Quantpedia

What Quantpedia does

Quantpedia is a Bratislava-based quantitative trading research platform that curates academic finance research into actionable, implementable trading strategies. Founded in 2015 by Radovan Vojtko (former Portfolio Manager at Tatra Asset Management, where he managed over 300 million EUR in quantitative funds), the company has built a proprietary database of 1000+ trading strategies derived from hundreds of thousands of academic papers, with 800+ out-of-sample backtests implemented in Python via the QuantConnect framework and 2000+ links to source research. The technology stack is a cloud-based financial research aggregation platform that combines structured data extraction, NLP-style processing of academic literature, and a Screener/portfolio analysis toolset.

Name

Quantpedia

Legal name

Quantpedia

Website

https://quantpedia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Quantpedia is a Bratislava-based quantitative trading research platform that curates 1000+ academic-derived trading strategies with backtests and analytics, serving individual quants, asset managers, and institutional researchers via tiered subscriptions and an API.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Quantitative Trading Research Platform

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Quant Research & Systematic Strategies (FSACAGAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Investor Education, Research & Portfolio Analytics Services (Retail) (FSAAAAAO)

Keywords

• Quantitative trading research
• Algorithmic trading strategies
• Portfolio backtesting software
• Academic trading research
• Quantitative finance platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Bratislava

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue - Quantpedia Prime: Entry-level subscription for aspiring quants and individual investors. Provides access to 100+ essential systematic trading strategies oriented toward tactical asset allocation, market timing, and seasonality, plus modeling tools for portfolio construction.
2. Subscription Revenue - Quantpedia Premium: Mid-tier subscription for adept quants. Unrestricted access to 900+ premium strategies with extracted descriptions, trading rules, risk/return characteristics, source academic paper links, and 800+ out-of-sample backtests in Python. Includes advanced Screener and Charts.
3. Subscription Revenue - Quantpedia Pro: Enterprise-grade analytical platform for multi-asset, multi-strategy portfolio analysis. Includes all Premium content plus custom portfolio builder with benchmarks, 30+ Quantpedia Pro reports for analyzing model portfolios, factor exposures, correlations, clustering, and market risks.
4. API Access Revenue: Programmatic access subscription for institutional clients providing alternative dataset integration into quantitative models, portfolio construction workflows, and research pipelines.
5. Affiliate Revenue: 30% commission on subscription price for all subsequent subscriptions referred through affiliate links.
6. Educational Content Revenue: Revenue share from partner QuantInsti/Quantra course platform through course discounts and referral partnerships.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Quantpedia curates academic quantitative finance research into a searchable database of 1,000+ trading strategies, accompanied by 800+ out-of-sample Python backtests, plain-language strategy documentation, and a multi-asset portfolio analysis toolkit. The platform is delivered through tiered subscriptions (Prime, Premium, Pro) and an institutional API for programmatic access to 1,200+ strategies.

Product overview

Quantpedia is a comprehensive quantitative trading strategy platform organized as a tiered subscription service. The core product is the Quantpedia Screener, a database of trading strategies derived from academic research. The platform offers four subscription tiers: Quantpedia Prime (100+ essential strategies with basic modeling tools), Quantpedia Premium (900+ strategies with 800+ Python backtests via QuantConnect integration), and Quantpedia Pro (all Premium content plus advanced portfolio builder with 30+ analytical reports). The Quantpedia API provides programmatic access to 1200+ strategies for institutional integration. Additional tools include Charts, Portfolio Analysis, Portfolio Manager, Market Overview, and Dashboard. Educational offerings include partnered courses with QuantInsti (Event Driven Strategies, Position Sizing). The platform also runs the annual Quantpedia Awards competition for academic researchers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Quantpedia Prime: Entry-level subscription for aspiring quants and individual investors, offering access to 100+ essential systematic trading and investing strategies, focused on tactical asset allocation, market timing, and seasonality strategies with basic portfolio modeling tools.
• Quantpedia Premium
• Quantpedia Pro
• Quantpedia API

