Sparta is the only forward-looking market intelligence and analytics platform for oil trading desks. We connect physical and financial oil markets in one workspace. Real-time pricing, forward curves, expert market commentary, live arbitrage signals, blend margins and freight intelligence, so traders and analysts can move from market data to high-conviction decisions without switching tools or reconciling spreadsheets.
Sparta’s story
Sparta was co-founded by Felipe Elink Schuurman and Miles Moseley, who bring over 37 years of combined oil trading experience. They built Sparta to give trading teams the operating system they’ve always needed but somehow never had. Real-time. Forward-looking. Collaborative. Designed for the way commodity trading actually works. Every Sparta product is built from the ground up for its specific market.
All your market pricing (futures, swaps, physical and freight), live from all the brokers you trust, tailored to your market view, and shared across your team in one aligned platform. Run your assumptions, adjust values, and reflect your real view of the market. Cracks, arbs, margins, blends, everything updates instantly, across the whole team.
Live, structured forecasts for arbs, freight, and blend margins, so you see the trade before the market does. Test scenarios in seconds. Get AI-powered trading signals and forward-looking market insights. Sparta is your signal feed for the market’s next move, from over/undervaluation scores to freight and arb dislocations, all live and structured for instant action.
The Sparta Data Marketplace gives you access to thousands of proprietary and third-party datasets, delivered via API, SFTP or bulk download. Structured and standardised so it can go straight into models, dashboards, and automation. Forward curves link arbs, blends, and cash diffs with swaps and futures, so every relationship is clear, causal, and aligned with how the market really works. Powered by 5+ years of partnership with 30+ leading brokerages and data houses.
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Meet the Sparta team
Felipe Elink Schuurman
Co-Founder and CEO
Miles Moseley
Co-Founder and COO
Dan Denningberg
Chief People Officer
Stephanie Beige-Trabia
Chief Strategy Officer
Tom Playford
Chief Technology Officer
Tom Gorenbar Peled
Chief Product Officer
London
22 Peter’s LnLondon, EC1M 6DS
Singapore
Houston
Geneva
Place des Florentins 1,
1204, Geneva
Madrid
New York
Valencia
Vienna
Dubai
Learn more about Sparta’s investors One Peak, FirstMark and Singular.
One Peak led Sparta’s $42 million Series B funding in 2025.
FirstMark is an early stage venture capital firm based in New York.
Singular is a European venture firm partnering with remarkable founders building transformative companies.
Sparta is a forward-looking market intelligence and analytics platform built for oil trading desks. It provides real-time pricing, forward curves, live arbitrage signals, freight intelligence, and market commentary, all in one connected workspace.
Sparta serves traders, analysts, risk managers, and data teams at trading houses, oil majors, refineries, hedge funds, and financial institutions operating in global oil markets.
Sparta covers crude oil, refined products, and freight, with data spanning physical and financial markets across all major global trading routes.
Sparta is purpose-built for oil trading teams. From forward curves shaped by real cargo flows to arbitrage logic grounded in actual economics, every layer reflects how oil desks operate. Every Sparta product is built from the ground up for its specific market. Every insight is shaped by analysts and experts who’ve sat on trading desks.
