Steve Lau

Chief Executive Officer

2023 - Current

Managing Partner

2014

WorldQuant Ventures LLC, founded by Igor Tulchinsky, seeks to invest in innovative entrepreneurs who are driving emerging technologies to bring real world change. Focused on financial technology and big data companies, WQ Ventures also evaluates a wide range of alternative investments. Our strategy is to invest today in what others will use tomorrow.

Founder

2009

Family office focused on early stage and alternative investments. Dataminr- early event detection/ cyber security Genevievelaujewelry- jewelry design brand Benzinga- financial news and data Pico- technology solutions for financial institutions Ebbu- cannabinoid research company (acquired by Canopy Growth, CGC) Starmind- AI/Enterprise Remesh- AI for market research, Enterprise SaaS Credijusto- tech driven SMB lending in Mexico Sequentum- data collection technology Notable Labs- tech driven oncology platform IonQ- leading quantum hardware development Copra, Inc- premium coconut water production and distribution Gradiant/Osmotics- clean water technology InsightRx- optimized drug dosing platform Genies- web3/ digital avatars Eaze Solutions- on demand delivery of cannabis and hemp products Zapata- algorithms for Quantum computing Jane Technologies- digital marketplace for cannabis products SeeQC- digital quantum computing platform for global businesses Good Chemistry- chemical simulation platform Spaced Ventures- platform where Space companies connect to LPs Princeton NuEnergy- Li-ion battery clean recycling Rapid Silicon- semi conductor chip design Jasmine Energy- decentralized marketplace for climate assets Fuse- fusion energy

Managing Director

2002 - 2014

Head of Proprietary Trading. An internal 25 person trading group (Incorporated in Luxembourg) that focused on: index arb, quantitative long/short and momentum, HFT, stock borrow/lending, risk and convertible arb, and options. Managed a 10B portfolio. A self contained unit that built and operated all of the trading, technology, data, risk, operations and compliance.

Managing Director

1999 - 2002

Director Equity Derivatives

1998 - 1999

Director

1993 - 1998

Specialist, Options Market Making

1989 - 1993