
THE TEAM
PARTNERS AND ADVISORS

ARNAUD LORIOZ
FOUNDER AND CEO
Arnaud started his career as an FX & interest rates trader in the banking sector. He joined the sugar industry at the end of 2013 and took over an intertrade brokerage desk in the Brazilian, European, Indian, and Thai sugar markets. After a few years in the industry, he realized that sugar and many other commodities markets were extremely late in digitisation compared to other financial products and B2B business. The idea to create The Deepcore began in 2017 when he realized the growing demand for better and more efficient brokerage in the commodities sector and the number of problems traders were facing with their current solutions.
Arnaud has a keen interest in new technology, digital platforms, big data, and quantitative analysis. He often meets and talks with brokers or traders of other commodities to see how the « Core-In » platform and our AI research solutions can diversify their offering and create value in the process.

DORIAN LUPU
CTO
Dorian is a software engineer and an entrepreneur. He is passionate about helping companies by creating tailored web and mobile applications that streamline business processes. Thanks to his hard work and focus on optimization, Dorian helped groups such as SNCF-RESEAU, THALES, or ACCOR by creating personalized, tailor-made solutions focusing on improving their efficiency. These digital solutions helped those groups save money by being more efficient in their optimization.
He gained project and team management skills by exposure to different roles like Team Lead, Engineering Lead, or Technical Project Manager. Still, he always remained close to the technical aspects of his work.

ANKIT KAIN
SUGAR BROKER
Ankit is a versatile professional who has acquired significant experience in a wide array of corporate avenues like project management, business development and sales. He has a background in Engineering and a keen interest in commodities. Trading brought him to France, where he graduated with a master’s degree from the ESCP Business School, London & Paris. Brimming with confidence and raring to break new grounds he started his voyage in commodities with an internship as a Broker in Biofuels & Feedstocks with Greenea. In this internship, he helped in the organization of the biofuels market research, sourcing and managing raw materials from waste streams with the purpose of increasing sustainable feedstock options for biofuels producers. This paved the way for him with The Deepcore for another internship before embarking full time with The Deepcore.

YGOR ROCCO FERREIRA
SUGAR BROKER
Ygor holds a degree in Agronomic Engineering from ESALQ (University of São Paulo), attended the “Certificate in Business Administration” program at the University of Victoria (UVIC), in Canada and developed his entire career in the commercialization of commodities, mainly sugar. Over the last 20+ years of his professional career, Ygor has worked in different positions of the sugar trading chain: from derivatives broker, commercial manager of sugar mills and as a senior trader for the largest producer groups in the sugar and ethanol sector such as Raízen and Biosev/Louis Dreyfus company. He also has experience in trading liquid fuels (diesel / gasoline / ethanol) which has contributed to broadening his experience in commodity trading. Having worked in different links in the international trading chain, he knows how to value relationships with his clients and understands the importance of the ethical, trust and professionalism in sugar trading.

Maxime Quesnel
Full Stack Web Developer
Maxime developed a passion for web development at 16 years old. He started as an autodidact, and one year later, he joined the Wild Code School. After nine months of intensive web & mobile development, he continued with one year-long apprenticeship, where senior software engineers mentored him to acquire the skills needed to deliver well-crafted code. User-oriented, he pays attention to the customer's needs and proactively looks for ways to improve the user experience of the web & mobile applications he is developping.

EDESIO CAVALCANTI
SOYBEANS DIGITAL PLATFORM AMBASSADOR
Edesio started his career in a family business in the fishing industry in 2004. From capture and processing, to marketing and distribution, he was involved in all the value chain. He is graduated with a master's degree in International Business and has worked with many different European companies willing to settle in Brazil. In 2015, he was invited to be part of the founding board of the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce in São Paulo. In 2018 he started in the agricultural grains business as a soybeans broker. Enthusiastic and passionate for connecting people and businesses, he rapidly obtained recognition in the market for his professionalism and results. Edesio shares The Deepcore s mantra, Technology is key to any scalable successful business. So he joined The Deepcore to contribute to a more efficient brokerage model to the commodities market.

DAVID OKS
DIGITAL & PLATFORM EXPERT
David is Managing one of the most successful digital solution company in Paris dedicated to retail and health business. He started his successful career in Digital 20 years ago when he founded Media gong, a full service digital agency delivering cutting edge solutions to companies like LOREAL, LVMH, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, ACCOR, CREDIT AGRICOLE… After having sold it to Publicis Group, David kept working hardly in the same field of business with a constant thrive to increase efficiency, scalability and sales for his customers. Over the last few years, David became an expert and regular speaker at conferences about Market places & platform solutions. From end to end, David is a digital set up & run B to B / B to C platform & ecosystem specialist through a wide field of markets including finance, retail, travel, advertising and legal In addition to that, Artificial Intelligence has been a growing subject in more and more B2B projects for him and his additional skills on that matter will be another plus for the development of The Deepcore and its clients.

JULES DOMENICHINI
INVESTMENT BANKER
Jules has two decades experience in corporate advisory and investment management. He worked namely at Arthur Andersen (later EY) in Geneva and BDO London where he advised Private Equity investors on european transactions and special situations. Jules has been following closely all of Arnaud Lorioz’s projects over the last ten years and has always been there with precious advices and help when needed. Jules is the Managing Partner of Brightwater, a Private Equity Investment and Advisory firm dedicated to special situations. Jules’s experience in the financial environment is much appreciated to guide The Deepcore through its growth.
Faq's
Faq's
- How come it is so difficult to get FOB sugar prices worldwide, and how can you get them?
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FOB values for sugar are negotiated between big trading houses, not easy to get by nature. Even some information/analysis companies are trying to report them, but with much less accuracy than us as they are not involved in any of the trades. Deepcore is a major Sugar brokerage company in this intertrade market, it is our role to know those values, and actually even to “make” them with Traders.
- Is there a minimum period of data subscription required?
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No, you can try our services for 1 month only if you want.
- Besides a physical sugar prices database, do you have other types of data you can provide?
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Yes, we have other types of data sets for both sugar and soybeans that we can provide to fit the needs of our clients.
- Can I download the data from your website?
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Yes absolutely, the subscription allows you to download the database at any time. We are also developing an API to connect directly to your spreadsheets.
- Are you working with Hedge funds, or only sugar merchants and industrials?
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We are working with all kinds of structures interested in sugar data, and we already have many commodities hedge funds in our clients.
- What sort of commodities platforms can you develop?
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We have developed a strong experience and knowledge about physical trading through platforms over the last few years. Thanks to many different digital projects we have already achieved, either with small trading houses or large ABCDs, we are able to offer to any commodities merchant/broker/industrial software which would fit your needs. As it would be developed only for you, the platform becomes an asset for your company. From cash position to execution dashboard, let us know the frictions which reduce your business efficiency and we will work for hand in hand to come up with solutions.
- Where is based your development team?
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100% of our digital team is based in France and speaks French, English, Hindi & Portuguese. By developing your software or digital tools with Deepcore, you have the guarantee that the company has a local presence in Europe with serious existence and no risk of disappearing during your projects.
- Do you propose CTRM/ERP platform on a SAAS/subscription basis?
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Yes, we do have the possibility to propose to some commodities company some existing platforms on a subscription basis which reduces by 90% the down payment required obviously.