# Utkarsh Sinha

> Utkarsh Sinha is the co-founder and CEO of Mochatrade, a Y Combinator (Spring 2026) fintech building a platform for traders outside the US to trade perpetual futures on American stocks with up to 20x leverage, self-custodial wallets, and local-currency onboarding. Raised in a middle-class family in Ranchi, he studied EECS at IIT Kharagpur and computer science at Columbia, worked at McKinsey and in engineering roles, and previously built Martian Wallet from his Columbia dorm room, scaling it to 2M+ installs and a $2B+ transaction volume before it was acquired.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Mochatrade
- **Organizations:** Mochatrade, Martian Wallet, McKinsey & Company, Columbia University, IIT Kharagpur
- **From:** Ranchi, India
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** Electrical & Computer Science (EECS), IIT Kharagpur, MS, Computer Science, Columbia University
- **Known for:** Built Martian Wallet, a self-custodial crypto wallet, from his Columbia dorm room and scaled it to 2M+ installs, Martian Wallet raised roughly $3.5M and processed $2B+ in transaction volume before being acquired, Co-founded Mochatrade and was accepted into Y Combinator's Spring 2026 batch

## Career timeline

- **—** — Grew up in a middle-class family in Ranchi, Jharkhand; father actively traded stocks
- **—** — Studied Electrical & Computer Science at IIT Kharagpur
- **—** — Worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company
- **—** — Pursued MS in Computer Science at Columbia University
- **—** — Built Martian Wallet from his Columbia dorm room
- **2025** — Martian Wallet acquired after scaling to 2M+ installs, ~$3.5M raised and $2B+ transaction volume
- **2026** — Co-founded Mochatrade with Parth Maheshwari and Chetan Manda; joined Y Combinator Spring 2026 (P26) batch
- **2026** — Raised pre-seed funding from Y Combinator and Pioneer Fund

## Achievements

- Built Martian Wallet, a self-custodial crypto wallet, from his Columbia dorm room and scaled it to 2M+ installs
- Martian Wallet raised roughly $3.5M and processed $2B+ in transaction volume before being acquired
- Co-founded Mochatrade and was accepted into Y Combinator's Spring 2026 batch
- Raised pre-seed funding from Y Combinator and Pioneer Fund for Mochatrade

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Closed a pre-seed round from Y Combinator and Pioneer Fund for Mochatrade.
- **2026-06** — Participating in Y Combinator's Spring 2026 (P26) batch, building perpetual futures on US stocks with up to 20x leverage.

## Links

- Website: https://mochatrade.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/utksn15/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/utkarsh.sinha.186

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Last updated: 2026-07-31