Premialab, a global company that provides data, analytics, and risk management tools for quantitative investing, has announced a major $220 million growth investment. The funding comes from funds and accounts managed by KKR, a leading global investment firm.
As part of the deal, KKR will lead the investment round alongside Premialab’s existing investor, Balderton. This investment will help Premialab expand its products, technology, and global presence.
Premialab was founded in 2016 by Adrien Géliot and Pierre Trecourt. The company focuses on the quantitative investment strategies (QIS) market, which manages around $800 billion in assets worldwide.
Premialab helps its clients make better investment and risk decisions by allowing them to access, compare, and analyse QIS strategies. It has built its own database with over 7,000 QIS strategies, collected directly from major global investment banks, making it a trusted global standard for QIS data, analytics, and risk management.
Commenting on the investment, Adrien Geliot, CEO of Premialab said: “Quantitative investment strategies have grown rapidly in scale and importance, yet the market has lacked a truly independent standard for data, analytics and risk. Premialab was built to fill that gap. This strategic partnership with KKR marks an important milestone for the business and provides us with the resources and long-term support to accelerate the development of the systematic investing ecosystem. Working closely with banks and strategic partners, we will continue to scale our platform globally, enabling us to better serve clients with deeper analytics, greater transparency and improved efficiency.”
Commenting on the investment, Pierre Trecourt, COO of Premialab said: “We are delighted to enter into this strategic partnership with KKR and to benefit from their deep expertise and strong global capabilities. This investment will enable us to accelerate product development, further enhance our analytics, and expand our presence among institutional clients worldwide. We are particularly excited to continue building out our infrastructure, including our execution offering with Eurex, broadening access to QIS strategies in a more transparent and scalable way.”
KKR is based in Dubai and also has offices in New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong, and Sydney. Its investment will help Premialab expand globally, strengthen its core operating systems, and scale its newly launched execution product. This product was developed together with Eurex and is designed to make it easier for more investors to access quantitative investment strategies.
Through its Technology Growth Equity platform, KKR has a strong history of supporting fast-growing technology companies. Since 2016, KKR has invested around $24 billion in such businesses and built a global team of 28 investment professionals with deep expertise in technology-led growth. KKR’s industry knowledge, strong customer relationships, and global network will help Premialab improve its services and accelerate its growth across key markets.
Commenting on the investment, Elliot Bell, Principal at KKR said: “QIS strategies are rapidly being adopted across customer segments, and Premialab has established itself as the category-defining data and analytics platform that is uniquely enabling this ecosystem. The company delivers critical and differentiated data to blue-chip clients globally, with a durable, high value proposition. We’re delighted to strategically partner with the founders and management team at Premialab to accelerate future growth through this investment and access to our network and resources.”
Commenting on the investment, Rob Moffat, Partner at Balderton said: “Premialab’s global growth is exceptional and it has become an essential platform for any institutional investor touching QIS. The recent expansion into execution in partnership with Eurex, together with this growth investment from KKR, positions Premialab to build one of the leading companies in capital markets. It has been a privilege to work with Premialab over the last five years and we are excited to continue as an investor for the next chapter.”
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