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EPISODE · Jun 12, 2026 · 14 MIN

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 stocksUp to 50x leverage24/7 marketsNo US brokerage account requiredDeposit 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:BorderlessAlways-onCrypto-native infrastructure underneathSimple UX on topIndia 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.🎙️ Parth Maheshwari & Chetan Manda, Co-Founders, Mochatrade on Fondo START pod‍00:57 Why global traders still can't access leveraged US stocks02:21 Turning INR deposits into seamless US stock trading03:27 Why India dominates 60% of global derivatives activity04:06 Trading pre-IPO companies like SpaceX through perps05:10 What perpetual futures actually are and why they're simpler06:27 Why perps fix the retail options problem07:45 From AI agents to financial infrastructure08:52 Leaving AI to rebuild global market access09:30 How three IIT friends and former roommates found the idea‍Check out www.mochatrade.com

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 stocksUp to 50x leverage24/7 marketsNo US brokerage account requiredDeposit 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:BorderlessAlways-onCrypto-native infrastructure underneathSimple UX on topIndia 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.🎙️ Parth Maheshwari & Chetan Manda, Co-Founders, Mochatrade on Fondo START pod‍00:57 Why global traders still can't access leveraged US stocks02:21 Turning INR deposits into seamless US stock trading03:27 Why India dominates 60% of global derivatives activity04:06 Trading pre-IPO companies like SpaceX through perps05:10 What perpetual futures actually are and why they're simpler06:27 Why perps fix the retail options problem07:45 From AI agents to financial infrastructure08:52 Leaving AI to rebuild global market access09:30 How three IIT friends and former roommates found the idea‍Check out www.mochatrade.com

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