🎙 Guest: Emanuel Balarie, Co-Founder, FundSeeder & SVP, RQSI
🎙 Host: Alvin Fan, CEO, OPIM

What if the next Market Wizard isn’t on Wall Street—but trading from their living room?

This episode explores the journey of FundSeeder, co-founded by Emanuel Balarie and Jack Schwager, and its mission to discover and scale the world’s top trading talent. From sourcing elite traders globally to launching an Accelerator that transforms individuals into investable businesses, FundSeeder is redefining how capital meets capability.

0:00 – Emanuel Balarie: Co-Founder of FundSeeder & SVP at RQSI
1:09 – What is FundSeeder?
2:20 – The Market Wizards Quest
5:02 – Finding the Top 1% of Traders
7:16 – Metrics, Mentorship & the Qualitative Edge
11:19 – Why the Accelerator Exists
12:16 – Accelerator Structure & Selection
14:21 – Business Challenges for Traders
15:37 – Traits of Top Traders
16:46 – Stubbornness vs. Coachability
19:46 – Accelerator: Application & Coaching
21:50 – Demo Day & Investor Access
23:26 – AI in Trading: Skepticism & Opportunity
25:01 – How Managers Use AI
27:56 – Copy Trading & On-Chain Strategies
31:10 – AI + FundSeeder: The Next Frontier
33:39 – The Leopold Aschenbrenner Fund Story
35:25 – Simplicity vs. Hype in AI Strategies
36:57 – What Makes a Top Manager?
38:31 – Market Wizards & Solo Trader Stories
42:16 – New Generation: Freedom Over Scale
44:34 – Scaling a Finance Startup
45:28 – Advice to My Younger Self
48:18 – Partnerships That Work (and Don’t)
50:17 – Alignment > Capital
53:22 – How to Apply to FundSeeder

📅 Recorded on 19 Aug, 2025

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