About Us
Our Mission
After 25 years in traditional finance as high frequency market makers, the transition to crypto posed significant challenges. We lacked dependable trading systems that matched our accustomed standards. The available options were limited to browser-based interfaces that proved sluggish and ineffective, resulting in avoidable losses. Leveraging our extensive expertise gained from years on Wall Street in algorithm development and trading systems, it became evident that the cryptocurrency market desperately needed an innovative trading terminal built by professional traders.
“Trading terminals haven't changed in the last 25 years. We have decided to change that.”
- Filip Berg-Nielsen
CEO
Our Solution
Through great dedication and commitment to quality and innovative design, we have succeeded in building a powerful trading software that not only meet are own expectations but also gathered great interest from other crypto traders and institutions seeking a superior trading software.
Our History
First Hire
First developer joined
the Volven family
2018
Monolith Backend
Market Data Engine V1
Trading Engine V1
Strategy Engine V1
2020
1M orders placed
2 million USD raised
14 Employees
Machine Learning team
2022
Users
Beta users
2B USD in trading volume
iOS App
First Institutional Client
On track to 50M orders
2017
First Trade
First test trade
2019
First Strategy
- First Market Making strategies launched
- 100K orders placed
2021
Gen 2 Terminal
4M orders placed
40 Employees
7 million USD raised
Desktop Terminal V2 (C++)
Fully scalable backend
2023
Leadership
CEO
Filip Berg-Nielsen
Filip has more than 25 years of experience in financial markets. He started as a floor broker for stocks and derivatives at the Oslo Stock Exchange in the mid-'90s but quickly transitioned to prop trading.
He was a market maker at Carnegie and Elcon Securities. At Elcon - later First Securities (Co-Founder), he established the trading department, including risk management and back-office routines.
He was an early adaptor of DMA trading in the '90s, and in the 2010s, did cross-market HFT trading with co-located engines. For more than a decade, he had above 5% market share on the Oslo Stock Exchange. In 2017 he decided to bring his experience from quantitative trading to the crypto market. Since then, he has been dedicating his time and effort to developing the Volven platform.
CTO
Grzegorz Tekiela
Grzegorz is a Senior Software Developer with ten years of professional experience. He holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the Silesian University of Technology.
In 2011, he started working for a Norwegian algorithmic trading company. During this time, Grzegorz vastly expanded his knowledge of the operation of the stock market and the principles that guide it - excellent knowledge of algorithms and multithreading helped him create fast algorithms used for high-frequency trading (HFT).
Since May 2017, all his time and effort has gone into creating the Volven platform. At Volven, he acts as the Architect and leading Software Developer. Grzegorz enjoys the outdoors, especially running, cycling and skiing in his spare time.
Board Members
Klaus Henrik Wiese-Hansen
Schjødt Lawfirm, Partner
Attorney Admitted to the Supreme Court.
Specialist in Financial Services, Insurance, Capital Markets, M&A.
Sven Gustav Bakken
Arctic Securities, Head of Equities, Corporate Finance
Sven joined Arctic Securities on April 1st 2023. He recently worked as Investment Director for Blystad group.
From 2015 to 2021, he was Managing Director for Capital Markets in DNB Markets and before that, Sven worked as a Senior Partner Equity Sales for Pareto Securities.
He has a MSc in Finance from International House Brisbane (2002).
Kristian Ikast
Chief Executive Officer of Codelab Capital
Kristian Ikast has two decades of executive international experience. With leadership experience from close to 50 different countries and more than five years of experience as board chair/member for both listed and non-listed companies.
Experience from IPO, several M&As, turnarounds, and scaling processes, both national and international.
His current role as the Chief Executive Officer of Codelab Capital (former PatientSky Group) brings vast experience in Tech to the Board of Volven.
Filip Berg-Nielsen
Volven CEO
Filip has more than 25 years of experience in financial markets.
He started as a floor broker for stocks and derivatives at the Oslo Stock Exchange in the mid-'90s, but quickly transitioned to prop trading.
Our People
Volven's employees and their diverse backgrounds, ideas, and expertise are considered our most valuable resource - all team members share the company's vision and have aligned interests in our future success.
We hire competent, passionate, and skilled individuals who we support to be the creative and best versions of themselves. Currently, Volven employs 35 dedicated professionals.
«People are not our most important asset. The right people are.»
Under the Hood
For ultimate performance, our terminal is written in a low-level coding language that utilises the QT framework, which is commonly used in military-grade applications and by car manufacturers like Tesla and Mercedes.
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Founded and based in Norway by experienced professionals with background in trading and financial technology.
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