Index
Akros (index.engineering) provides ETF teams with predictive analytics and rapid prototyping tools to identify market whitespace, test product ideas within 24 hours, and build compliance-ready index strategies. The platform combines demand, supply, and feasibility scoring with source-linked research to turn hypotheses into explicit portfolio rules. Akros has licensed over 100 indices to clients including Roundhill Investments, VanEck Australia, and Daiwa Asset Management.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Data & Analytics
- Financial Technology
- Software Only
Funding
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Product
Problem
ETF issuers face significant challenges in identifying viable market opportunities and bringing new products to market quickly. Traditional index development processes are slow, rely on fragmented data sources, and often lack the evidence needed to support compliance review, causing teams to miss market windows or launch products with uncertain demand.
Solution
Akros provides a predictive product intelligence platform that helps ETF teams identify market whitespace, test ideas within 24 hours, and build custom, compliance-ready strategies. The platform compares investor demand, category supply, and implementation signals to score opportunities before committing to a build. Product hypotheses become simulations, audience-led universes, and strategy choices in the same decision loop. Akros then sources the evidence needed for regulatory review, turns the strongest hypothesis into explicit portfolio rules, and preserves the complete decision trail for compliance. This end-to-end workflow enables ETF teams to move from concept to review-ready strategy with evidence-backed confidence.
Target Audience
Primary customers are ETF issuers, asset managers, and financial institutions—including firms like Roundhill Investments, VanEck Australia, Daiwa Asset Management, and Global X—that need to develop and launch new index-based investment products efficiently.
Features
- Predictive discovery engine that scores categories by demand, supply, and feasibility signals to identify whitespace opportunities
- Rapid refinement tools that allow product hypotheses to become simulations and strategy choices within 24 hours
- Source-linked research that turns the strongest hypothesis into explicit, review-ready portfolio rules
- Decision trail preservation for compliance review and audit purposes
- Directory of 109 published indices across thematic, equity, and enhanced categories, including specialized indices like the Akros LLM Index and Akros Small Modular Reactor Index
- Licensed index products with tracked AUM history for every licensed ETF in the available dataset