Vortexa provides real-time global energy and freight analytics, combining human intelligence with AI-driven insights to help traders, analysts, and freight professionals make better trading decisions. The company operates hubs in London, Geneva, Singapore, Houston, New York City and the UAE and employs over 160 people. Vortexa received $25M in strategic debt financing from CIBC Innovation Banking. That financing followed a $34M Series C funding round led by Morgan Stanley to drive further growth in energy and freight analytics. The company says it will allocate the $25M to expand operations and development efforts. Vortexa is led by CEO and Founder Fabio Kuhn. Vortexa provides market-leading real-time data and advanced analytics for energy and freight markets, covering crude oil, refined products, LPG and LNG across all vessel classes. Its platform helps traders, analysts, charterers and data scientists make high-stakes, real-time decisions and improve efficiency in global energy flows. The company employs a multidisciplinary team of over 120 people with hubs in London, Singapore, Houston, New York City, Geneva and the UAE. Vortexa reports growth three times faster than the median SaaS business over the past year and says it has nearly reached profitability. Management says the business has doubled its valuation since its Series B in 2021 and sees a large untapped market opportunity ahead. The company plans to use new capital to accelerate international expansion, advance its technology and maintain high quality of service to clients and partners. Vortexa combines AI and deep industry expertise to provide real-time data and analytics tools for waterborne energy and shipping markets. Its product set includes a highly intuitive web-based app and programmatic API/SDK that track more than $1.8 trillion of waterborne energy trades per year. The company serves oil supermajors, commodities trading houses, investment banks, brokers and ship owners across all continents. Vortexa has experienced strong commercial traction—tripling revenues in 2020 since its Series A in 2019—and has expanded operations by opening offices in Singapore and the U.S. and growing to more than 70 employees. The new capital will be used to accelerate international expansion and further product development. Vortexa combines proprietary AI algorithms with deep energy‑sector expertise to provide real‑time intelligence for energy trading. Its system processes data at scale, including multiple satellite constellations and industry datasets, to map global energy flows. The company plans to use the new capital to continue global expansion and to scale its proprietary AI technology. Vortexa has a team of 30 located in London and Singapore and expected to open a Houston office in 2019. The business was founded by Fabio Kuhn (CEO, formerly Head of Trading Technology and Analytics at BP) and Etienne Amic (Chairman, formerly Head of European Energy at J.P. Morgan and Mercuria).

Total raised

$83M

Funding rounds

4

Latest round

Debt Financing

Latest activity

Oct 2024