Optiver Principal Strategic Investments

What is Optiver Principal Strategic Investments?

Optiver is a proprietary trading firm with nine locations across Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America. As a proprietary trading firm solely trading and investing our own capital, we have the flexibility to partner with the most promising and relevant entrepreneurs – without specific size or return mandates. As an investor, we offer experience honed over 35+ years of trading and deploying tech at scale in the world’s most competitive markets. With 1300+ employees spanning nine locations in the US, APAC and Europe, we offer vast global purview and international partnership capabilities. Furthermore, our knowledge base extends far beyond our world-class teams. We also draw from the expertise of our invaluable network, which encompasses the leaders of today’s financial markets and infrastructure provider. Create better access and prices for all – that’s our goal for financial markets the world over. As a leading global electronic market maker, we are dedicated to our mission of continuously improving the market. It’s a responsibility we don’t take lightly. It’s the driving force behind our business. Even in times of extreme volatility, we stay the course. Resolute in our belief that the market should always be liquid for economies to thrive. As one of the oldest market-making institutions, we’re a trusted partner of exchanges. Our contribution to them ensures they remain stable, transparent and competitive. We provide liquidity to financial markets using our own capital, at our own risk, trading a wide range of products: listed derivatives, cash equities, ETFs, bonds, and foreign currencies. We strongly believe in the positive power of the world’s markets. That’s why we’re committed to leading the way in market making for environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) products. Optiver is a global company with offices in Amsterdam, Sydney, Chicago, Austin, Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai, London and Singapore.