Alpaca is a self-clearing broker-dealer providing brokerage infrastructure APIs for embedded finance and multi-asset trading, with regulatory approvals across multiple jurisdictions.
Alpaca is a US-headquartered, self-clearing broker-dealer and a global provider of brokerage infrastructure APIs. Its regulatory position is central to the business: the firm holds approvals across multiple jurisdictions and combines proprietary technology with compliant infrastructure, including dedicated regulatory and compliance systems. It operates in more than 40 countries and maintains a presence in the United States, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil and the United Kingdom.
Through its platform, Alpaca supplies the machinery behind embedded finance and trading for financial institutions. Its Brokerage Infrastructure APIs allow developers and businesses to build investing applications across stocks, ETFs, options, fixed income and crypto, and support commission-free trading experiences. The company reports 61,000 or more monthly active developers and more than 7m brokerage accounts opened, and says it powers hundreds of financial institutions across over 40 countries.
Alpaca has raised more than $320m from investors including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital and Y Combinator. The team numbers over 230 professionals and is distributed across several countries. The company states its mission as opening financial services to everyone on the planet.
