Tenity doubles down on Quanted
Tenity is doubling down on Quanted—the UK startup modernising quant data infrastructure with cutting-edge tooling—alongside Flixfounders and strategic angels, including the owners of a $41B AUM asset manager, a $1.4B commodities firm, a quant hedge fund, and senior execs from tier-one quant funds, investment banks, and data providers, underscoring strong market confidence in Quanted's vision.
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Quanted, headquartered in the UK, has built an advanced system empowering quant teams to uncover hidden market signals and enhance strategy profitability. The platform is already attracting top-tier quant funds and is poised to become infrastructure-level technology for the $40B+ quant fund industry.
As alternative data adoption in quant finance accelerates—from $12B today to a projected $420B by 2033—legacy tools are falling behind. Quanted addresses a critical bottleneck: the inefficiency of scaling data evaluation.
Quanted's technology helps quant teams discover which datasets are uniquely valuable to their models—before any purchase or vendor trial is needed. The system shortens time to insight, enabling teams to focus resources only on data systematically proven to improve performance. This gives financial institutions a smarter way to instantly test all available data, revealing key drivers and supporting scalable alpha discovery as data continues to grow rapidly.
Unlike point solutions or niche data providers, Quanted is building core infrastructure for quant investment research—technology designed to scale across firms and strategies.
This funding round will be used to:
● Accelerate user feedback-based product development through engineering team expansion.
● Build out their agentic data onboarding flow to support a growing pipeline of data partners.
● Roll out the product to more hedge funds and data providers wanting to bolster their primary research efforts and sales capacities, respectively.
At Tenity, we back companies tackling core challenges in finance with scalable technology and strong defensibility. Quanted fits this profile perfectly, offering:
● A solution to a pressing inefficiency in quant finance
● A platform with infrastructure-level potential
● A team capable of building for scale in a market that's projected to grow to $450B+ by 2033
We're proud to continue supporting Quanted on their journey to become a core enabler of modern quant research.
"We're excited to back Quanted as they tackle a fundamental inefficiency in quant finance. Their highly scalable platform, combined with a strong founding team and deep industry traction, puts them in a strong position to become a critical part of the quant research infrastructure. Quanted's approach goes beyond simply streamlining data—it's about equipping quant teams with the confidence to act decisively in volatile markets. Their platform could become an essential layer in the evolving quant stack, offering both precision and flexibility in one of the fastest-growing segments of the market."Andrea Fritschi, Managing Partner & CIO at Tenity
Quanted has already secured early validation from established quant funds who are actively trialing the platform. The founding team brings deep domain knowledge, technical excellence, and the speed to execute in a highly competitive field. Their combination of trust and credibility is crucial in a market where rigorous standards and rapid iteration are essential.
'We're thrilled to announce Quanted's latest fundraise, featuring a follow-on investment from Tenity. Tenity's FinTech and capital-markets specificity was pivotal to our strategy development from day one—introducing us to a world-class advisor and opening doors across Europe, the US, and Singapore. Their decision to double down after witnessing our growth post-cohort is a very positive signal and affirms our mission to deliver the cutting-edge infrastructure that helps quant funds rapidly scale data testing in an exponentially expanding market.' Charlie Simionescu-Marin, CEO/Founder at Quanted
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