General FAQ 

 

What is TELK?

TELK is a global B2B financial technology (FinTech) firm dedicated to bringing transparency in the financial markets. Towards this,  TELK provides consulting to firms operating in both traditional finance and digital assets/decentralized finance.  Some of the consulting assignments have included building a trading platform, smart order routing, execution algorithms, pre-trade and post-trade analytics. TELK employees have taken the roles of Chief Executive Officer, Chief Product Officer, Senior Product Manager, VP of Product, VP of Operations at various startups to help their product buildout and go-to-market strategies. 

 

What is TELK’s goal? 

TELK’s goal is to help organizations be customer obsessed and build the best possible solutions for their end customers - this could include building cutting edge trading platforms, or an AI-powered liquidity aggregation platform, or providing trading transparency through pre-trade or post-trade analytics. 

 

How do you differentiate yourself from other consulting firms?

TELK is a niche consulting firm operating in capital markets and digital assets. We leverage the collective experience of more than 100 years of our employees and advisors in the capital markets and trading platforms domain. Our employees have built and managed electronic trading, liquidity aggregation, and trading analytics platforms that generated in excess of $100M ARR at leading financial institutions such as Citigroup, Lehman Brothers, Thomson Reuters (Refinitiv), and Bloomberg.   

 

Who is your target audience?

Our target audience is any traditional finance/capital markets or digital assets/crypto firm wanting to build an institutional grade trading platform. Our asset class expertise include equities, etfs, fixed income, FX, futures and options in traditional assets, and cryptocurrencies in digital assets.  

 

​Can I trade through TELK?

No, TELK is a pure financial technology consulting firm and not a broker/dealer.  

 

Is TELK an Investment Advisor? 

No, TELK is not an Investment Advisor. We are a pure financial technology consulting firm. ​