Awards & Recognition

Digital DNA's Top 100 Tech Companies in Northern Ireland 2021

Top 100 Tech Companies in Northern Ireland 2021 Vela has been listed among the Top 100 Tech Companies in Northern Ireland.

Harrington Starr's List of Most Influential Financial Technology Companies of 2021

Most Influential Financial Technology Companies of 2021 Vela has been listed among one of the Most Influential Fintech Companies of 2021 by Harrington Starr for the fourth consecutive year.

2020 Leaders in Trading: The Digital Experience (LiTDX)

Nominee for FinTech of the Year Vela was shortlisted as one of four nominees for FinTech of the Year in the 2020 Leaders in Trading: The Digital Experience (LiTDX) presented by The TRADE.

2021 TradingTech Insight Awards Europe

Best Low-Latency Data Feed - Managed Vela named Best Low-Latency Data Feed - Managed for SuperFeed for the second consecutive year.

2020 Inside Market Data Awards

Best Low-Latency Data/Technology Provider Vela wins the Best Low-Latency Data/Technology Provider award for SuperFeed.

2020 TradingTech Insight Awards USA

Best Pre-Trade Risk Controls Provider Vela named Best Pre-Trade Risk Controls Provider for our execution offering.

Harrington Starr's List of Most Influential Financial Technology Companies of 2020

Top 100 Most Influential Financial Technology Companies of 2020 Vela has been named in the Top 100 of the Most Influential Fintech Companies of 2020 by Harrington Starr for the third consecutive year.

2020 Fund Intelligence Tech & WSL Awards

Best Options Trading Platform Vela wins Best Options Trading Platform for Metro.

2020 TradingTech Insight Awards Europe

Best Low-Latency Data Feed - Managed Vela named Best Low-Latency Data Feed - Managed for SuperFeed.

2019 Markets Media Women in Finance Awards

Excellence in Service Providers Peggy Sullivan, Chief of Staff, received this Women in Finance award for Excellence in Service Providers.

2019 TradingTech Insight Awards North America

Best Low Latency Data Feed - Managed Vela wins Best Low Latency Data Feed - Managed for SuperFeed.

2019 TradingTech Insight Awards Europe

Best High Performance Market Access Solution Vela wins Best High Performance Market Access Solution.

2019 Fund Technology & WSL Awards

Best DMA Offering Vela wins Best DMA Offering for the fourth time.

Harrington Starr's List of Most Influential Financial Technology Companies of 2019

Top 100 Most Influential Financial Technology Companies of 2019 Vela has been named in the Top 100 of the Most Influential Fintech Companies of 2019 by Harrington Starr for the second consecutive year.

2018 FOW International Awards

Best new technology product - market data Vela wins Best New Technology Product - Market Data award for integrating Cboe, CME, and CoinMarketCap cryptocurrency market data into SuperFeed

2018 Markets Media Women in Finance Awards

Excellence in Service Providers Stacy Mallon, Director of Infrastructure & Security, received this Women in Finance award for Excellence in Service Providers.

2018 Goodaccredited System

GoodAccredited Standard Vela receives the GoodAccreditation standard.

2018 Intelligent Trading Technology Awards

Best High Performance Data Feed Handler - Software Vela's SMDS direct feed handler has won this category for the second consecutive year.

2018 Markets Media Markets Choice Awards

Woman of the Year and Rising Star Jen Nayar, CEO, was named Woman of the Year and Alexandria McGrath, Development Lead, was named a Rising Star.

2018 Institutional Investor

Trading Tech 40 Jen Nayar, CEO, has been named on this list for the third year in a row. This year, Jen moves up a spot to #35.

2018 Fund Technology & WSL Awards

Best DMA Offering Vela's Direct Market Access offering has won this category.

Harrington Starr's List of Most Influential Financial Technology Companies of 2018

Top 100 Most Influential Financial Technology Companies of 2018 Vela has been named in the Top 100 of the Most Influential Fintech Companies of 2018 by Harrington Starr.

2017 FOW International Awards

Editor's Choice Award Vela wins Editor's Choice Award, recognized for the acquisitions of OptionsCity and Object Trading.

2017 Markets Media Women in Finance Awards

CEO of the Year Jen Nayar received this signature award for CEO of the Year.

2017 Systems in the City Awards

Best High Performance Trading Solution Vela received the award for Best High Performance Trading Solution.

2017 IRISH ECHO US-IRELAND TOP 50 COMPANIES

US-Ireland Top 50 Companies Vela has been named among the US-Ireland Top 50 Companies by Irish Echo.

2017 GOODACCREDITED SYSTEM

GoodAccredited Standard Vela receives the GoodAccreditation standard.

2017 INTELLIGENT TRADING TECHNOLOGY AWARDS

Best High Performance Data Feed Handler - Software Vela's SMDS direct feed handler has been named in this category.

2017 MARKETS MEDIA MARKETS CHOICE AWARDS

CEO of the Year Jen Nayar was named CEO of the Year.

2017 Institutional Investor

Trading Tech 40 Jen Nayar, CEO, has been named on this list for the second year in a row. This year, Jen moves up two spots to #36.

2017 FUND TECHNOLOGY AND WSL AWARDS

Best Data Provider – Equities Vela’s SuperFeed has been named in this category.

2016 AMERICAN FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY AWARDS

Best Third-Party Technology Vendor IT Team Vela’s Managed Services was the winning team in this category.

2016 MARKETS MEDIA WOMEN IN FINANCE AWARDS

Excellence in Trading Technology Jen Nayar, CEO, won this category for Excellence in Trading Technology.

2016 Institutional Investor

Trading Tech 40 Jen Nayar, CEO, has been named on this prestigious list at #38.