Sachin Kumar, Co-Founder & CTO of Clear Street - Building modern infrastructure for capital markets

Published: April 8, 2023, 2:53 p.m.

Tarang Gupta hosts Sachin Kumar, Co-Founder and CTO of Clear Street. Clear Street uses a tech-first approach to provide financial institutions with clearing, custody, execution, and prime brokerage tools and services.\n\nIn this episode you will hear about:\n- What is the prime brokerage market\n- How Sachin went about building Clear Street\u2019s tech platform\n- Sachin's opinion on the rise in retail investing apps\n- Why he is bullish on embedded finance\nAnd much more!\n\nAbout Sachin Kumar\nSachin Kumar is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Clear Street. Prior to Clear Street, Sachin was the co-founder and CTO at Tolo Technologies, an international derivatives high-frequency trading firm with global presence in China, Japan, and Australia. Before founding Tolo, Sachin co-founded his first company, QED Trading, where he led the development of a high frequency market making platform. Sachin has a B.S. in Computer Science from Michigan University.\n\nAbout Clear Street\nFounded in 2018, Clear Street is a Series-B fintech startup building technology infrastructure for institutions engaged in capital markets. Clear Street started by offering a cloud-native, prime brokerage platform that improved access, speed, and service for clients. But today, they offer institutions, professional traders, and brokers a plethora of services including clearing and custody, prime financing, active trading, execution, and capital introduction.\n\nFor more FinTech insights, follow us on\n\nWFT Medium: medium.com/wharton-fintech\nWFT Twitter: twitter.com/whartonfintech\nWFT Instagram: instagram.com/whartonfintech\nTarang\u2019s Twitter: twitter.com/tg_tarang\nTarang\u2019s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/taranggupta100