# Ambre Soubiran

> Ambre Soubiran is the CEO and chairman of Kaiko, the independent provider of institutional-grade, regulatory-compliant cryptocurrency market data and indices. After a decade structuring equity derivatives at HSBC in London and Paris, she walked away from traditional finance in 2016 to buy control of Kaiko - then a bright idea with no revenue and no staff - and built it into a global data business with roughly 130 people across New York, London, Paris and Singapore. She has raised over $80M and positions Kaiko as the trusted, neutral source of truth for crypto markets used by exchanges, asset managers and regulators.

- **Role:** CEO and Chairman at Kaiko
- **Organizations:** Kaiko, HSBC (former)
- **From:** Paris, France
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** MSc, Applied Mathematics, Universite Paris Dauphine, Entrepreneurship, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Summer programmes (finance), London School of Economics
- **Known for:** Acquired and scaled Kaiko from a pre-revenue idea into a leading institutional crypto market data and indices provider., Raised over $80M in venture funding, including a $53M Series B in 2022., Grew Kaiko to roughly 130 employees across four global offices (New York, London, Paris, Singapore).

## Career timeline

- **2006-2016** — Spent roughly a decade at HSBC in London and Paris structuring equity derivatives and equity-based financing solutions across Global Markets and Equity Capital Markets.
- **2012** — Began following and investing in digital assets, well ahead of mainstream institutional interest.
- **2016** — Left her role at HSBC to buy control of Kaiko, then a pre-revenue idea with no staff.
- **2017** — Took over as CEO and began scaling Kaiko's crypto market data offering for exchanges, asset managers and regulators.
- **2022** — Closed a $53M Series B (June 2022), bringing total funding to roughly $82.5M; named a French-American Foundation Young Leader and recognised in the Choiseul 100.
- **2025** — Speaker at Consensus 2025; continues to lead Kaiko across New York, London, Paris and Singapore.

## Achievements

- Acquired and scaled Kaiko from a pre-revenue idea into a leading institutional crypto market data and indices provider.
- Raised over $80M in venture funding, including a $53M Series B in 2022.
- Grew Kaiko to roughly 130 employees across four global offices (New York, London, Paris, Singapore).
- Built data infrastructure covering every visible executed trade across 100+ cryptocurrency exchanges, with history reaching back roughly 14 years.
- Named a French-American Foundation Young Leader (2022) and recognised in the Choiseul 100.
- Positioned Kaiko as a regulatory-compliant, independent benchmark and index provider for digital assets.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Featured speaker at Consensus 2025, continuing to advocate for institutional-grade, independent crypto data standards.
- **2024-12** — Discussed Kaiko's vision to redefine financial data for a blockchain-powered world in interviews and podcasts.

## Links

- Website: https://www.kaiko.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ambresoub/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/KaikoData
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZyZ76reRQE
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaikodata/

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Last updated: 2026-06-04