In 2007, David Vogel started his quantitative investment career after he was discovered by Jaffray Woodriff during a Netflix Prize coding competition.

Woodriff then hired Vogel as a consultant at his firm, Quantitative Investment Management (QIM).

[4][6] In January 2020, Bloomberg News reported that Voloridge was launching a $1.5 billion climate change fund due to demands of investors seeking out ESG investments.

[4][5] However, in January 2022, Voloridge closed two sustainable hedge funds and moved the money into the firm's main pool.

The changes were made as it was believed to be more profitable to manage green investments in a larger, broader vehicle.