EP31 Yoshi Yokokawa - Alpaca - Democratizing Equity Investing for Every Person on Earth

“History Rhymes But Never Repeats”

Yoshi Yokokawa is the CEO & Co-founder of Alpaca, a company that powers more than 100 fintech applications around the world. When Robinhood came out in 2013, Yoshi, in Japan at the time, couldn’t download the app or invest in U.S. stocks. Ten years later, nothing’s changed.

Alpaca is based on the idea that every single person on the earth should have access to financial markets like Americans do. Today, Alpaca has raised series B from notable investors to offer equities and crypto trading software via API.

We covered all about “why investing in U.S. stocks is so hard for non-Americans” at #FrontierFintech Podcast.