Quantum Commodity Intelligence

What Quantum Commodity Intelligence does

Quantum Commodity Intelligence is a London-based price reporting agency (PRA) that publishes independent price assessments, market news, and trade data for global oil and energy transition commodity markets. Founded in 2021, the company operates five commodity-specific platforms — Oil (700+ daily price assessments for Middle Eastern crude and Asian/European refined products), Biofuels, Carbon (350+ voluntary and regulated credit prices), Ammonia, and Hydrogen — delivering daily commentary, interactive dashboards with fundamental data, and downloadable price charts. Distribution occurs through a self-service web platform, daily email newsletters (Quantum Oil Daily, Quantum Carbon Daily, etc.), and an API Feed for programmatic client integration. The company also launched "Ask Quantum," an AI-powered natural-language search feature for instant summaries over its content corpus.

The business model is B2B subscription-based, monetized through recurring platform subscriptions and API data feeds targeting energy and commodities professionals — traders, analysts, producers, and consumers — across a horizontal segmentation. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; the company offers a 2-week free trial before converting users to paid subscriptions. Quantum Commodity Intelligence Limited is registered in England and Wales (number 13259489) and employs 51-100 staff, operating from its London headquarters at 7 Bell Yard, WC2A 2JR. The company serves markets globally, with active coverage spanning Europe, the Americas, Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.

In July 2024, Quantum completed a £12.5 million Series A funding round led by Elephant, the company's only disclosed funding event to date. Co-founders Paul Young, Sean Bartlett, and Andrew Allan lead the firm. Competitive positioning rests on verified trade-based pricing methodology, published corrections policy, and a code of ethics — institutional prerequisites for benchmark adoption — with differentiation concentrated in coverage of nascent energy transition commodities where incumbent PRA coverage is thinner.

Name

Quantum Commodity Intelligence

Legal name

Quantum Commodity Intelligence Limited

Website

https://qcintel.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Quantum Commodity Intelligence is a London-based price reporting agency providing independent price assessments, market news, and trade data across oil, biofuels, carbon, ammonia, and hydrogen markets to global energy and commodities professionals via subscription platform and API feeds.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commodity Price Reporting & Market Intelligence

akta.pro primary industry

Commodities Research (FSACAGAE)

Keywords

• Commodity price assessments
• Energy market intelligence
• Price reporting agency
• Carbon credit pricing
• Hydrogen ammonia pricing

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Subscription Services: Premium paid subscription service providing access to price assessments, market news, commentaries, and data across Oil, Biofuels, Carbon, Ammonia, and Hydrogen platforms. Subscribers receive daily reports via email and platform access.
2. API Feed Access: Programmatic access to price data and assessments delivered via API for integration into client systems and workflows.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Quantum Commodity Intelligence is a price reporting agency that publishes independent daily price assessments, market news, commentary, and trade data for five commodity verticals: oil, biofuels, carbon credits, ammonia, and hydrogen. Its content is delivered through subscription-based web platforms, email reports, Excel, and a programmatic API Feed, supported by interactive data dashboards and an AI-powered "Ask Quantum" search.

Product overview

Quantum Commodity Intelligence is a multi-platform price reporting agency offering five commodity-specific platforms (Oil, Biofuels, Carbon, Ammonia, and Hydrogen) that together provide comprehensive market intelligence for global energy transition markets. Each platform delivers price assessments, news, commentary, and data dashboards, with content accessible via API, the web platform, and email. The company also offers a unified API Feed service that distributes data across all commodity sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Oil Platform Subscription price reporting and market intelligence platform for global oil and refined products markets, providing 700+ daily price assessments for Middle Eastern crude and Asian/European refined products based on verified trade data, together with real-time news, daily commentary, and interactive fundamental/demand dashboards.
• Biofuels Platform Subscription market intelligence platform covering renewable fuels (biodiesel, bioethanol) and certificate markets such as RTFC and HBE, delivering hundreds of daily price assessments, news, daily commentary, and interactive supply/demand dashboards.
• Carbon Platform Subscription carbon market intelligence platform offering 350 voluntary and regulated carbon credit price assessments based on actual trades, together with policy and market news and interactive dashboards featuring emissions registry data.
• Ammonia Platform Subscription ammonia market intelligence platform delivering over 20 daily spot and contract FOB/CFR price assessments for grey, blue, and green ammonia, along with news, daily commentary, and interactive supply/demand dashboards.
• Hydrogen Platform Subscription clean hydrogen market intelligence platform delivering daily spot price assessments and spreads, market news, daily commentary, and interactive dashboards covering current and planned hydrogen plants and supply/demand data.
• API Feed Programmatic data delivery service providing daily access to Quantum's price assessments and market data via API integration, Excel, and email, enabling enterprise clients to consume verified trade-based pricing across oil, biofuels, carbon, ammonia, and hydrogen markets.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 700 price assessments for crude and refined oil products published daily
• +3 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Argus Media: Independent PRA publishing price assessments, news, and market data across energy, fertilizers (including ammonia), hydrogen, biofuels, and carbon markets. Closest direct competitor to QCI with overlapping commodity verticals and subscription/API business model.
• ICIS (RELX): Energy and commodity price reporting agency covering petrochemicals, oil, gas, biofuels, ammonia, and carbon, owned by RELX. Overlaps with QCI in oil, biofuels, ammonia, and carbon verticals with similar subscription-based delivery.
• Fastmarkets: PRA providing price assessments and market intelligence across forest products, metals, and energy transition commodities (including biofuels and carbon). Closely comparable subscription/API-driven data model to QCI.
• OPIS (Oil Price Information Service): Specialized PRA for oil, refined products, and renewables/biofuels markets with daily price assessments and subscription data delivery. Direct overlap with QCI's oil and biofuels platforms.

Broad incumbents

• S&P Global Commodity Insights (Platts): Largest global PRA and dominant benchmark publisher for oil, refined products, carbon, biofuels, ammonia, and increasingly hydrogen. Competes across QCI's full platform set but operates as part of a much larger data and ratings conglomerate.
• Wood Mackenzie: Energy research, consulting, and data provider covering oil, gas, renewables, hydrogen, and carbon. Overlaps with QCI in energy transition market intelligence though positioned upstream in research/consulting rather than daily price assessments.
• Bloomberg Terminal (Commodity Data): Bloomberg's commodity data and analytics offering bundled into the Terminal serves energy traders and analysts who are core QCI buyers. Broad incumbent rather than direct PRA but competes for the same intelligence wallet.

Emerging players

• Kpler: Commodity data and analytics platform combining vessel tracking, trade flows, and fundamental data across oil, gas, biofuels, and renewables. Adjacent rather than direct PRA but increasingly competes for the same commodity intelligence budget.
• Rystad Energy: Independent energy research and data provider covering oil, gas, renewables, hydrogen, and carbon markets. Comparable subscription-based intelligence model with growing overlap in transition commodities.
• Vortexa: Real-time global trade flow and freight analytics platform for oil, gas, and energy commodities. Adjacent data-warehouse competitor serving the same energy trader and analyst buyer persona as QCI.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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

M&A

Investments

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

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