KKR announced a $220 million growth investment in Premialab, a global provider of data, analytics and risk‑management solutions for quantitative investing. The capital will be deployed through KKR’s Next Generation Technology Growth Fund III and represents the firm’s first technology investment in the Gulf region, where Premialab is headquartered in Dubai.
Premialab, founded in 2016 by Adrien Géliot and Pierre Trecourt, operates in the quantitative investment strategies (QIS) market, which manages roughly $800 billion in assets under management. The company maintains a proprietary database of more than 7,000 QIS strategies sourced from major investment banks and offers a suite of analytics platforms that enable systematic investors to benchmark, back‑test and monitor strategies across global markets.
The investment aligns with KKR’s broader fintech and data‑analytics strategy, which has seen the firm commit approximately $24 billion to technology‑focused companies since 2016. By partnering with Premialab, KKR gains exposure to a high‑growth, recurring‑revenue business that complements its asset‑management and insurance operations and expands its presence in the Middle East, where it has invested around $2 billion in the past ten months.
Premialab will use the new capital to accelerate the development of its core operational systems and to scale its recently launched execution product, co‑developed with Eurex. The additional funding is expected to support the company’s global expansion plans, including opening new offices and deepening client relationships in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.
The announcement was met with a muted market reaction, as investors weighed broader financial concerns about KKR’s recent revenue growth and profitability trends. Nonetheless, the partnership is viewed as a strategic win for both parties, positioning Premialab for continued growth while reinforcing KKR’s commitment to high‑growth technology platforms.
"QIS strategies are rapidly being adopted across customer segments, and Premialab has established itself as the category‑defining data and analytics platform that is uniquely enabling this ecosystem," said Elliot Bell, Principal at KKR. "The company delivers critical and differentiated data to blue‑chip clients globally, with a durable, high‑value proposition." "Quantitative investment strategies have grown rapidly in scale and importance, yet the market has lacked a truly independent standard for data, analytics and risk. Premialab was built to fill that gap," said Adrien Geliot, CEO of Premialab. "This strategic partnership with KKR marks an important milestone for the business and provides us with the resources and long‑term support to accelerate the development of the systematic investing ecosystem."
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