Andrew, congratulations on oneZero’s first acquisition. What drove the decision to bring Autochartist into the business?
We’ve admired Autochartist for a long time – not just for their strong analytics capabilities, but for their focus on content personalization and customer engagement. The acquisition aligned perfectly with our mission to deliver innovative, high-performance solutions that serve the full trade lifecycle. Autochartist‘s offering complements oneZero’s core infrastructure, and together, we’re building a more intelligent, and personalized, end-to-end experience for our clients – from pricing and liquidity all the way to customer engagement and retention.
As our industry matures, the need for integrated, value-driven technology stacks becomes increasingly clear, as firms must move beyond fragmented point solutions to deliver efficiency, scalability and measurable impact.
We were delighted to launch oneZero’s new Market Analytics Platform that combines over 15 years of Autochartist’s market analytics expertise with oneZero’s robust infrastructure and 24/7 customer services. Autochartist’s founder Ilan Azbel now oversees oneZero’s Engagement product line, and along with the scaled team of experts he built over the years, can now leverage scaled aspects of oneZero’s infrastructure to continue to innovate on a line of products – aimed at encouraging engagement for capital markets’ participants.
How did your partnership with Golden Gate Capital help make this deal possible?
Our partnership with Golden Gate Capital has been instrumental in enabling us to pursue strategic, growth-focused opportunities like the Autochartist acquisition. Their backing gave us both the financial flexibility and strategic support to move decisively when the opportunity aligned. Golden Gate has a long history of investing in technology leaders and helping them scale thoughtfully – and that’s exactly what they’re helping us do.
We now have two financial partners supporting oneZero’s journey – Golden Gate Capital and Lovell Minnick Partners – giving us a strong foundation for both organic innovation and strategic M&A. Having this level of backing allows us to think long-term, and invest in initiatives that unlock value for our clients.
With consolidation increasing in trading technology, should we expect more acquisitions from oneZero in the future?
Yes, what we’re doing with Autochartist reflects oneZero’s broader vision: bringing together best-in-class capabilities that, when unified, create exponential value for our clients. Integrating companies helps drive investment and growth in both companies – in this case, we are investing into the Autochartist / Market Analytics Platform while leveraging oneZero’s infrastructure and scale to enable growth. We see real opportunity in continuing to identify firms with complementary technologies and shared values. This includes both building solutions that benefit our clients, and also a team culture that encourages innovation. So yes, we’re open to future acquisitions where the synergy is clear, and the benefit to the client is mutual and measurable.
Turning to innovation, what are some of the key product developments you’ve delivered in 2025, while also integrating the new Engagement line?
It’s been a very productive year. Under Bill Neuman’s leadership as Chief Product Officer, we’ve accelerated our roadmap and improved delivery speed, stability, and security of our core product lines.
One major highlight in product development this year has been our Swap Curve Manager, an innovative solution designed to transform FX swap pricing for regional banks. Traditionally, banks have relied on external, third-party systems that limited trader control and slowed responsiveness. oneZero’s Swap Curve Manager addresses these challenges by delivering a scalable, cost-efficient solution that returns control to traders.
On the analytics side, last December we released our Year in Review Dashboard that helps clients benchmark their performance across the oneZero EcoSystem, while tools like Liquidity Provider Insights and P&L Insights offer deeper visibility into profitability and trading outcomes. Clients are using these to refine strategies and boost margins – some reporting up to 25% gains in profitability through smarter routing and behavioral analytics.
We also introduced Dealer Intervention Workflows to improve operational efficiency for high-touch trade handling, reducing manual overhead and increasing sales desk responsiveness.
And of course, our acquisition of Autochartist advanced our macro-analytics offering, and I’m excited to work with Ilan to unveil more of what we have planned for solutions that enable engagement in the future.
With the combined efforts on innovating and integrating new products, how did the platform hold up during the volatility in March and April, which tested many infrastructure providers?
