About Istra Research
Istra Research (Istra LLC) is a quantitative trading firm and technology analytics company that develops and deploys proprietary automated trading algorithms for financial markets. The company leverages data-centric approaches, advanced statistical methodologies, and extremely low-latency/high-performance processing technology to create and implement high-frequency trading strategies. Its team is composed of researchers and software engineers with backgrounds in computer science, mathematics, statistics, and finance.
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$10M
Last stage
Seed
Investors
Founders
Alon Wasserman
Co-Founder at Istra Research. Previously worked at Goldman Sachs and Compugen. Holds a PhD in Mathematics from Tel Aviv University.
Shlomo Ahal
CTO and Co-Founder at Istra Research, based in New York City.
Michael Lewin
Co-Founder and CEO of Istra Research, leading the company since its founding in 2008.
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