How LinqAlpha is Building the Alpha Intelligence Layer for Global Public Markets

LinqAlpha, an AI-powered investment research firm that turns fragmented data from global markets into a real edge, led by Jacob Chanyeol Choi, Subeen Pang, Yongjin Kim, and Hojun Choi, has announced $22 million in Series A funding. The round was anchored by AVP, Atinum Investment, and GFT Ventures, with participation from a global syndicate of strategic financial institutions and venture platforms.

Founded by Jacob Choi, Subeen Pang, Jin Kim, and Hojun Choi, LinqAlpha combines the expertise of former Goldman Sachs analysts and MIT computer science PhDs. The platform serves more than 70 financial institutions globally, with buy-side clients collectively managing over $5 trillion in assets.

LinqAlpha was built for a new era of investing, where markets move faster than traditional research can keep up. The challenge is no longer finding information, but synthesizing thousands of signals into differentiated investment insight before consensus forms.

“The first wave of AI in finance made analysts faster. The next wave changes what they can know,” said Hojun Choi, co-founder and co-CEO of LinqAlpha. “The competitive edge no longer comes from retrieving information, but from identifying market-moving signals before they are priced in.”

To deliver that capability, LinqAlpha enables institutional investors to deploy specialized AI agents tailored to individual investment frameworks, helping surface relevant signals and accelerate research.

LinqAlpha aims to become a "second brain" for investment teams by transforming accumulated research into actionable insight across public markets. Rather than delivering generic responses, its AI agents are designed to reason within each firm's unique investment framework and continuously improve through feedback and evolving market conditions.

According to investor Manish Agarwal, General Partner at AVP, while most AI tools help finance professionals retrieve information faster or automate repetitive tasks, LinqAlpha addresses a broader opportunity: enabling institutional investors to uncover differentiated insights in markets where speed, context, and proprietary judgment define the edge.

The oversubscribed round also attracted a broad group of strategic financial institutions and venture investors across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. The new capital will support global team expansion, deeper integrations with market and alternative datasets, and the rollout of LinqAlpha's multi-agent platform across equities, macro, credit, and multi-asset strategies.