Eccuity, founded in late 2021 by Charlie Meaden, Abinesh Krishan, and Nathan Bryant-Taukiri, aims to democratize investment access and bridge the gap between DIY platforms and traditional wealth management services in New Zealand. The platform empowers investors by centralizing financial literacy, investment planning, and execution, emphasizing innovation, user-centricity, and community transparency. Eccuity offers several features, including investing in US stocks, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies, an AI Assistant for data-driven insights, and personalized wealth management through eccuity Private. Partnering with Alpaca, a developer-first API brokerage platform, eccuity leverages Alpaca’s modern API to enhance its brokerage offerings, allowing users to invest in both stocks and crypto. This collaboration underscores their shared vision of increasing global financial accessibility and simplifying investment complexities, with Alpaca providing support through its innovative brokerage infrastructure. The partnership highlights the potential of API-first, technology-driven solutions in reshaping the investing ecosystem in Oceania, emphasizing the importance of personalization and collaboration in the investment community.