Based in Australia and formed in 2005, Tradeslot designs and builds large scale business-to-business and government-to-business auction platforms. The company has three main areas of focus: port and freight capacity, industrial commodities, and environmental commodities. Unlike traditional price-only auctions that are one-dimensional, the Tradeslot combinatorial auction platform allows bidders to place expressive bids—critical for effective business-to-business transactions. For instance, bidders can place price bids with non-price conditions, such as terms of trade, volume, and unique lot packages. In addition, the seller can add award constraints and factor the bids based on qualitative factors. Apart from creating operational cost reduction and transparency, the technology has consistently delivered substantial revenue improvement (in the case of ForestAuctions +17% on average; audited by the Victorian Department of Treasury).

The Tradeslot team combines deep auction expertise, technical know-how and a powerful international network of thought leaders. Tradeslot has been awarded a series of US and Australian patents.

Key Executives:

Jesco d’Alquen (CEO)
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Jesco d’Alquen is the CEO of Tradeslot Pty Ltd. Jesco has over 13 years of experience in Executive in-house roles and consulting (Accenture, Deloitte, General Motors), delivering large scale strategy and technology projects in Europe, the US and Australia. Jesco has been the driving force behind Tradeslot’s growth in the carbon market (e.g. CarbonPermitAuctions.com and CarbonNavigator.com) as well as the application of Tradeslot’s technology in port capacity.

Jesco holds a Master of Business and Cultural Studies from the University of Passau (Germany) and a Master of Advanced European Studies from the University of Basel (Switzerland).

Anthony Du Preez (CTO)
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Anthony Du Preez is the founder of Tradeslot and has implemented over 200 high value B2B auctions with an aggregate value well over $1b. Anthony combines expertise in economic game theory, auction theory, market design, legal frameworks as well as mathematical allocation algorithms.

Anthony holds a first class honours systems engineering degree from the Queensland University of Technology and a MBA from the Melbourne Business School.
Andrew Barlow (FOUNDING INVESTOR)
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Andrew Barlow is a Founder of one of Australia’s most successful technology companies, Hitwise (hitwise.com.au), which sold recently to UK listed Experian Group Limited for approximately $A300 million. As Chairman and Joint-Managing Director of Hitwise from 1997 to 2000, Andrew was responsible for all aspects of the business’s development. Now a global business Hitwise operates across 6 countries.

Mr. Barlow is also a co-Founder of Oxia (oxia.com). Oxia is the world leader in personal bottled oxygen, selling canisters in the US and Canada through high-end boutique hotel chains and retail stores.

Online super fund max Super (maxsuper.com.au), is a company he founded with his brother David, a former Merrill Lynch analyst, in 2005. max Super quickly became recognised for the youthful, helpful and innovative approach used to engage Australian’s in their super.