Who We Are 01.
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.
Our Edge 02.
Alpha-Discovery Expertise
25 + years of systematic research turning raw crypto data into repeatable trading edge.
Research EngineFactor & ML models validated on our proprietary back-test grid.
24 / 7 ExecutionLow-latency smart router that prioritises maker liquidity and streams real-time risk metrics.
Risk & Governance
AMF‑registered; proactive exchange‑exit playbook (FTX 2022).
Strategy Suite 03.
Vision — Directional
Selective long exposure with dynamic hedging powered by factor & sentiment regimes.
Descartes — Market-NeutralCross-sectional long-short harvesting dispersion across 100 + liquid tokens.
SmartArb — Delta-NeutralBasis capture between futures/perps and spot pairs for low-volatility yield.
Leadership 04.
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
Partner
CEO/co-founder of YRD (market-neutral crypto fund). ex-CEO Hone Capital. MBA INSEAD.
Flavien Gelineau
Partner
Data-science & ML expert (top 1 % Kaggle).
Ex-Google; ENSTA ParisTech.
Leo Rene
Quant Researcher
Data & ML-focused; Researcher at Qube.
ENSAE & École Polytechnique.