QMC is now unprop.

Why we changed the name

QMC stood for Quantmatic, our asset manager. When we began building this platform, the name made sense. It came from the business we already had.

But the platform grew beyond Quantmatic. It developed its own direction and needed a name of its own.

We chose UNPROP because it captures what we want traders and portfolio managers to do: build their own businesses instead of renting a seat at a prop firm.

The usual path is familiar. You pay for a challenge, pass it, and trade someone else’s capital under someone else’s rules. Your track record stays inside their system. Your edge helps grow their business. When you leave, you may have to start again.

That gives you a place to trade. It doesn’t help you build a business you own.

UNPROP is built around a different idea: your vehicle, your investors, your track record, your brand.

The name also made us rethink who we speak to. As QMC, we mostly talked to capital allocators and LPs about vaults, access, and allocation. That story was true, but it put capital at the center. Traders and portfolio managers should be at the center.

The problem traders and portfolio managers face today

I know this problem from the inside. We built Quantmatic, a systematic investment manager, and learned that trading is only part of the work. Building the business around it can be just as hard.

Setting up an investment vehicle can take months. Service providers may not respond to someone without a track record or a brand. Investors want to understand the structure before they commit. And the costs start before the business has any momentum.

Many talented traders and portfolio managers face that barrier and return to a prop firm—or keep trading their own account without knowing how far their strategy could go with the right structure and capital.

The talent is there. The infrastructure and access often aren’t.

What UNPROP gives you

UNPROP is designed to remove that barrier.

A vehicle of your own, in less than a week. Instead of spending months assembling the setup, you can launch an investment vehicle under your own name and begin building a track record from day one.

A way to bring in your own investors. You may already know people who trust your approach: friends, former colleagues, or a small circle that wants to back you. UNPROP gives you a structure to bring them in.

Access beyond your own network. Your network can be the beginning, not the limit. Onchain access can help make your vehicle visible to a wider pool of capital.

Our line has always been: off-chain alpha, on-chain access. You trade where you trade best. The access layer connects your vehicle with capital onchain.

The goal is simple: help traders and portfolio managers move from trading an account to running an investment business.

Where allocators and LPs fit

Allocators and LPs remain an important part of the marketplace. They provide capital and help independent managers grow.

But they are no longer the lead story. Capital follows talent. If more emerging traders and portfolio managers can build businesses and establish track records on UNPROP, allocators can discover and evaluate independent managers in one place.

Traders and portfolio managers build on the platform. Capital meets them there.

If you’re a trader or portfolio manager

If you have an edge and want to build something of your own, UNPROP is for you.

Visit unprop.finance, tell us how you trade, and let’s talk about getting your vehicle live.

Your track record should belong to you. So should your business.

Always day 1. Keep building. Keep trading.

João