Vortexa

Energy and Freight Analytics Softwarevortexa.com

Vortexa operates a real-time data and analytics platform that tracks 99% of global waterborne energy and freight flows, serving energy traders, freight charterers, and financial institutions with AI-powered cargo tracking, destination prediction, and freight price forecasting across crude, CPP, DPP, LPG, and LNG markets.

Company typePrivate
Founded2016
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Headcount101–250
GTM typeB2B
OfferingSoftware

What Vortexa does

Vortexa is a London-headquartered software company that operates a real-time data and analytics platform for the global energy and freight industries. Founded in 2016, the company tracks more than $3.4 trillion in annual waterborne energy trades across 99% of global maritime activity, processing 700 million+ data points per day and analyzing over 870 billion AIS messages. Its core platform delivers cargo-level visibility on crude, clean petroleum products, dirty petroleum products, LPG, and LNG — covering 500+ crude grades, 250+ CPP classifications, and 25+ DPP grades — with ten years of historical cargo data going back to 2016.

The product is built around proprietary machine-learning and transformer-based models, including a destination prediction system for tanker loading and discharge locations (10% relative accuracy improvement) and a multi-horizon freight price forecasting engine that outperforms FFA curves on directional accuracy and MAPE across 90,000+ port-to-port routes. Customers access the platform through a web analytics portal, RESTful API, Python SDK, Excel Add-in, and integrations with Power BI, Tableau, and Snowflake. Modular product suites — Anywhere Freight Pricing, Anywhere Freight Pricing Forecasts, Crude & Condensates, CPP, DPP, LPG, LNG, Inventories, Net Flows, Voyage Calculator, and Freight Market Outlook — address distinct workflows for energy traders, freight charterers, and financial institutions.

Vortexa monetizes primarily through annual enterprise subscriptions with quote-based pricing, targeting energy traders (trade optimization, margin protection), freight traders/charterers (fleet positioning, vessel earnings), and financial institutions (physical market signals, trading signals). The company employed 101-250 staff as of 2025, reached $19 million in annual recurring revenue, and reported a valuation of $57.1 million. After operating as a bootstrapped, founder-controlled entity for most of its history, Vortexa raised a $34M Series 3 in January 2024 (led by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital), a $25M investment from CIBC Innovation Banking in October 2024, and a $50M facility from Oxford Finance in April 2026. Leadership comprises co-founder/CEO Fabio Kuhn, Chairman Jacques Gabillon, and CTO Maksym Schipka.

Vortexa firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Vortexa
Legal name: Vortexa Ltd.
Website: https://vortexa.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2016
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 101–250 employees
Short description: Vortexa operates a real-time data and analytics platform that tracks 99% of global waterborne energy and freight flows, serving energy traders, freight charterers, and financial institutions with AI-powered cargo tracking, destination prediction, and freight price forecasting across crude, CPP, DPP, LPG, and LNG markets.
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Vortexa industry classification

Industry

Product category: Energy and Freight Analytics Software
NAICS: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities (523)
SIC: Finance Services (6199)
akta.pro primary industry: AI/ML Decision Intelligence & Automated Recommendations (TLAEAKAL)
akta.pro secondary industries: Scenario Planning, Forecasting Platforms & Planning Intelligence (HDAAAHAL), Routing, Optimization & Dispatch Engines (BPAMANAI)

Keywords

Energy analytics platform
Cargo tracking software
Freight pricing intelligence
Maritime data analytics
Oil and gas market intelligence

Where Vortexa is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: London
HQ country: United Kingdom
HQ region: Europe

Markets served

Vortexa business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B
Offering type: Software
Cost components: Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

Data and Analytics Subscriptions: Subscription-based access to the Vortexa platform providing real-time cargo tracking, freight analytics, and energy market intelligence. Customers include energy firms, freight traders, and financial institutions.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Subscription	Annual	Enterprise subscription pricing

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Vortexa product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Vortexa operates an AI-powered energy and freight analytics platform that delivers real-time tracking of global waterborne crude, clean, dirty, LPG and LNG cargo movements, voyage-level freight pricing, and forward freight forecasts across 90,000+ port-to-port routes. The platform is offered as a subscription data and analytics service, accessed via a web portal, RESTful API, Python SDK, and Excel Add-in, and is consumed by energy traders, charterers, and financial institutions to optimize trades, fleet positioning, and market positioning.

