PANews reported on April 27 that according to official news, Alpaca, an API platform focusing on stock, options and cryptocurrency trading, announced the completion of a $52 million Series C financing round. 850 Management, Derayah Financial, National Investments Company, Portage Ventures and Unbound participated in the investment.

According to reports, Alpaca is a US-based self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure company, covering stocks, ETFs, options and cryptocurrencies, and has raised more than $170 million in funds. Alpaca's investors include Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Unbound, SBI Group, Derayah Financial, Elefund and Y Combinator.