Alpaca is a global leader in brokerage infrastructure APIs, providing the technology that enables financial institutions to offer embedded finance and trading services. The company powers commission-free trading infrastructure that allows developers and businesses to build customizable investing applications. Its APIs support a range of asset classes, including stocks, ETFs, options, fixed income, and crypto.
The company operates as a self-clearing broker-dealer and has scaled to support hundreds of financial institutions across more than 40 countries. This infrastructure has facilitated the opening of over 7 million brokerage accounts. Alpaca has a developer community of over 61,000 monthly active users building on its platform. The firm employs more than 230 professionals.
Alpaca has secured over $320 million in total funding. Its operational footprint includes offices and teams in the United States, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, and the United Kingdom, serving clients across verticals such as fintech, institutions, hedge funds, and crypto exchanges.