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People
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Offices
Jobs
Financials

Funding and backers

Total raised
$1B
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$1B
Venture round · Jun 2026 · 4 mo ago
Team
501-1000
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
86
+48 posted in 30 days
Backers
1
Insight Partners
The money's age
Fresh money
4 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
67/100
hiring for its size, a new city, in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Oct 13 First role in Germany Senior Data Engineer Oct 13 First role in Cyprus Senior Full Stack Engineer Sep 2026 Formerly Kpler AIS - Ship Tracking System (exactearth.com) Sep 30 First role in Brazil Commercial Manager — Commodities & Financials - LATAM Sep 18 First role in Switzerland Commercial Development Manager - Physicals - Europe Sep 15 First role in Belgium Treasury Specialist Sep 14 First role in Poland Tax Expert Aug 26 First role in Saudi Arabia Senior Account Executive (Government, Defense & Intelligence) - Middle East Aug 10 First role in India Senior Commercial Manager – Commodities - India Aug 7 First role in Canada Account Executive - Maritime/ Shipping & Logistics (New Business) Jul 24 First role in France Lead Engineer - AI Enablement Jun 17 First role in Singapore Commercial Manager, South East Asia - Maritime/ Shipping (New Business) Jun 5 Raised a round Venture round $1B · The Maritime Executive May 6 First role in Mexico Data Engineer - Natural Gas May 6 First role in Colombia Data Engineer - Natural Gas Apr 25, 2025 Acquisition Kpler completes acquisition of Spire Maritime, strengthening maritime intelligence capabilities · YahooFinance Jan 14, 2023 Released an app Kpler: Commodities Market Data · App Store Oct 19, 2022 Launched Kpler releases its new crude supply & demand assessment tool to help professionals navigate uncertain crude markets · PRNewswire Feb 4, 2016 Raised a round Venture round $36k · SEC Form D 2014 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.32%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
App Store
5.0 ★
17 ratings
Hacker News stories
2
best: 3 points
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Jun 2026 $1B — The Maritime Executive
Venture round Feb 2016 $36k — SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Philip MillerExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Anita DavisExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Graham SticklerExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
David MartinExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Sean MaybeeExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Peter MabsonExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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How Kpler hires

Truth index
B 80/100
Median time to fill
57 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
80%
Reposted roles
0%

Kpler scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 5 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 80% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 57 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Visa sponsorship

  • United States · green card filings: 1
  • United Kingdom · Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker)

Visa details by country

Overview

Kpler is a commodity and maritime data and analytics company that tracks cargo flows, vessel movements and supply and demand across oil, gas, LNG, dry bulk, agricultural and power markets. Founded in 2014, it sells real-time trade intelligence, freight analytics and risk and compliance tools to traders, shipowners, banks, insurers and governments, and operates the MarineTraffic vessel tracking service it acquired in 2023. The company is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

News

News bbc.com 15 days ago
Three reasons Middle East oil is nearly back to pre-Iran war levels
Experts say US military assistance, using shuttle tankers and pipelines bypassing the Strait of Hormuz mean exports have rebounded.
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News CNBC 15 days ago
Trump wants South Korea in on Alaska LNG. Here's why Seoul is cautious
South Korea remains cautious on Alaska LNG amid concerns over its high costs and commercial risks.
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News CNBC 18 days ago
Gold prices have pulled back - but a Morgan Stanley strategist sees 3 key reasons to hold the precious metal
A Morgan Stanley strategists has highlighted three factors which could help support gold prices over the coming months.
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News oilandenergy 30 days ago
Kpler Sees Oil Grinding Higher as Diesel Crunch Deepens OilPrice.com
Kpler's Matt Smith expects oil prices to keep grinding higher, with six and a half months of Middle East supply losses now working their way through gasoline and diesel prices.
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News CNBC 1 month ago
Kpler warns $150 oil still on the table for 2027, price pressures no longer short-term
Matt Stanley, Head of Market Engagement, EMEA & APAC, at Kpler warns higher oil prices is becoming structural. He says Europe could be the first to feel the pinch from a deepening diesel and jet-fuel squeeze as constrained refinery capacity and disrupted
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News bbc.com 1 month ago
Saudi Arabia: Satellite image reveals major damage that shut crucial oil pipeline
Experts tell BBC Verify the pipeline's closure could cut oil supplies by as much as 3.6 million barrels per day.
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News CNBC 1 month ago
Oil prices rise after Saudi Arabia shuts down critical pipeline that bypasses Strait of Hormuz
Saudi Arabia has faced escalating attacks from Iran-allied militant groups in recent days.
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News New York Post 2 months ago
More oil flowing through Strait of Hormuz than previously reported, analyst reveals
An average of 8.6 million barrels of oil a day have been flowing through the Strait of Hormuz, maritime analyst firm Kpler confirmed in a new update that matches estimates from the Trump administration.
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News CNBC 2 months ago
China's Xi builds diplomatic clout with multiple state visits ahead of Trump summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to make his first visit to India before traveling to the U.S. for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.
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News CNBC 2 months ago
Kpler's Matt Smith on how much oil is getting out of the Strait of Hormuz
Matt Smith, director of commodity research at Kpler, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss on the latest on the Strait of Hormuz.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Kpler over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
106
Postings analysed
76
Stack modernity
82/100AI adopter
Languages
Python74%
SQL39%
TypeScript33%
JavaScript26%
Frameworks & libraries
Vue.js17%
FastAPI11%
Flink11%
React.js8%
Databases
PostgreSQL29%
ElasticSearch14%
Snowflake8%
ClickHouse3%
Cloud & platforms
Apache Kafka36%
AWS34%
Kubernetes28%
Figma7%
AI & ML
LLM7%
Claude5%
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Full Kpler tech stack 106 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$150k
Typical range
$72k – $250k
Open positions
13
13 Jobs
Junior 7.7%
Middle 46.2%
Senior 46.2%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 1 $72k $72k
Middle 6 $213k $138k – $250k
Senior 6 $147k $125k – $170k
Highest paying role Account Executive - Energy and Chemicals (New Business) $250k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Kpler By role, level and city, against the market · 13 jobs with pay

