Hilco is seeking offers to acquire the intellectual property assets of Opus Technology Investors Limited (“Opus” or the “Company”).
Founded in 2018, Opus is a technology-driven financial business that has developed a fully autonomous quantitative trading platform deploying systematic strategies across global financial markets. The platform operates across multiple markets, instruments and strategies, identifying and capturing asset mispricing opportunities in real time. Developed through sustained research and development and approximately £2.5m of investment, the Company’s offering is built around its proprietary, cloud-based trading engine, designed to meet institutional requirements for automation, scalability, robustness and operational control.
The platform integrates proprietary trading strategies with data management, order management and execution systems, operating autonomously during global market hours. It is designed to ingest and process large volumes of market data, generate predictive signals using advanced modelling techniques, construct portfolios and execute trades within a structured, real-time risk management framework. The Company has been progressing through the Financial Conduct Authority authorisation process, with its systems and controls developed to operate within a regulated investment management environment upon approval.
Ongoing research and development forms a core component of the Company’s operating model. Trading strategies are developed and validated through structured simulation environments and phased live deployment, enabling continuous refinement and performance assessment prior to full implementation. The platform architecture has also been designed to incorporate governance and oversight controls intended to support transparency, monitoring and risk management across automated trading activity.
This opportunity represents the acquisition of a fully developed quantitative trading platform, associated intellectual property with documented live trading performance, providing a foundation for further institutionalisation, technology licensing and expansion within the systematic investment management sector.
The Opus brand has been developed as a technology-led name within the quantitative investment management market. Built around proprietary trading infrastructure, systematic investment strategies and a research-driven approach to development, the brand reflects a focus on data-led decision making and automated execution across global financial markets.
At the centre of the brand is the Company’s in-house developed trading platform, designed as a fully integrated, cloud-based system that brings together market data processing, strategy development, portfolio construction and automated trade execution within a single environment. The Company has also progressed through the Financial Conduct Authority authorisation process, with systems and controls designed to operate within a regulated investment management environment. The regulatory alignment reinforces the brand’s positioning as a professionally structured and institutionally oriented trading platform.
Acquiring the Opus brand presents an opportunity to enter the growing market for technology-enabled and systematic investment solutions through a platform built on proprietary infrastructure, documented trading activity and a structured governance framework.
The Company holds unregistered trade marks protecting the “Opus” brand name and associated branding.
Opus technology offering centres on the Company’s proprietary AI-driven quantitative trading platform, representing the culmination of sustained research and development and approximately £2.5m of investment. Built as an institutional-grade, cloud-based system from the ground up after third-party platforms failed to meet performance and control requirements, the platform constitutes a mature and fully integrated trading codebase designed for live deployment.
At its core, the platform provides an end-to-end systematic trading environment, integrating data management, order management and execution management systems within a unified architecture. The platform is designed to ingest and normalise large volumes of market data, generate predictive alpha signals using hybrid AI and machine learning strategies, construct portfolios, manage risk parameters in real time, and execute trades autonomously. Human oversight and governance controls are embedded within the framework to ensure interpretability, monitoring and structured intervention where required.
The software estate includes the full proprietary source code for the platform, encompassing strategy modules, model training pipelines and simulation engines, live trading orchestration layers, and supporting internal research and monitoring tools. The architecture has been designed to allow reproducible research, controlled deployment cycles, and scalable infrastructure management within a cloud-based environment.
The Company invested in continuous R&D processes to enhance robustness and performance. Version 1.0 of the platform was deployed in a live trading environment from October 2023 to October 2024, with returns matching simulated results. A comprehensive brokerage bundle evidences the results of the live-money trading period, supporting verification of execution activity and realised performance beyond theoretical modelling.
For an acquirer, the platform offers a fully developed, institutional-grade quantitative trading platform with validated live deployment, proprietary intellectual property, and scalability pathways, including the potential to commercialise elements of the technology and/or strategies via SaaS-based models, without the multi-year development effort typically required to build such infrastructure from inception.
A comprehensive brokerage bundle was compiled to document the results of the live trading period, providing verification of trade execution, realised performance, and operational readiness. The evidence underscores the effectiveness of the Company’s hybrid AI and machine learning strategies, the reliability of its integrated systems, and the platform’s capacity to operate autonomously 23 hours per day, five days per week.
The Company holds rights in its primary oticapital.co.uk and oticapital.com domain names.
The Company is likely to own the copyright in the content to be hosted on its website and related digital materials, including descriptions of the trading platform, overviews of its AI-driven strategy framework, and supporting explanatory materials.
Please note the deadline for expressions of interest is Thursday 26 March 2026, 4pm GMT.
On receipt of a signed non-disclosure agreement (NDA) access will be provided to a virtual data room housing additional information. To access the NDA please click the link, sign and return via email to [email protected]
Hilco is acting as the exclusive agent for the Company in connection with the proposed sale of the intellectual property assets (the “Transaction”).
The Transaction is made strictly on an “as is, where is” basis. Only such right, title, and interest (if any) as the Company may have will be transferred to a purchaser or investor. No warranties, guarantees, or representations (express or implied) are given by the Company or Hilco in respect of the assets or any information provided. All parties must rely solely on their own inquiries, investigations, and due diligence. Any information supplied (including financial, commercial or technical information) is provided for convenience only and has not been independently verified.
All offers are subject to the addition of VAT at the prevailing rate, where applicable. A non-refundable deposit equal to 20% of the agreed purchase price must be paid by the successful purchaser within 48 hours of offer acceptance. Payment of the deposit grants the purchaser the exclusive right to proceed with the acquisition of the relevant assets for a limited period and on the terms agreed. A Buyer’s Premium of 10% of the final purchase price is payable by the successful purchaser in addition to the agreed purchase price, is non-negotiable and is payable at the same time and in the same manner as the purchase price and forms a condition of Transaction.
Legal completion timelines and transaction mechanics will be agreed as part of the definitive documentation.