Product overview

Vortexa is an energy analytics and freight intelligence platform providing comprehensive market intelligence through its core Energy Analytics product, which covers 99% of global waterborne energy activity tracking over $3.4 trillion in annual trades. The platform operates on a modular architecture where the Energy Analytics core integrates specialized product suites: Freight Analytics with Anywhere Freight Pricing for instant global freight pricing and forecasting; product-specific analytics for Crude & Condensates, Clean Petroleum Products, LPG, Dirty Petroleum Products, and LNG; and supplementary tools including Inventories, Net Flows, Voyage Calculator, and Freight Market Outlook. All products are accessible via the Data API, Python SDK, and Excel Add-in integrations. The platform processes 700+ million data points daily, analyzes 870+ billion AIS messages, and maintains data coverage from 2016 to present. The flagship AI-powered feature, Anywhere Freight Pricing Forecasts, provides 12-week forward freight predictions using machine learning across 90,000+ routes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

Anywhere Freight Pricing: Freight pricing forecasting product providing 12-week forward view across global clean routes
Vortexa Analytics Platform
Vortexa Docs

Products and services

Energy Analytics Core platform delivering real-time tracking of global crude, clean, dirty, LPG and LNG cargo movements down to grade level, covering 99% of waterborne activity with full cargo history from 2016 to today. Built for energy traders and analysts to power trade decisions.
Freight Analytics Ship-by-ship global supply and demand freight fundamentals with freight pricing insights designed to help charterers, shipowners, and traders maximize shipping profits.
Anywhere Freight Pricing

Companies that use Vortexa

Customer profile

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Vortexa technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: Yes
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability7 records

Feature5 records

Vortexa partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Vortexa competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

Kpler: Kpler is the closest direct competitor, providing real-time commodity tracking and analytics for energy, metals, and agricultural flows, including vessel and cargo movement intelligence that directly overlaps Vortexa's core offering.
Lloyd's List Intelligence: Lloyd's List Intelligence provides maritime data and vessel tracking for shipping markets, directly comparable to Vortexa's AIS-based vessel and cargo movement analytics serving charterers and traders.

Broad incumbents

S&P Global Commodity Insights (Platts): S&P Global Platts is a broad incumbent in energy and commodity intelligence, offering benchmark pricing, analytics, and news. Its shipping and freight coverage overlaps with Vortexa's freight pricing and analytics products at enterprise scale.
Argus Media: Argus provides commodity price benchmarks and market intelligence across oil, gas, LPG, LNG, and freight, competing with Vortexa in energy market data and analytics for trading desks and physical operators.
Wood Mackenzie: Wood Mackenzie offers energy research, data, and consulting across upstream, midstream, and downstream markets, providing overlapping market intelligence to similar energy and trading customers as Vortexa.
Bloomberg Terminal (Commodities/Energy): Bloomberg's terminal offers broad commodity, energy, and shipping data alongside analytics for trading and finance professionals, competing for the same financial-institution and energy-trader budgets that Vortexa targets.
LSEG (Refinitiv) Commodities: LSEG's Refinitiv franchise provides commodity data, analytics, and trading infrastructure across energy and freight, addressing overlapping use cases for trading desks and risk teams that also buy Vortexa.

Emerging players

Rystad Energy: Rystad Energy is an independent energy research and intelligence provider offering analytics on oil, gas, renewables, and shipping markets with comparable buyer personas in energy trading and finance.
MarineTraffic: MarineTraffic offers global ship tracking and maritime intelligence using AIS data, providing overlapping vessel-positioning and port-activity analytics that complement Vortexa's energy-focused product.

Others

Baltic Exchange: Baltic Exchange publishes benchmark freight rates for tankers and dry bulk; Vortexa's freight pricing forecasts explicitly benchmark against FFA curves and Baltic indices, making Baltic an adjacent ecosystem reference rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Vortexa financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Vortexa leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Vortexa funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds8 records

Investors10 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Vortexa M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Vortexa

What does Vortexa do?

Is Vortexa a public or private company?

Vortexa is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.

When was Vortexa founded?

Vortexa was founded in 2016. It employs 101 to 250 people.

Where is Vortexa based?

Vortexa is headquartered in London, United Kingdom, in the Europe region.

How does Vortexa make money?

One revenue line is on record: data and Analytics Subscriptions.

Who are Vortexa's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Kpler and Lloyd's List Intelligence. Broad incumbents are S&P Global Commodity Insights (Platts), Argus Media, Wood Mackenzie, Bloomberg Terminal (Commodities/Energy) and LSEG (Refinitiv) Commodities. Emerging players are Rystad Energy and MarineTraffic. Baltic Exchange is listed as an others.

Does Vortexa have an API?

Yes. Vortexa's Data API provides programmatic access to global energy and freight data via HTTP/REST using JSON format. It enables automation of data extraction and processing for cargo movements, voyages, freight pricing, inventory data, and canal transits. Supports Power BI, Tableau, Excel, and custom dashboards. Available exclusively to Vortexa customers; keys available from within the platform under API Documentation → API Keys. Documentation accessible via Vortexa Docs portal. The company also offers a Python SDK for efficient data extraction and manipulation using Python-native objects. Developer documentation is at docs.vortexa.com.

What industry is Vortexa in?

Vortexa's product category is Energy and Freight Analytics Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is TLAEAKAL, AI/ML Decision Intelligence & Automated Recommendations, with a secondary code of HDAAAHAL, Scenario Planning, Forecasting Platforms & Planning Intelligence. Its NAICS code is 518 and its SIC code is 6199.