Istra Research Overview
Istra Research is an automated trading firm that leverages markets microstructure opportunities. The companys proprietary automated trading algorithms utilize advanced statistical methodologies and extremely low-latency/high-performance processing and network technologies.
Cumulative Funding Raised Over Time ($)
$10.0MJan 2010
Latest News
growth-positive
הצד הרווחי של המטבע
Istra Research, an Israeli algorithmic trading company, has been revealed as one of the most profitable companies in the sector. The company, which operates from the fifth floor of a building in Lod, Israel, recruits top technological minds from the Israeli military and is funded by large American funds. The company trades in various financial assets, including stocks, bonds, futures on indices, commodities and foreign exchange, all based on algorithms embedded in high-powered computers. The companys algorithms are embedded in computers located in server farms close to various exchanges around the world, and issue buy and sell orders on the exchanges at a rate of tens of orders per second.
Investment
| Sector | Fintech & Insurtech |
Funding
| Total funding | $10M |
| Last funding | $10M |
| Stage | Mature |
| Rounds | 1 |
| Investors | 2 |
Team Members
4
Employees: 51-200
Web & Social Links
| Website | istrallc.com |
| Careers | Careers page |
Locations
HaBesht Street 6, Lod, Israel
230 Park Avenue, New York, NY, USA
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Istra Research Business
Business models
B2B
Product stage
Released
Employees
51-200
Sector
Business SoftwareIT, R&D & Data SolutionsData Analysis & Decision SupportData ArchitectureFintech & InsurtechTrading & InvestingTarget Customer
Financial ServicesFinancial ProductsFinancial InstitutionsBanksBrokerageCapital MarketsInvestment & Portfolio ManagementTradingCore Technology
Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningDeep LearningNatural Language ProcessingPlatforms & InterfacesAPITags (7)
big-data-analyticsbrokersweb-platformfintechtradingalgo-tradingtrading-and-investingGeographic Markets
GlobalIstra Research Financials
$10M
Total funding
Undisclosed
Capital raised
$10M
Last funding
Mature
Funding stage
1
Total rounds
2
Investors
Cumulative Funding Raised Over Time ($)
$10.0MJan 2010
Private Equity Funding
A Round
Jan 2010
$10M
Chalkstream Capital Group, Battery Ventures
Istra Research Lifecycle
Cumulative Funding Raised Over Time
$10.0MJan 2010
All Events
A Round
Jan 2010
$10M
Chalkstream Capital Group, Battery Ventures
Istra Research News
1 article
growth-positive
הצד הרווחי של המטבע
Istra Research, an Israeli algorithmic trading company, has been revealed as one of the most profitable companies in the sector. The company, which operates from the fifth floor of a building in Lod, Israel, recruits top technological minds from the Israeli military and is funded by large American funds. The company trades in various financial assets, including stocks, bonds, futures on indices, commodities and foreign exchange, all based on algorithms embedded in high-powered computers. The companys algorithms are embedded in computers located in server farms close to various exchanges around the world, and issue buy and sell orders on the exchanges at a rate of tens of orders per second.
Investment
Istra Research Team
Employee Info
| Employees (range) | 51-200 |
| Exact count | 106 |
| Team members | 4 |
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Admin Info
| Confidence | 89/100 |
| Missing | video or image, markets, not claimed |
| BI Verification | Yanina Wainscheinker |
| Registrar ID | 514146299 |
| Crunchbase | istra-research |
| Phone | +972722508350 |
| Creator | Raz Zohar |
| Creator email | raz@platterz.ca |
| Last updater | Jenny Sotnik-Talisman |
| Updater email | jenny.sotnik@sncentral.org |
| Last update | 2023-07-05T00:00:00.000Z |
| Created | 2014-09-08T00:00:00.000Z |