We put the client first — literally, before the code.
Octane Energy Systems is a startup on a mission to bring modern, transparent trading software to the energy markets — built together with the desks that will use it.
Trading technology shouldn't be a black box you rent at enterprise prices.
Legacy trading and risk systems are expensive, rigid, and slow to change. Energy firms end up bending their workflows to fit the software — and paying handsomely for the privilege.
We're flipping that. We co-build the platform with a small group of early clients, shaping it around real desks and real trades, and we don't charge for that development work.
Free development for our first few clients. Then a simple AMC.
The logic is simple: for our first few clients we don't charge to build the platform. Once it's delivered and live, an annual maintenance contract begins.
Free development
For our first few clients, we build the platform at no development cost — we invest in it and co-build it around your desk. You help shape the roadmap from day one.
- ✓ No development cost
- ✓ Co-built around your real workflows
- ✓ Influence over the roadmap
Then a simple AMC
Once the platform is delivered and live, a transparent annual maintenance contract keeps everything running — support with SLAs, hosting, upgrades and ongoing enhancements.
- ◆ Support & SLAs
- ◆ Hosting, monitoring & security patches
- ◆ Upgrades & new features
$0
Development cost
First few
Clients, free build
AMC
After launch
0
Lock-in tricks
AMC is tailored to your scope and quoted transparently up front.
Principles we build by.
Listen first
Every engagement starts with discovery — shadowing the desk and mapping the real workflow before we write a line of code.
Co-build, don't sell
Early clients influence the roadmap. The product is shaped by the people who trade on it.
Radical transparency
Open progress, honest timelines, and clear pricing. No surprises, no lock-in tricks.
Ship in small loops
Short iterations mean you see value early and steer continuously.
Earn trust with data
Security, auditability and your ownership of your data are non-negotiable.
Aligned incentives
We earn through the AMC after launch — so we only win when the platform keeps delivering.
From discovery to a platform you own the roadmap of.
- 01
Discover
We learn your desk — instruments, workflows, pain points and reporting needs.
- 02
Co-build
Iterative development with you in the loop — at no development cost to early clients.
- 03
Launch
Go live on a platform built around the way you actually trade.
- 04
Support & evolve
Once live, an annual maintenance contract covers upgrades, support, SLAs and continued enhancement.
Energy domain expertise meets modern software craft.
We pair people who understand trading desks with engineers who build fast, reliable, beautiful software. We're small, focused, and obsessed with our early clients' success.
Become an Early ClientEnergy
Domain experts
Product
Client-led design
Engineering
Cloud-native build
Risk
Quant & controls