Sparkline Capital is an investment management firm applying state-of-the-art machine learning and computing to uncover alpha in large, unstructured data sets. We are passionate about helping investors navigate the wave of technological innovation transforming financial markets.

Kai co-founded and co-managed Kaleidoscope Capital, a quantitative hedge fund in Boston. With one other partner, he grew Kaleidoscope to $350 million in assets from institutional investors. Kai jointly managed all aspects of the company, including technology, investments, operations, trading, investor relations, and recruiting.

Member of Jeremy Grantham's $40 billion asset allocation team. Helped manage a $2.5 billion global macro hedge fund and several absolute return strategies. Reinvented our hedge fund portfolio construction process; expanded and improved our forecasting framework in equities, fixed income, currencies, and volatility; developed original investment insights and theories; and built our quantitative forecasting and portfolio construction systems.

Worked with the chief operating officer, asset allocation, systematic global macro, global equities, and emerging equities teams in the company's offices in Sydney, London, San Francisco, and Boston