That period was a real stress test, and I’m proud to say we exceeded expectations. Our platform handled record volumes with over 99.99% uptime. Clients had uninterrupted access to pricing and analytics, allowing them to adapt strategies in real time. It reinforced our role as a mission-critical partner to our clients.
You’ve also made some senior appointments recently, including Adam Collins as Head of Institutional Sales – Americas and EMEA. How do these moves tie into your growth strategy following the Autochartist acquisition?
Bringing in leaders like Adam Collins is very much part of our broader M&A strategy. When you integrate a business, you’re not just aligning technology – you’re aligning client relationships, sales structures, and go-to-market strategies. Adam’s deep experience in institutional sales will help us ensure that our expanded product set reaches the right clients in the right way.
We’ve also added Ann Neidenbach to our Board and promoted Lynnette Yeo to SVP of Global Relationship Management. These appointments reflect our focus on building a leadership framework that can both absorb acquisitions effectively and scale globally, strengthening our ability to deliver on the promise of consolidation: creating a platform that is greater than the sum of its parts.
The Autochartist team have immediately become part of our own tightly knit community
oneZero has picked up several company awards this year. How do accolades like these influence your culture and drive for innovation?
Recognition like being named a global Best Place to Work for the fourth consecutive year running makes us really proud. Importantly, it also validates our ability to integrate new teams and preserve a strong culture during times of change. Awards highlight not just innovation, but also our ability to grow through M&A without losing our cultural DNA. The Autochartist team, for example, immediately became part of our tightly knit team – as we saw when our new colleagues from South Africa were able to connect with the global team at Camp oneZero in New Hampshire in May.
On a lighter note, I hear the team enjoys golf. Can you tell us about your partnership with brand ambassador Alexa Pano?
Many of us are keen golfers, and we’re proud to support rising LPGA star Alexa Pano. Partnerships like this are about building community and engagement, which is the same philosophy we’ve applied post-acquisition. Bringing Autochartist into oneZero wasn’t just about adding technology, it was about strengthening how we connect with clients, and how they connect with their customers. Engagement and relationships are the common thread – whether it’s through sport, culture, or technology.
We look forward to having Alexa join us at many more events in the future, and the team cheering her on when she competes, like we did when she played in her home state and oneZero HQ at TPC Boston last month.
Beyond that, oneZero has also appeared on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing private companies in America again. What does that recognition mean to you and your team?
It’s a real point of pride. Sustained growth is a reflection of both our internal innovation and our ability to identify and integrate complementary businesses. Making the Inc. 5000 list four years in a row shows that we’ve been able to scale responsibly.
UNDER ILAN AZBEL’S GUIDANCE AS CEO, AUTOCHARTIST GREW FROM BEING A SUPPLIER OF TECHNICAL ANALYSIS, TO A COMPANY PROVIDING A BROAD SPECTRUM OF AUTOMATED ANALYTICS AND CONTENT BASED ON TECHNICAL, MACRO-ECONOMIC AND FUNDAMENTAL INFORMATION
You’ve been expanding globally with new offices in several regions. How is this shaping the experience for your clients?
In 2025, we’ve made strategic investments in expanding our global footprint to better serve clients across key markets. By being closer to our clients, we improve responsiveness, deepen relationships, and accelerate innovation – ensuring oneZero remains a truly global technology partner that can adapt quickly to evolving market demands.
We recently opened new offices in Limassol, Cyprus, and Sydney, Australia, in addition to the new oneZero office in Johannesburg, South Africa, that houses a lot of the team from Autochartist. It’s fantastic to have a presence in South Africa and to be expanding the team there as we invest further in this new product area.
Finally, what can we expect to see from oneZero and the markets as we approach the end of 2025?
Firstly, we should see more value creation on the back of realizing synergies with Autochartist. I look forward to working closely with Ilan Azbel and the Autochartist team to make that happen, and to showcase those solutions and others at the numerous conferences we’ll be attending globally over the next few months. At the same time, as the markets brace for increased volatility – along with expected increased volatility in the crypto trading market – the need for a robust, reliable and high-performance platform and back-end is clear, and oneZero continues to be up to the challenge!
