We provide lender-ready capital raise packaging and debt or equity placement support for business owners and buyers looking to secure serious term sheets and close funding on a defined timeline.
For business owners and acquirers pursuing private debt or equity, submit your deal for review. We revert within one working day with next steps and either a quote for our services.
For pre-submission discussions, we offer paid consultations. To initiate underwriting and lender outreach, submit the deal.
Trade Finance And Structured Debt
Choosing a trade finance provider is a decision about risk controls, counterparty acceptance, and execution quality. If you are an importer, exporter, or commodity trader, the “best” provider is the one whose underwriting model matches your trade cycle and whose controls prevent leakage.
Many SMEs lose months chasing vague promises. A real provider will discuss eligibility, reporting, collections control, and legal documentation before talking about certainty. If that feels strict, good. That is what protects your business when a buyer delays, a shipment slips, or a contract dispute shows up at the worst time.
If you want a structured path to lender term sheets, start with How It Works and submit your mandate through Submit Your Deal.
Before you compare providers, define the facility you actually need. “Trade finance” can mean import financing, export working capital, receivables discounting, inventory financing, commodity trade finance facilities, or a letter of credit structure. Providers are built to price specific risk shapes. If you show up with a generic request, you will get generic answers.
For example, a business looking for export invoice financing is really asking for a receivables facility with eligibility rules, dilution controls, and a collections process that matches buyer payment behavior. A business importing goods may need supplier payment funding with shipping document controls, inventory monitoring, and a clear take-out plan once goods are sold. A commodity trade finance lender will care about title chain, documents of title, inspections, and controlled proceeds.
The best providers share a few non negotiables. They are disciplined about compliance, they underwrite counterparties, and they demand controls that keep the facility performing. They also communicate clearly about pricing, advance rates, reserves, and conditions.
The provider has appetite for your industry, geography, and buyer profile. This matters for SMEs with buyer concentration, emerging market flows, or commodity exposure.
The provider’s control model matches your operating reality. The best facility is the one you can actually run without breaking it.
Comparing providers is not about who says yes first. It is about terms and survivability. A facility that looks cheap but collapses after the first dispute is expensive. A facility that looks strict but runs clean for two years is a weapon.
| What To Compare | What To Look For | What To Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Advance rate and reserves | Eligibility schedule that matches your buyer behavior | High headline advance with harsh ineligibles |
| Fees and pricing | Transparent fees tied to defined deliverables and facility economics | Upfront fees without term sheet conditions |
| Controls | