Increase Alpha is a Washington, DC–based fintech company that has developed a Predictive Artificial Intelligence (PAI) platform capable of turning public, compliant data into equity trading signals for institutional investors. The engine, which avoids LLMs and is purpose-built for capital markets, has generated 90 % cumulative excess returns over the past three years and identifies hundreds of tradable equities with roughly 70 % prediction accuracy—well above typical hedge-fund benchmarks. Originating from an eight-year academic research initiative at Villanova University and validated through four years of real-time trials, the technology is already being piloted by several of the world’s largest hedge funds with licensing discussions underway. The company’s value proposition is seamless integration: it delivers ready-to-use signals without requiring clients to perform data cleansing or additional processing. Founder and CEO Sid Ghatak, a former U.S. government AI policy advisor, leverages deep experience in AI governance to ensure the platform meets institutional transparency and compliance standards. Following its seed raise, Increase Alpha plans to scale go-to-market efforts, onboarding more hedge funds, CIOs, and data buyers for technical validation and commercial adoption. The firm positions itself at a critical inflection point where predictive AI is expected to become fundamental to investment strategies, aiming to redefine how AI is applied in finance.

Total raised

$4M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Oct 2025