Our Company

Napoleon Group has been founded by three very experienced co-founders who gather their skills to create complementary financial start-ups dedicated to corporate clients and qualified investors, based in Paris (75002).

Napoleon Capital is a Financial Advisor (ORIAS-AMF CIF/FSA equivalent; Sept, 2017) designing best-in-class quantitative strategies, on listed assets only. The firm offers quantitative investment solutions based on a continuous competition scheme by partially outsourcing its algorithmic research. The blockchain notably allows the secure and transparent orchestration of this competition. The proposed solutions are currently aimed at a professional clientele whishing to reconcile performance research provided by Napoleon Capital and operational security provided by a Tier 1 Asset Manager.

Napoleon AM is a Quantitative and Systematic Asset Manager (AIFM license-AMF; Nov 2018) offering quantitative investment solutions using digital assets for qualified professional investors. The firm, financed through an Initial Coin Offering (ICO), offers fund (FPS and other AIFs) and mandate solutions with the objective of investing in crypto assets (ETH or BTC) via derivatives.

Napoleon Index is an Index Administrator (BMR registration-AMF; Feb 2019) and Calculation Agent of quantitative and discretionary strategies. Proprietary benchmarks use machine learning algorithms including artificial intelligence. The indices are disseminated through regular vendor data and are optionally disseminated on the public Ethereum Blockchain as an audit trail. The firm aims to provide tailor-made Index solutions to CIBs, Asset Managers, Brokerage companies and open source strategists.

The Team is composed of experienced and successful Index Analysts, Researchers, and IT Developers. Each brings extensive industry experience with them and a passion for building a company that does things differently.

Arnaud DARTOIS (PhD)

CEO

Several years experience as a private equity investor for a family office, conducted LBOs in the health and waste business. IT & Blockchain expert (holds a PhD of Computer Science from Ecole Polytechnique (X)).

Ichraf SHAL CHAKROUN

Head of Operations

15 years mixed experience in the Index Universe in benchmark operations and in delta one index trading. Corporate action advisor for arbitrage desks and hedge funds.

Adime AMOUKOU

Developer & AI expert

Data scientist & technology enthusiast, specialized in designing and building data & analytics solutions involving large scale data processing, real-time analytics and machine learning.

Alexandre COUTOULY

CTO

Engineered trading tools on the Listed Products Trading Desk at Société Générale CIB for 4 years.

Our qualified, knowledgeable members provide us with their feedback in a wide array of areas and help us to continuously improve our Index solutions.

Stephane Ifrah

Experienced asset manager, started developing algorithmic strategies more than 10 years ago at BNP Paribas Asset Management.

Jean-Charles DUDEK

Long standing experience on both sell and buy sides and more than 13 years in Tier 1 Banks.

Stefan Duprey (PHD)

Strong and mixed experience as quantitative developer with extensive expertise in derivatives pricing, electronic trading and asset management.

Our partners

We have built strong partnerships with: