Kisca builds proprietary trading systems, quantitative models, and execution infrastructure to find and capture edge — across digital assets, emerging markets, and beyond.
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Kisca is a family-founded investment and technology firm. We are designing, building, and deploying proprietary algorithmic systems — from high-frequency execution engines to machine learning models — engineered to find edge where others see noise.
Our principals developed deep expertise across quantitative trading, on-chain forensic analysis, and systems engineering through direct experience. What started as a conviction in digital assets evolved into a broader discipline: building technology designed to give us an information and execution advantage across any market we enter.
We operate exclusively on behalf of the founding family. No outside investors, no client obligations. This lets us move fast, think long-term, and focus on what matters: building better systems, making sound decisions, and compounding our edge over time.
What makes our structure different.
Kisca was built by family, for family. The people making the decisions are the same people living with the outcomes. No outside investors to appease, no quarterly reports to optimize for, no misaligned incentives. Capital is founder-funded and founder-controlled. That alignment shapes everything — from how we approach position sizing to how patiently we evaluate opportunity.
We build our own systems from scratch — high-frequency execution engines, machine learning pipelines, market-making algorithms, and on-chain forensic platforms. Our infrastructure is designed to span globally deployed edge nodes, multi-exchange connectivity, and real-time risk management, built in Rust, Go, and Python for speed and reliability. Most market participants rely on off-the-shelf solutions. We prefer to build what doesn't exist yet.
Our structure is designed for the long view. We don't chase hype cycles or react to headlines. Positions are built over time, sized carefully, and held with conviction. Systems are validated through extensive paper trading before capital is committed. In markets that punish impatience and reward discipline, we're built for it.
Our work spans four disciplines.
Built for high-frequency arbitrage, market making, and algorithmic execution across six exchanges simultaneously. Our proprietary systems are designed to identify pricing inefficiencies in milliseconds and execute before the window closes — running on globally deployed edge nodes targeting sub-50ms latency. Multiple independent trading engines, each purpose-built for a specific strategy class, backed by reinforcement learning agents and real-time risk controls.
Wallet clustering, exchange flow tracking, cross-chain monitoring, and real-time MEV detection. We read the blockchain at the transaction level — tracing asset movements, mapping wallet structures, and identifying patterns invisible to surface-level analysis. Our forensic platforms are built to process on-chain data continuously, turning raw blockchain state into actionable intelligence.
Research-driven position sizing, risk management, and multi-model alpha generation across a hierarchy of ML strategies — from momentum and mean reversion to volatility and sentiment models. Every thesis is validated through rigorous backtesting, walk-forward optimization, and extended paper trading before capital is committed. A disciplined, data-first approach to capital allocation across asset classes.
Extending our algorithmic discipline into sports analytics, horse racing models, emerging wagering markets, and traditional equities. The same principles underlying our digital asset systems — data ingestion, quantitative modeling, disciplined execution, and rigorous risk management — apply wherever markets price uncertainty. Same systems-first approach, new frontiers.
We don't predict markets. We build systems that find edge.Kisca Operating Philosophy
Three co-founders covering operations, technology, and portfolio strategy.
Stephanie leads the firm's overall strategy, business operations, and execution across all verticals. She oversees capital allocation decisions, risk governance, and the operational infrastructure that keeps Kisca's trading systems, research pipelines, and portfolio management running smoothly.
She manages exchange and counterparty relationships, ensures regulatory compliance across jurisdictions, and drives the firm's expansion into new markets. Originally from St. Petersburg, Florida, Stephanie currently lives in Dallas, Texas.
Brendan designs and builds the firm's proprietary trading systems, quantitative models, and execution infrastructure from the ground up. His work spans high-frequency arbitrage engines, market-making systems, machine learning pipelines, and on-chain intelligence platforms — built across Rust, Go, and Python for speed, reliability, and scale.
He architects the full stack: low-latency edge nodes deployed globally, multi-exchange connectivity, real-time risk management, and the ML models that drive alpha generation. Brendan splits his time between Santa Fe, New Mexico and St. Petersburg, Florida.
Robert brings operational discipline and cross-functional support to the firm, working across both the technology and business sides of Kisca. He contributes to portfolio oversight, trade review, and the day-to-day coordination that keeps the firm's expanding operations aligned.
As Kisca scales into new verticals, Robert's role grows with it — taking on increasing responsibility across systems management, research support, and operational execution. Robert is based in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Kisca does not manage outside capital. All activity is conducted on behalf of the firm's principals.