Listen "Sachin Kumar, Co-Founder & CTO of Clear Street - Building modern infrastructure for capital markets"
Episode Synopsis
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.
In this episode you will hear about:
- What is the prime brokerage market
- How Sachin went about building Clear Street’s tech platform
- Sachin's opinion on the rise in retail investing apps
- Why he is bullish on embedded finance
And much more!
About Sachin Kumar
Sachin 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.
About Clear Street
Founded 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.
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In this episode you will hear about:
- What is the prime brokerage market
- How Sachin went about building Clear Street’s tech platform
- Sachin's opinion on the rise in retail investing apps
- Why he is bullish on embedded finance
And much more!
About Sachin Kumar
Sachin 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.
About Clear Street
Founded 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.
For more FinTech insights, follow us on
WFT Medium: medium.com/wharton-fintech
WFT Twitter: twitter.com/whartonfintech
WFT Instagram: instagram.com/whartonfintech
Tarang’s Twitter: twitter.com/tg_tarang
Tarang’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/taranggupta100
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