People

Philip Miller
Executive Officer
Anita Davis
Executive Officer
Graham Stickler
Executive Officer
David Martin
Executive Officer
Sean Maybee
Executive Officer
Peter Mabson
Executive Officer, Director
Pui-Ling Chan
Director
Miguel Pandero
Director
Maria Izurieta
Director
The Honorable Dennis Kloske
Director
Miguel Primo
Director
Eric Zahler
Director
Names and roles come from public filings, company registers and the company's own site. Is this you? Correct or remove · How we handle this data

Growth

Hiring Momentum
82/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
86
32 opened / 24 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
60 days
faster than 24% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~3 hours
10/17/2026
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
25% ▲
Backend
21% ▼
Marketing
11% ▲
Analytics
11% ▲
Product
7% ▼
Data Science
5% ▲
Actively hiring for Sales (+18 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: China Oct 2026
New location: Brazil Oct 2026
Added Copilot to stack Oct 2026
Added Kubeflow to stack Sep 2026
Added Airflow to stack Sep 2026
New location: Brussels Sep 2026
New location: Geneva Sep 2026
Removed Linear from stack Sep 2026
Added Windows to stack Sep 2026
Added TCP/IP to stack Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack Sep 2026
Added Slack to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
14
Hiring now
14
Countries
12
Busiest office
Brussels
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Brussels Belgium
HQ
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
London United Kingdom
Sales office
17 open roles 23 posted in 90 days 29% engineering 12% remote 50-200 est. staff $250k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Analytics, Product
seen since Feb 2026 job postings
Athens Greece
Engineering / R&D
16 open roles 17 posted in 90 days 81% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Backend, AI/ML, Data Science
seen since Feb 2026 job postings
Singapore Singapore
Sales office
16 open roles 17 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 13% remote 50-200 est. staff
hires for Sales, Product, Analytics
seen since Jun 2026 job postings
New York United States
Sales office
11 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 9% remote 50-200 est. staff $136k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Marketing
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Houston United States
Sales office
7 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 29% engineering 50-200 est. staff $149k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Analytics, Marketing
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Dubai United Arab Emirates
Sales office
6 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Marketing, Management, Sales
seen since Feb 2026 job postings
Paris France
Engineering / R&D
4 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Backend
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Budapest Hungary
Engineering / R&D
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Backend, Finance
seen since Feb 2026 job postings
Miami United States
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $72k Avg Salary
hires for Marketing, Sales
seen since Jun 2026
Geneva Switzerland
Sales office
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Management
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Calgary Canada
Sales office
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Shanghai China
Sales office
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Marketing
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Tokyo Japan
Sales office
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Sep 2024 job postings
Earlier presence
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 1 open roles · last posting Aug 2026
Beijing, China last posting Sep 2025

Jobs

≈ $17k – $42k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Greece
Python
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≈ $26k – $60k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Greece
Python
SQL
ETL/ELT
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≈ $75k – $133k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Germany
Python
Java
PostgreSQL
HBase
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Copilot
Cursor
Claude
Airflow
Claude Code
Flink
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
Terraform
GitOps
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
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≈ $29k – $74k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 6+ years exp • Greece • Hungary • Cyprus
Python
Java
PHP
SQL
Scala
FastAPI
Databases
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Spark
Airflow
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
Terraform
Datadog
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
FinOps
SLI/SLO/SLA
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≈ $28k – $82k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Greece • Hungary • Cyprus
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
FastAPI
Databases
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Cursor
Claude Code
Frontend
Vue.js
GraphQL
React.js
DevOps
Rest API
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
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≈ $27k – $80k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Athens
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
Scala
FastAPI
Databases
ElasticSearch
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Time Series Forecasting
Frontend
Vue.js
DevOps
Rest API
AWS
Incident Management
SLI/SLO/SLA
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≈ $47k – $111k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • United Kingdom
Python
TypeScript
SQL
FastAPI
Databases
PostgreSQL
ElasticSearch
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
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≈ $29k – $75k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Athens
Python
PostgreSQL
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Copilot
Cursor
Claude
Flink
DevOps
Terraform
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Management
Agile
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≈ $77k – $152k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • United Kingdom
Python
PostgreSQL
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Copilot
Cursor
Claude
Flink
DevOps
Terraform
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Management
Agile
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≈ $82k – $156k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Athens
Python
PHP
PostgreSQL
ClickHouse
Apache Kafka
DevOps
Terraform
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
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Hybrid • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Paris
Python
PostgreSQL
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Airflow
MLFlow
Kubeflow
Time Series Forecasting
Machine Learning
DevOps
GCP
CI/CD
Git
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Management
Agile
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Hybrid • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • United Kingdom
Figma
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Financials

Total raised
$1B
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
2
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2026 $1B Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2016 $36k Details