What sectors does DFI Labs focus on?

DFI Labs focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3.

Where is DFI Labs located?

DFI Labs is headquartered in Saint-Mandé, FR.

DFI Labs

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Saint-Mandé · 6 people tracked

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Investment thesis

DFI Labs applies systematic quantitative research to digital assets, building proprietary factor and machine-learning models validated on an in-house back-test grid. It combines this research with signal-generation infrastructure, a low-latency execution router, and real-time risk monitoring. Its strategy suite spans selective long exposure with dynamic hedging (Vision), cross-sectional long-short dispersion harvesting across liquid tokens (Descartes), and cross-venue arbitrage for low-volatility yield (SmartArb). The firm emphasizes institutional-grade governance. It explicitly states it does not provide regulated portfolio management, investment advice, custody, or crypto-asset services directly to investors; regulated portfolio management, where applicable, occurs within an authorised asset-management framework.

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Saint-Mandé, FR

Founded

2019

Team · 6 people

from the firm's website

Olivier Chevillon· Founder & CIO· Francein

Founder and Chief Investment Officer with over 20 years managing quantitative strategies for tier-1 hedge funds. Holds an MBA from INSEAD and an MSc from ENSAE.

Hadrien Darmon· Partner

Principal portfolio manager at Method Investments. Educated at CentraleSupélec and Paris-Assas.

Louis Benassy· Partner

Digital-asset specialist who co-founded Chainvest in 2017. Holds finance degrees from Cass Business School and the National University of Singapore.

Flavien Gelineau· Advisor

Data-science and machine-learning expert (top 1% Kaggle) and former Google employee. Educated at ENSTA ParisTech.

Julien Boudier· Advisor

Former Morgan Stanley head of hybrid and light exotics, focused on fund structuring and institutional distribution. Educated at ENSAE Paris.

Leo René· Quant Researcher

Data and machine-learning focused quant researcher, previously a researcher at Qube. Educated at ENSAE and École Polytechnique.

Frequently asked questions

What sectors does DFI Labs focus on?: DFI Labs focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3.
Where is DFI Labs located?: DFI Labs is headquartered in Saint-Mandé, FR.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

The importance of augmented data | Interview with Olivier Chevillon, CEO of DFi Labs

SUN ZU Lab · Olivier Chevillon

Migrating traditional trading strategies over to crypto with DFi Labs founder, Olivier Chevillon

Coinscrum - Bitcoin & Web3 Community · Olivier Chevillon

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