Products and services

• Quantpedia Prime Entry-level subscription tier providing access to 100+ essential systematic trading and investing strategies oriented toward tactical asset allocation, market timing, and seasonality, plus simple user-friendly portfolio modeling tools. Designed for aspiring quants and individual investors.
• Quantpedia Premium Premium subscription tier delivering unrestricted Screener access to 900+ less-known/unique strategies with extracted descriptions, trading rules, risk and return characteristics, links to source academic papers, 800+ out-of-sample Python backtests in the QuantConnect framework, and portfolio modeling tools. Priced at $449/3 months, $599/year, and $1,199/3 years.
• Quantpedia Pro Top-tier analytical platform for multi-asset, multi-strategy portfolio analysis. Includes all Premium content plus an unrestricted portfolio builder with custom benchmarks and 30+ Pro reports covering factor exposures, correlations, clustering, market risks, and overall model-portfolio analysis. Priced at $599/3 months, $799/year, and $1,599/3 years.
• Quantpedia API Programmatic REST API providing structured data on 1,200+ quantified trading strategies including performance, risk characteristics, factor exposures, source academic papers, and inter-strategy relationships. Used by institutional investors, researchers, and AI/ML model trainers to feed alternative data into quantitative models and research pipelines. Requires Quantpedia Pro subscription and an API key.
• Quantpedia Consulting Professional consulting service covering quantitative trading strategy development and portfolio construction, leveraging Quantpedia's research depth and the team's practitioner experience.
• Event Driven Strategies Course Educational course authored by Quantpedia and distributed on QuantInsti's Quantra platform. Explains eight seasonal/event-driven trading strategies across equity, fixed income, and volatility markets, with Jupyter notebook integration for hands-on replication.
• Position Sizing Course Educational course authored by Quantpedia and distributed on QuantInsti's Quantra platform. Covers money management techniques including Kelly Criterion, Optimal F, CPPI, TIPP, and volatility targeting, with Python implementation.

Quantifiable outcome

• 800+ out-of-sample backtests with Python code available for immediate implementation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• QuantConnectcoreTechnology or Integration · 27 May 2024Strategic integration partnership providing Python/C# algorithmic trading platform. QuantConnect CEO Jared Broad serves on Quantpedia Awards committee. Joint sponsorship of $3,000 prize for 1st place winner. Approximately 800+ backtests implemented in QuantConnect framework.
• QuantInsti / QuantracoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEducational content distribution partnership. Quantpedia authors courses on Quantra platform including 'Event Driven Strategies' and 'Position Sizing in Trading'. Quantpedia readers receive 5% discount on Quantra courses.
• EODHD.comcoreTechnology or IntegrationFinancial data provider partnership offering exclusive discounts on historical data APIs, fundamentals, and all-in-one packages. EODHD sponsors prizes in Quantpedia Awards competitions.
• StrategyQuantmajorTechnology or IntegrationMachine learning strategy builder, backtester, and optimizer tool partnership with exclusive Quantpedia pricing. StrategyQuant Professional license sponsored as 1st place prize ($1,500 value).
• QuantocracyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCurated mashup of quantitative trading blogs partnership driving traffic and awareness.
• Alpha ArchitectminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAsset management firm content partnership with Quantpedia blog posts featured on Alpha Architect website.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• QuantConnect: Algorithmic trading platform whose Python/C# LEAN engine hosts Quantpedia's 800+ out-of-sample backtests. QuantConnect overlaps directly in target customers (quant traders) and is both an integration partner and a competitive platform for strategy research and execution.
• Portfolio123: Web-based stock screening and portfolio backtesting platform for quant investors. Targets the same individual-to-institutional quant user base with research-driven strategy construction and ranking systems.
• Alpha Architect: Empirical asset management firm publishing factor research and quantitative strategies, with mutual content partnership with Quantpedia. Comparable audience of quant-oriented advisors and DIY investors seeking factor-based strategies and academic insights.

Broad incumbents

• Bloomberg Terminal: Broad financial data, analytics and quant research offering used by institutional investors. Significantly larger and broader, but offers overlapping quant/backtest functionality, factor data, and academic research distribution channels.
• Morningstar Direct: Institutional investment research and analytics platform. Comparable at the asset-manager level for portfolio construction, factor analysis and strategy research, but in a much broader product portfolio.
• Quantitative Investment Research (QIR) by AlphaSimplex: Institutional provider of quantitative and factor research and managed-futures analytics. Comparable in delivering systematic strategy research to professional investors, but with a more institutional/hedge-fund client base.
• Sentieo (AlphaSense): AI-driven market and investment research platform aggregating filings, transcripts, and quantitative data for institutional analysts. A scaled incumbent moving into the alternative-data and quant-research territory Quantpedia serves.

Emerging players

• TrendSpider: AI-powered technical analysis and strategy automation platform serving active traders. Overlaps in automating quantitative strategy discovery and execution, though with a more technical-analysis than academic-research orientation.
• Quiver Quantitative: Alternative-data platform tracking congressional trading, government contracts, and lobbying. Discount partner to Quantpedia and comparable as a quant-investor data product, though narrower in asset-class scope.

Others

• EOD Historical Data: Financial data API provider partnered with Quantpedia for data distribution. Adjacent rather than competing because it provides the underlying market data that Quantpedia strategies rely on for backtesting.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/quantpedia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/quantpedia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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