Àlber Blanc Capital

We're a Boston-based quantitative investment firm that's been pioneering systematic strategies for institutional investors since 1999. As an independent private partnership, we work as one team to deliver sustainable alpha across global markets. Our approach is built on the belief that markets are imperfect, and those inefficiencies create opportunities - we use rigorous research, data science, and economic reasoning to uncover and capitalize on them. Our firm brings together three critical disciplines: investment professionals who develop quantitative signals and strategies, technologists who build next-gen platforms and high-performance computing systems, and business teams who ensure seamless execution across everything from compliance to client service. We currently manage over $285 billion in assets for more than 415 institutional clients worldwide. Our culture emphasizes collaboration, precision, and continuous learning - we value every perspective and believe that's how we generate the best insights.

In 2001, our founders Duane Andrews and Kevin Marshall recognized a fundamental gap in the real estate industry: lenders, investors, and real estate professionals were making critical decisions without confidence, relying on fragmented data and slow, outdated valuation processes. They founded Clear Capital with a singular vision to build confidence in real estate decisions through technology, data, and analytics. What began as REONetwork.com - a searchable database connecting REO asset managers with real estate professionals - evolved into a comprehensive real estate valuation technology company that would transform how the industry understands property value. Over two decades later, Clear Capital has grown from that initial insight into a national leader in real estate valuation technology, offering automated valuation models (AVMs), hybrid and traditional appraisals, appraisal review platforms, and property data analytics. Our commitment to excellence - wherever it leads, whatever it takes - drives us to pioneer AI-powered solutions like AURA, our automated underwriting risk analyzer, and CubiCasa, our automated floor plan technology. Headquartered in Reno, Nevada, we serve mortgage lenders, real estate professionals, and investors across the nation, providing the clarity and confidence they need to strengthen communities and improve lives through every real estate transaction.

We’re a team dedicated to helping small and mid-sized businesses succeed by providing quick, easy access to working capital. Since 2012, we’ve been offering alternative funding solutions from $3,000 up to $500,000, with funding available in as little as 24 hours. We understand the challenges business owners face when seeking traditional financing, which is why we’ve built our process around speed, flexibility, and evaluating your business’s potential - not just your credit score. Our services include merchant cash advances, business lines of credit, small business loans, invoice factoring, equipment financing, and collateral loans. We operate with five core values at the center of everything we do: integrity, communication, commitment, teamwork, and service. These values guide how we work with our clients, from the first conversation through funding and beyond. Whether you’re a restaurant, medical practice, construction company, or any other small business, we’re here to help you grow with responsible funding you can trust.

We're a team of nearly a thousand people spread across Paris, San Francisco, Sydney, London, and beyond, united by a single vision - to make every search interaction meaningful and rewarding. Since starting in 2012, we've grown from a small startup to powering over 30 billion search requests every week, helping companies like Under Armour, Stripe, Gymshark, and Walgreens deliver experiences that feel almost magical. But what really drives us isn't the scale - it's seeing developers build something that makes their users' lives a little easier. Our platform is API-first by design because we know how frustrating it can be to wrestle with clunky integrations and outdated systems. We've built tools for AI search, recommendations, personalization, and analytics that developers actually enjoy using - fast, reliable, and flexible enough to handle whatever you're building. Whether it's an ecommerce site, a SaaS platform, or something entirely new, we're here to help you create search experiences that keep people coming back. We're not just building software; we're building the infrastructure for understanding intent at internet scale.

We're the team behind HOFER, part of the ALDI SOUTH Group, operating over 540 stores across Austria. Since 1968, when ALDI SOUTH acquired what was then a small Austrian grocery chain founded by Helmut Hofer, we've been on a mission to make quality groceries accessible to everyone at fair prices. What drives us isn't just selling products - it's about smart retail that respects both our customers' budgets and the environment. We've kept things simple: curated selections, mostly private-label products, and operational efficiency that lets us pass savings directly to shoppers. Today, we're a diverse organization of thousands of employees across 11 countries, all connected through our headquarters in Salzburg. We're not your typical corporate environment - we offer genuine flexibility with hybrid work options for eligible roles, invest heavily in our team's growth through comprehensive training programs, and maintain a culture where everyone's voice matters. Whether you're in one of our stores, supporting our supply chain, or working in IT and digital transformation, you're part of a team that's rethinking what a discount retailer can be. Sustainability isn't just a buzzword for us; it's integrated into how we buy, how we operate, and where we're heading next.

Algoleap is a truly AI- and cloud-native product engineering firm that exists to solve the enterprise challenge of scalable AI transformation. Every day, Fortune 500 companies and well-funded unicorn startups struggle to move AI from experimentation to production - hitting performance bottlenecks, memory bloat, and reliability failures that stall innovation and unravel user experience. Algoleap was founded to fix this, delivering mission-critical capabilities through design-thinking-led enterprise architecture, best-in-class engineering practices, and managed innovation that actually works at scale. Functioning at the crossroads of human and AI creativity, Algoleap partners with global enterprises to deliver personalized services in Digital Product Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Technology Advisory, Automation, and Cloud. The company's expertise spans AI, Supply Chain Consulting, Food and AgriTech, End-to-End Business Transformation, and Customer Experience. From building secure, scalable data platforms for Fortune 500 industrial leaders to implementing agentic mesh deployments for tech giants, Algoleap drives tangible applications that boost business growth, optimize operational efficiency, and elevate developer productivity - turning AI ambition into measurable business impact.