Mochatrade is a trading platform built for Indian traders that combines UPI funding and rupee balances with perpetual futures contracts linked to US stocks, indices, commodities and some crypto assets, offering more than 50 US stock contracts with leverage of up to 50 times and no need for a US brokerage account. Users do not own the underlying shares or receive dividends. Founded in 2026 in New York by IIT graduates Utkarsh Sinha, its chief executive, who previously founded the crypto wallet Martian, Chetan Manda, its chief product officer and a former product director at Sprinklr, and Parth
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Funding
Mochatrade has raised $5.6M across 2 disclosed rounds, most recently a Seed in October 2026.
$5.6MRaised
SeedLatest round · October 2026
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October 2026Seed$4.9MCoinFund (lead), Coinbase Ventures, Zero Knowledge Ventures
2026Pre-seed$690KY Combinator, Pioneer Fund
Investor roster
Every disclosed backer and how often they've written a cheque — repeat names are the strongest conviction signal on the cap table.
New · Latest leadCoinFund (lead)1 round · 2026
Coinbase Ventures1 round · 2026
Pioneer Fund1 round · 2026
Y Combinator1 round · 2026
Zero Knowledge Ventures1 round · 2026
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Founded in New York by IIT graduates Utkarsh Sinha, Chetan Manda and Parth Maheshwari, who previously built the crypto wallet Martian, and joins Y Combinator's Spring 2026 batch to build 24/7 perpetual futures on US stocks for traders outsi ↗
October 2026 · funding
Seed — $4.9M, led by CoinFund (lead).
Oct 2026 · milestone
In beta with a waitlist of more than 25,000, offering Indian users UPI-funded perpetual contracts on more than 50 US stocks through ALSD Technologies, registered with FIU-IND as a virtual digital asset service provider. ↗
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Mochatrade is a trading platform built for Indian traders that combines UPI funding and rupee balances with perpetual futures contracts linked to US stocks, indices, commodities and some crypto assets, offering more than 50 US stock contracts with leverage of up to 50 times and no need for a US brokerage account. Users do not own the underlying shares or receive dividends. Founded in 2026 in New York by IIT graduates Utkarsh Sinha, its chief executive, who previously founded the crypto wallet Martian, Chetan Manda, its chief product officer and a former product director at Sprinklr, and Parth
Who founded Mochatrade?
Mochatrade's founders and leadership on record at StartupFox are Utkarsh Sinha, Chetan Manda and Parth Maheshwari.
How much funding has Mochatrade raised?
Mochatrade has raised $5.6M across 2 disclosed rounds. The most recent was a $4.9M Seed in October 2026.
Who are Mochatrade's investors?
Disclosed investors in Mochatrade include CoinFund (lead), Coinbase Ventures, Zero Knowledge Ventures, Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund.
What is the latest news on Mochatrade?
The most recent StartupFox coverage is “Mochatrade Raises $5.5M to Bring Crypto-Style Perpetual Futures on US Stocks to Indian Traders” (27 October 2026). All stories are listed on this page.
Sources & updates
This profile is compiled by the StartupFox desk from company announcements, regulatory and exchange filings (RoC/MCA, NSE/BSE) and our own reporting. 0 of 2 funding rounds link to a named source.
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