Sphere: Revolutionising Energy Trading

About Us

Our Vision

The world’s first Liquidity Lake

Liquidity is the lifeblood of all OTC oil markets. But oil traders and brokers have long been hampered by unseen liquidity – until now.

Be it brokers’ squawks, chat blasts or internal data feeds, all sources of live pricing flow into the Sphere Liquidity Lake: a single data pool of all actionable liquidity.

By aggregating live tradable liquidity into a single screen where it can be seen and traded by everyone, Sphere gives traders and brokers a complete picture of the market, helping them make better-informed trading decisions and capitalize on market opportunities.

Liquidity Lake
Internal Data Feeds
Integrate your own curves or external data feeds to compare your internal data against the live market
Live broker and exchange prices
Live tradable liquidity from multiple leading brokers and energy exchanges
Voice Prices
Sphere's Al language models extract live prices from your firm's voice communication
Chat Prices
Sphere's unique instant messaging integration enables clients to extract real- time prices from your IM communications

Our Mission

From LPG to North American Crude, Sphere is bringing transparency to OTC energy markets. We aim to empower oil traders and brokers by enabling them to track live market activity, check the latest prices and execute trades all from one screen – no matter their market or location.

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Our Company

With a combined 20 years working in over-the-counter (OTC) energy markets, Sphere co-founders Heather Balfour Ortega and Ami Katschinski witnessed the same fundamental problems again and again: fragmented data, outdated pricing and unseen liquidity. Without a complete picture of the market, oil traders and brokers were missing out on opportunities and making mistakes.

In 2019, Heather and Ami launched Sphere as the antidote: an all-in-one trading platform, which aggregates live prices from voice and chat with on-screen trading. Now used by over 40 global firms, including trading houses, oil majors, brokers and price reporting agencies, Sphere has expanded its unique offering from LPG to North American Crude with other energy markets in the pipeline.

 

Our aim? To build the world’s first Liquidity Lake.
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Our Team

Ami Katschinski
Ami Katschinski
CEO, Co-founder
Heather Balfour Ortega
Heather Balfour Ortega
President, Co-founder
Chris Hewett
Chris Hewett
COO
Gary Webb
Gary Webb
VP of Engineering
Ami Katschinski
Ami Katschinski
CEO, Co-founder
20+ years in executive leadership, product and engineering roles at Citrix, Trayport and Red Deer.
Heather Balfour Ortega
Heather Balfour Ortega
President, Co-founder
15+ years in commercial leadership roles across capital markets and FinTech at RTS, Trayport and the Boston Options Exchange.
Chris Hewett
Chris Hewett
COO
15+ years in leadership roles across client services, sales and customer success in the commodities technology sector.
Gary Webb
Gary Webb
VP of Engineering
22 years in senior engineering roles in startups and the financial sector at UBS, Goldman Sachs, Schroders and Deutsche Bank.