CM Navigator

What CM Navigator does

CM Navigator is a cloud-based SaaS platform providing real-time market intelligence for physical agri and dry bulk commodity trading markets. Originally developed as an internal tool for Copenhagen Merchants (CM Group) brokers and commercialized externally around 2021–2022, the platform unifies multiple data modules — Bids and Offers, FOB Indications, CFR Matrix, Freight Calculator, Freight Matrix (550,000+ routes), Market Reports, Supply and Demand, Trade Flows, Vessel Lineups, and Crop Weather — into a single subscription product. The platform is backed by proprietary insight from CM Group's physical trading operations spanning 70+ entities, 500+ employees, and 25+ nationalities since 1977, giving it differentiated access to live market signals that pure data vendors cannot replicate.

The platform serves physical agri traders and buyers (importers, exporters, feed compounders, flour mills), dry bulk freight buyers, financial traders and analysts, and public institutions across more than 20 countries spanning North America, South America, Europe, the Black Sea and Baltic regions, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Named enterprise customers include Poulina Group Holding, UAB Agrokoncernas Group, Nibulon, Trans Oil, Lecureur, Lantmännen, Agron, Al Ghurair Agro, Agro Koncerno Grūdai, and Mondry.

Revenue is generated primarily through subscription-based SaaS pricing structured into individual subscription plans, enterprise plans with multi-year contracts and negotiated pricing, and add-on revenue from API access and personalized advisory sessions. The go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales with published sales contacts, a self-serve 7-day free trial with full platform access, and an API-first distribution channel for technical customers. The company is headquartered in Copenhagen (Nordhavn), Denmark, under CM Holding A/S, with a regional office in São Paulo, Brazil serving Latin American markets.

Name

CM Navigator

Legal name

CM Holding A/S

Website

https://cmnavigator.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CM Navigator is a Copenhagen-based SaaS platform providing real-time market intelligence — including FOB/CFR prices, freight rates, trade flows, vessel lineups, and crop weather — to physical agri and dry bulk commodity traders worldwide. It is backed by Copenhagen Merchants Group and serves 100+ enterprise customers globally via subscription, API, and advisory add-ons.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commodity Market Intelligence

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

AI/ML Decision Intelligence & Automated Recommendations (TLAEAKAL)

Keywords

• Commodity market intelligence
• Freight rate analytics
• Agricultural trading data
• Dry bulk shipping
• Grain price tracking

Headquarters

HQ city

Copenhagen

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Platform Subscription - Individual Plans: Subscription-based access to the CM Navigator platform providing market data, freight rates, trade flows, and analysis for individual users.
2. Platform Subscription - Enterprise Plans: Enterprise plans include multiple user accesses at negotiated pricing, subject to an Enterprise Plan Contract. Includes custom access levels and terms.
3. API Access Add-on: API access for data integration allowing customers to connect CM Navigator data into internal models, dashboards, and spreadsheets.
4. Personalised Advisory Sessions: Personalized advisory sessions offered as an add-on service for enhanced support and market guidance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CM Navigator is a cloud-based commodity market intelligence platform that delivers real-time FOB prices, freight rates, CFR matrices, trade flows, vessel lineups, market reports, and supply & demand data for the physical agri and dry bulk commodity trading markets. It consolidates pricing, freight, and shipment tracking into a single subscription SaaS platform, augmented by an API for data integration into customer dashboards and internal models. The offering is targeted at importers, exporters, feed compounders, flour mills, dry bulk freight buyers, and analysts.

Product overview

CM Navigator is a unified commodity trading intelligence platform for agri and dry bulk markets that brings together multiple data and analysis modules. The platform consists of a core set of products: Bids and Offers and FOB Indications for price tracking, CFR Matrix and Freight Calculator and Freight Matrix for freight cost analysis, Market Reports for market intelligence, Supply and Demand for crop balance sheet data, Trade Flows and Vessel Lineups for shipment tracking, and Crop Weather for weather monitoring. The platform also offers an API product for data integration into internal systems. All modules work together to help physical agri traders make faster origin, pricing and execution decisions by accessing bids, offers, FOB prices, CFR prices, freight rates, trade flows, and market reports in one place.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bids and Offers
• CFR Matrix
• Freight Calculator
• Freight Matrix
• Market Reports
• Supply and Demand
• Trade Flows
• Vessel Lineups
• Crop Weather
• CM Navigator API Programmatic API product providing access to freight, trade flow, price and supply & demand data from CM Navigator for integration into internal models, dashboards, spreadsheets and reporting workflows.

Quantifiable outcome

• Access bids, offers and FOB prices across major agri origins
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Fastmarkets: Fastmarkets provides commodity price reporting and market intelligence across agri, metals and forest products. Closely comparable to CM Navigator's agri/dry bulk price and market report offering, though with a broader commodity coverage footprint.
• Kpler: Kpler provides commodity trade flow and freight intelligence across dry bulk, energy and softs, with vessel tracking and analytics. Comparable to CM Navigator's Trade Flows, Vessel Lineups and Freight Matrix modules, though Kpler is broader across commodities and has raised significant external capital.
• Barchart: Barchart provides commodity market data, pricing and analytics tools across agri, energy and metals with both API and platform delivery. Comparable to CM Navigator's API-first data distribution and commodity market coverage.
• AgriCensus: AgriCensus is a price reporting agency covering agricultural commodity markets with daily pricing, news and analysis. Directly comparable to CM Navigator's agri market reports and FOB/bids & offers coverage.
• Vortexa: Vortexa provides real-time global trade flow, vessel tracking and freight analytics for oil and refined products with expansion into dry bulk. Directly comparable to CM Navigator's Trade Flows and Vessel Lineups modules.

Broad incumbents

• LSEG (Refinitiv) Commodities: Refinitiv (now part of LSEG) operates Eikon/Refinitiv Workspace and Commodity Connect platforms serving commodity traders with pricing, news, and analytics. Overlaps with CM Navigator's enterprise market intelligence and freight offerings at much larger scale.
• Rabobank Food & Agribusiness Research: Rabobank's F&A Research division provides deep agri commodity research, balance sheet analysis and market commentary. Comparable to CM Navigator's market reports and supply & demand modules, particularly as a content/research alternative for enterprise subscribers.
• S&P Global Platts: S&P Global's commodity insights arm provides price benchmarks, news, and analytics across agri, dry bulk, energy and metals. Comparable to CM Navigator in serving physical commodity traders with market data and price assessments, but at vastly greater scale and breadth.
• Bloomberg Terminal: Bloomberg provides commodity prices, news, analytics and trading tools to financial and commodity market participants. Comparable to CM Navigator's enterprise analytical offering but serving a much broader audience including financial traders and analysts.

Emerging players

• Czarnikow: Czarnikow is a sugar and agri commodity specialist offering market intelligence, price reporting and trade flow data. Comparable to CM Navigator in providing physical commodity intelligence, though more concentrated on sugar and ethanol.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CmNavigator
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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