Letter from the Founders

Some of the most widely used investment strategies in finance are also the least visible. For decades, professionals have employed a range of delta-neutral and arbitrage strategies to earn yield for clients, manage risk, and, in some cases, comply with regulations. Firms use these strategies because they offer yield without exposure to asset price movements. They are so common and standardized that large firms like Vanguard have offered them as actively managed funds since 1998.

Yet for the average person, especially Europeans, such products are hidden and gated by a $50,000 minimum investment, making them unaffordable.

We've built Plupen to change that. To give Europeans access to sophisticated investments that were previously unavailable because of the traditional financial system's overwhelming bureaucracy and structural issues. We do that in a simple, standardized, automated way, removing unnecessary friction while respecting the discipline behind them.

By combining the Art of investing and the Art of crafting unique user experiences, we have built Plupen.