Disciplined research. Industrial execution.
24 / 7 markets.

01 Who We Are

DFI Labs is a Paris-based crypto asset manager established in 2019. We deliver institutional-grade risk governance, in-house technology and performance-driven research.

We operate with a capacity-aware approach and a disciplined onboarding process.

02 Our Edge

Alpha-Discovery Expertise

25 + years of systematic research turning raw crypto data into repeatable trading edge.

Research Engine

Factor & ML models validated on our proprietary back-test grid.

24 / 7 Execution

Low-latency smart router that prioritises maker liquidity and streams real-time risk metrics.

Risk & Governance

AMF‑registered; proactive exchange‑exit playbook (FTX 2022).

03 Strategy Suite

Vision - Directional

Selective long exposure with dynamic hedging powered by factor & sentiment regimes.

Descartes - Market-Neutral

Cross-sectional long-short harvesting dispersion across 100 + liquid tokens.

SmartArb - Delta-Neutral

Basis capture between futures/perps and spot pairs for low-volatility yield.

04 Leadership

Louis Benassy

COO

Crypto-asset specialist; co-founded Chainvest (2017). MSc/BSc Finance, Cass & NUS.

Olivier Chevillon

Founder & CIO

20 + years managing quantitative strategies for tier-1 hedge funds. MBA INSEAD, MSc ENSAE.

Hadrien Darmon

CTO & Quant

Principal PM at Method Investments. CentraleSupélec & Paris-Assas.

Yuval Reisman

Advisor

CEO/co-founder of YRD (market-neutral crypto fund). ex-CEO Hone Capital. MBA INSEAD.

Flavien Gelineau

Advisor

Data-science & ML expert (top 1 % Kaggle).
Ex-Google; ENSTA ParisTech.

Leo Rene

Quant Researcher

Data & ML-focused; Researcher at Qube.
ENSAE & École Polytechnique.

05 Investment Inquiry