PEAK6

PEAK6 is a diversified financial services and technology investment firm headquartered in Austin, Texas, with roots at the Chicago Board of Trade and offices across 16 locations worldwide. Founded in 1997 by Jenny Just and Matthew Hulsizer with $1.5 million in seed capital as a proprietary options trading firm, the company has grown into a multibillion-dollar enterprise housing a broad portfolio of businesses spanning fintech, insurance technology, esports, financial literacy, and capital markets. The firm operates through several distinct business units, each targeting specific market verticals. PEAK6 Capital Management serves as the firm's core trading engine, strategically accumulating and managing long and short options contracts with support from technologists, engineers, and professional traders, providing liquidity solutions to market participants. PEAK6 Strategic Capital functions as the firm's investment arm, deploying permanent capital into innovative and transformative business opportunities, allowing for patient, independent investment unconstrained by traditional fundraising cycles. Apex Fintech Solutions provides technology infrastructure and platform solutions to fintech companies, offering both full platform builds and plug-and-play integrations to help clients bring bold financial technology concepts to market at scale. The company also operates We Insure, an insurance distribution business focused on democratizing access to coverage through technology-enabled simplification for consumers across diverse geographies. Team Focus Insurance Group, operating under the FOCUS brand, delivers property and casualty insurance technology solutions through its cloud-based InFOCUS platform, supporting core administration, underwriting, and end-to-end business process services for insurance companies and managing general agencies. Zogo, another portfolio company, offers gamified financial literacy tools designed to build brand trust and user engagement for financial institutions, boasting over two million users and 250-plus institutional partners. Poker Power, co-founded by Jenny Just and her daughter Juliette in 2020, is a life skills platform that leverages poker gameplay mechanics to develop strategic thinking, risk intelligence, confidence, and decision-making capabilities for professionals and students. Evil Geniuses represents the firm's foray into competitive esports, participating as a founding member of the VALORANT Champions Tour International League in the Americas Region. Most recently, PEAK6 launched Bruce Markets, an institutional-grade alternative trading system for overnight U.S. equities, built on proven Nasdaq technology and designed to bring competition and deep liquidity to after-hours trading. Across all its businesses, PEAK6 emphasizes technology-driven disruption, operational nimbleness, and empowerment of underserved market participants, with particular focus on expanding opportunities for women in finance and technology.