START pod: Parth Maheshwari & Chetan Manda, Co-Founders, Mochatrade | "US stock perps for Indian traders"

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Global markets were built for everyone.
Access wasn't.

Millions of traders outside the US watch Tesla move. Watch Nvidia earnings.
Watch SpaceX rumors explode timelines.

But when it's time to act? The door closes.

Mochatrade is rebuilding that layer.
A perpetual futures platform for US equities. Built for global traders first.

Trade TSLA, NVDA, AAPL, and 50+ US stocks

Up to 50x leverage
24/7 markets
No US brokerage account required

Deposit in local currency.
Trade in minutes.
Stay self-custodial the entire time.

Because the future of trading won't look like legacy brokerage apps.

It'll be:
Borderless
Always-on
Crypto-native infrastructure underneath
Simple UX on top

India already drives massive derivatives (60%) volume. But global traders still can't easily access leveraged US equities.

That contradiction became the company.

"We have experienced the pain point ourselves"

Parth and Chetan grew up in India watching this door stay closed.

So they built the platform they wished existed.

Not another broker. An access layer for the next generation of retail traders.

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🎙️ Parth Maheshwari & Chetan Manda, Co-Founders, Mochatrade on Fondo START pod

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00:57 Why global traders still can't access leveraged US stocks

02:21 Turning INR deposits into seamless US stock trading

03:27 Why India dominates 60% of global derivatives activity

04:06 Trading pre-IPO companies like SpaceX through perps

05:10 What perpetual futures actually are and why they're simpler

06:27 Why perps fix the retail options problem

07:45 From AI agents to financial infrastructure

08:52 Leaving AI to rebuild global market access

09:30 How three IIT friends and former roommates found the idea

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Check out www.mochatrade.com

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