Da Vinci

What Da Vinci does

Da Vinci is a privately held proprietary trading firm founded in 2015 in Amsterdam by David, Vidit, and Jiteshu. The firm trades exclusively with its own capital across digital assets and traditional financial instruments — options, stocks, and futures — combining market making (neutral liquidity provision) with directional position taking based on market insights. It operates across exchanges in the Netherlands, the United States, and India, and reports $10B+ average daily trading volume in digital assets, 250+ tokens actively traded, coverage of 30+ exchanges, and 24/7 trading operations.

The firm is built around a proprietary trading system developed in-house from the ground up in 2020, designed for ultra-low latency, high performance, flexibility, and extensibility, and fully tailored to Da Vinci's execution needs across asset classes. The technology stack underpins both the digital assets desk and the TradFi desk, with trading executed through direct exchange memberships and broker relationships. Da Vinci positions itself as having a non-hierarchical, collaborative culture in which traders, quant researchers, and software engineers work in tightly integrated teams.

Commercially, Da Vinci has no external customers or client-facing revenue stream; revenue and P&L are generated entirely from proprietary trading activity. The firm has expanded from its Amsterdam headquarters to offices in Miami, Hong Kong, and Mumbai, with a global headcount of 150+ professionals as of 2026. Growth has been driven by sustainable headcount expansion, targeted geographic build-out, and infrastructure integrations (e.g., joining Crossover Markets' CROSSx Disclosed institutional crypto platform in May 2026), rather than fundraising or external capital raising.

Name

Da Vinci

Legal name

Da Vinci Derivatives

Website

https://davincitrading.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Da Vinci is a privately held proprietary trading firm that trades solely with its own capital across digital assets and traditional financial instruments, combining market making with directional position-taking on exchanges in the Netherlands, US, and India.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Proprietary Trading

NAICS

Commodity Contracts Intermediation (52316)

akta.pro primary industry

Options (Vanilla) — Venues, Market Makers & Protocols (FSADAGAC)

Keywords

• Proprietary trading
• Digital asset liquidity
• Market making services
• Options volatility trading
• Algorithmic trading

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Proprietary Trading: Da Vinci trades solely with its own capital as a proprietary trading firm. Revenue is generated through market making (providing liquidity as a neutral counterparty) and position taking (directional trading based on market insights). The firm trades options, stocks, futures, and digital assets across exchanges in India, USA, and globally.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Da Vinci is a proprietary trading firm that trades solely with its own capital across digital assets and traditional financial instruments. The firm combines market making (providing liquidity as a neutral counterparty) with position taking (directional trading based on market insights), focusing on options, stocks, futures, and digital assets across exchanges in India, the USA, and globally. All trading activity is powered by an in-house trading system developed in 2020 with ultra-low latency and high performance.

Product overview

Da Vinci is a proprietary trading firm offering two interconnected trading operations: Digital Assets Trading and Traditional Finance (TradFi) Trading. Both operations are powered by the company's proprietary in-house trading system built in 2020, which provides ultra-low latency and high performance capabilities. The Digital Assets desk covers 250+ tokens across 30+ exchanges with $10B+ average daily trading volume, while the TradFi desk trades options, stocks, and futures across Netherlands, US, and India markets. The firm operates market making and position taking strategies, providing institutional liquidity while taking calculated directional positions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Digital Assets Trading

Quantifiable outcome

• $10B+ average daily trading volume in digital assets
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Crossover MarketscoreTechnology or Integration · 13 May 2026Da Vinci Trading serves as a liquidity provider on Crossover Markets' CROSSx Disclosed institutional cryptocurrency trading platform. The platform connects institutional participants to over 30 OTC liquidity providers with single-digit microsecond matching and capacity for 1 million orders per second. Da Vinci is listed alongside major market makers including B2C2, Flow Traders, and Virtu Financial.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Tower Research Capital: Quantitative proprietary trading firm with traditional and crypto market making capabilities. Comparable to Da Vinci's quant-driven, low-latency multi-asset trading strategy.
• Wintermute: One of the largest crypto-native market makers and liquidity providers globally, trading across 50+ exchanges and OTC venues. Directly comparable to Da Vinci as a multi-strategy digital asset market maker with substantial daily volume.
• Flow Traders: Euronext-listed proprietary trading firm providing liquidity across traditional and digital asset markets. Highly comparable to Da Vinci's dual market making and directional strategy across options, equities, and crypto.
• B2C2: Institutional crypto liquidity provider and OTC trading firm, operating across 40+ exchanges. Directly comparable to Da Vinci's institutional crypto market making focus and is explicitly listed alongside it on the CROSSx platform.
• GSR Markets: Crypto-native market maker and liquidity provider offering trading across spot, derivatives, and DeFi. Comparable to Da Vinci's multi-venue digital asset market making and options trading franchise.
• Optiver: Global proprietary trading firm focused on derivatives market making across options, futures, and equities. Comparable to Da Vinci's options-focused market making and directional trading across multiple exchanges.

Broad incumbents

• Virtu Financial: Large publicly listed global market maker and execution services firm across equities, ETFs, FX, and digital assets. Broadly comparable to Da Vinci's market making model, with deeper capital and a public-market balance sheet.
• Jump Crypto: Crypto-focused arm of Jump Trading Group, a major global proprietary trading firm. Comparable to Da Vinci in providing liquidity and trading across digital assets, with substantially greater capital backing.
• Cumberland (DRW): Crypto trading arm of DRW, a diversified proprietary trading firm, providing liquidity in digital assets. Comparable to Da Vinci's combination of traditional prop trading heritage and digital asset market making.

Emerging players

• Galaxy Digital: Public crypto-focused financial services firm with trading, asset management, and infrastructure businesses. Comparable to Da Vinci's digital asset trading activities, though Galaxy is more diversified across financial services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/davincitrading_
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCKjAUZfMaf04YpFGPG9_XzA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/da-vinci-trading
• Instagraminstagram.com/davinci_trading

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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