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BVI FSC Approved ManagerIBR/AIM/26/2644

Leadership


A leadership team with more than 60 years of combined experience across trading, consulting and digital platforms.

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The leadership team

Cayden Richards

Co-founder and Managing Partner

  • Serial entrepreneur in fintech, PSP and digital asset management
  • Built Qlumina's AI/ML research and trading platform
  • AI/ML architecture, fintech systems, algorithmic trading platform design and cloud infrastructure

Research notes

Previously

  • Delta Momentum Group
  • Forticia

André Graf Popov

Co-founder and Managing Partner

  • Managed $130m+ in hedge fund and proprietary portfolios
  • Built digital and AI/ML programs for 28+ years
  • Quantitative model development, algorithmic trading infrastructure and high-frequency trading systems
  • Statistical arbitrage, mean-reversion frameworks and AI applied to financial markets

Research notes

Previously

  • Princeton & Co
  • PwC Strategy&
  • Sutherland
  • TTEC

Amit Upadhyay

Chief Investment Officer

  • Senior PM, VP and CIO roles at Fidalis, Trans Market Group and Tower Trading Group
  • CEO and Executive Director at El Dorado Capital (DIFC)
  • Managed portfolios across equities, derivatives, fixed income, currencies and commodities

Education

Business Analytics, IIM Calcutta · Quantum Computing, IIT Roorkee · CMT Level II

Previously

  • El Dorado Capital
  • Fidalis
  • Tower Trading Group
  • Centaurus Financial
  • Trans Market Group

Oliver Graf Popov

Chief Product and Marketing Officer

  • Developed digital platforms and products for 25+ years
  • Head of Digital at MBC Group, Strategy Consultant at Cap Gemini
  • Technology product development and innovation

Education

MBA, Yale University · BS, Carnegie Mellon University

Previously

  • MBC Group
  • Cap Gemini

The firm

Qlumina Inc. is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and approved by the BVI Financial Services Commission as an Approved Investment Manager. Programs are delivered as separately managed accounts, held in the investor’s own name at their own broker.

Regulatory statusHow we investResearch notes
Legal name
Qlumina Inc.
Incorporated
18 February 2026, British Virgin Islands
BVI company number
2201896
Regulatory status
Approved Investment Manager, BVI Financial Services Commission, Certificate No. IBR/AIM/26/2644
Legal entity identifier
9845000BG592F5189B91
Registered office
Rodus Building, P.O. Box 3093, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin Islands

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