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BVI FSC Approved Investment ManagerIBR/AIM/26/2644

Leadership

Built by operators
who have run the money.

Four founders with more than 60 years of collective experience across trading, consulting and digital platforms.

The founders

Trading, consulting and digital platforms.

Cayden Richards

Co-founder and Chief AI Officer

  • Serial entrepreneur in fintech, PSP and digital asset management
  • Built Qlumina's AI/ML research and trading platform
  • AI/ML architecture, fintech systems, algorithmic trading platform design and cloud infrastructure

Previously

  • Delta Momentum Group
  • Forticia

Graf André Popov

Co-founder and Managing Partner

  • Managed $130m+ in hedge fund and proprietary portfolios
  • Built digital and AI/ML programs for 28+ years
  • Quantitative model development, algorithmic trading infrastructure and high-frequency trading systems
  • Statistical arbitrage, mean-reversion frameworks and AI applied to financial markets

Previously

  • Teiko Asset Management
  • Princeton & Co
  • PwC Strategy&
  • Sutherland
  • TTEC

Amit Upadhyay

Chief Investment Officer

  • Senior PM, VP and CIO roles at Fidalis, Trans Market Group and Tower Trading Group
  • CEO and Executive Director at El Dorado Capital (DIFC)
  • Managed portfolios across equities, derivatives, fixed income, currencies and commodities

Education

Business Analytics, IIM Calcutta · Quantum Computing, IIT Roorkee · CMT Level II

Previously

  • El Dorado Capital
  • Fidalis
  • Tower Trading Group
  • Centaurus Financial
  • Trans Market Group

Graf Oliver Popov

Chief Product and Marketing Officer

  • Developed digital platforms and products for 25+ years
  • Head of Digital at MBC Group, Strategy Consultant at Cap Gemini
  • Technology product development and innovation

Education

MBA, Yale University · BS, Carnegie Mellon University

Previously

  • MBC Group
  • Cap Gemini

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