Ranking · Winter 2019 · Fintech · Banking and Exchange

Alpaca

API-first stock and crypto brokerage platform

10%

odds of being acquired in the next two years

1.5× the average (6.8%)

#385 of 4,339 active YC companies · top 10%

Team of 150 · San Francisco, CA, USA; San Mateo, CA, USA; Remote

Raises the odds

↑ “platform” in its one-liner

↑ based in Fully Remote

↑ tag: API

↑ industry: Fintech

Lowers the odds

↓ team of 76–300

↓ tag: Fintech

↓ tag: Infrastructure

From the model: how this company's profile compares with companies that were and weren't acquired since 2024. How it works.

Signals brief

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