The Fintech Index
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Alpaca

Hitoshi Harada

Co-founder and chief technology officer

Hitoshi Harada co-founded Alpaca and is chief technology officer. Y Combinator’s company profile lists him as founder and CTO alongside CEO Yoshi Yokokawa.

Alpaca

Alpaca provides API brokerage infrastructure for developers and businesses offering stock and crypto investing. Harada is the technology co-founder named on the Y Combinator company page for the Winter 2019 batch company.

Co-founder

Y Combinator lists him next to Yoshi Yokokawa as an active founder. Alpaca’s profile states the firm works with more than 100 companies to enable investing products.

Y Combinator listing

Alpaca Markets is headquartered for Y Combinator purposes as a San Francisco-area API brokerage; Harada remains listed as an active founder on the YC company page alongside Yokokawa.

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