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Alpaca

Brokerage-as-a-service API powering algorithmic trading and embedded investing for 100+ partners
Fintech 📍 San Mateo, CA Founded 2015
Current Valuation
$1.0B
as of 2024-Q3
UNICORN

IPO Outlookprivate

Is Alpaca going public?
No. Alpaca has no imminent IPO plans on record. It is still private.
What is Alpaca's valuation in 2026?
Alpaca is valued at $1.0B as of 2024-Q3, set by its Series C ($52.5M, Jun 2024). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Alpaca filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Alpaca.
Who are Alpaca's investors?
Alpaca's investors include Derayah Financial, Tribe Capital, Spark Capital, Y Combinator, Social Leverage, Portage Ventures.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Alpaca offers commission-free brokerage APIs for developers, fintechs, and crypto exchanges to embed equity, options, and crypto trading. Crossed 100+ broker partners and 7M end users by 2024. Strong fit for global fintechs offering US-market access. Used as a core engine by QuantLogix.

Company Profile

CEO
Yoshi Yokokawa
Founded
2015
HQ
San Mateo, CA
Employees
~150
Total Raised
$165M
Last Round
Series C — $52.5M (Jun 2024) · Lead: Derayah Financial
IPO Status
no imminent plans

Fundraising Status

Series C · $52.5M · 2y 2mo ago
no imminent plansTotal raised $165M

Secondary Market

Implied price / share
$5.5
Last round price / share
$2.93
vs last round
+87.7%
Open interest
1
Last round price vs secondary price
Last round vs current secondary price per share$2.93Last round$5.50Current
Secondary price return by period
Secondary market period returns3-month+82.7%6-month-12.6%1-year+120%All-time+100%
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series C$52.5MJun 2024Derayah Financial

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
Hiring steady
37% of roles posted in last 30d
Open roles
63
via greenhouse
Product-build share
57%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
product-led hiring — 57% of open roles build product; the rest are go-to-market and G&A.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month63Aug '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionEngineering26Ops & People9Sales & GTM6Finance & Strategy5Other5Product4Data & ML3Legal & Policy2Design2
product-building   go-to-market / G&A
Design Operations Manager, Web Experience Director of Data PlatformDirector of Engineering, TradingEngineer Team Lead, New Markets Singapore Product Manager, Accounts Product Manager, Crypto
Counted from Alpaca's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

Yoshi YokokawaHitoshi Harada

Investors

Derayah Financial · Tribe Capital · Spark Capital · Y Combinator · Social Leverage · Portage Ventures

Products

  • Trading API (stocks, options, crypto)
  • Broker API (white-label)
  • Market Data API

Competitors

DriveWealth · Interactive Brokers (IBKR Lite) · Apex Fintech · Public.com (B2B)
FintechBrokerage APIEmbedded FinanceTrading
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2024-Q3. Refreshed quarterly.