Alpaca, a developer-first brokerage platform, has raised $52 million in a Series C funding round aimed at expanding its API brokerage services into new markets. The funding round included investors such as Unbound, Derayah, 850 Management, Nic Kuwait, and Portage Invest. This capital injection is intended to support Alpaca's global expansion and strengthen its position as a category leader in the brokerage platform space. Meanwhile, Altruist, another financial technology company focused on modern infrastructure for Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs), recently completed its Series F funding round, continuing its partnership with ICONIQ Growth.