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.»

About Us

Our Mission

Our Solution

Our History

Leadership

Filip Berg-Nielsen

Grzegorz Tekiela

Board Members

Klaus Henrik Wiese-Hansen

Sven Gustav Bakken

Kristian Ikast

Filip Berg-Nielsen

Our People

Under the hood