐ŸŽ“ IIT

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
Chetan MandaFounder
๐ŸŽ“ IIT

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

Utkarsh Sinha
Utkarsh SinhaFounder
Columbia๐ŸŽ“ IIT

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.

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