StockBud is a free iOS app that aggregates users' brokerage holdings into a single view and adds social and competitive layers. It lets retail investors link their accounts to see real‑time performance analytics, join public leaderboards or private leagues, and engage in a social feed to share ideas and discuss trades, turning portfolio tracking into a collaborative learning experience.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Retail investors often manage their portfolios in isolation, lacking real-time social interaction, performance comparison, and collaborative learning opportunities with peers.
Solution
StockBud is a free iOS app that aggregates users' brokerage holdings into a single view and adds social and competitive layers. Users can link existing accounts to receive live performance analytics and market data, then join public leaderboards or create private leagues to compare week‑on‑week results against friends, classmates, or broader investor communities. The built‑in social feed lets participants follow each other, share ideas, and discuss trades, turning portfolio tracking into an interactive learning experience. By combining portfolio monitoring with gamified competition, StockBud encourages more informed investing habits without facilitating actual trading.
Target Audience
Primary users are retail investors, university students, and members of investment clubs who want to track their portfolios collaboratively and engage in friendly competition.
Features
- Brokerage integration for automatic import of holdings and real‑time performance metrics
- Public leaderboards and private leagues that rank portfolios on a weekly basis
- Social feed for following investors, sharing insights, and commenting on trades
- Private rooms for friends, course mates, or investment societies to create custom competitions
- Clean, mobile‑first interface with live charts and market data without any trading functionality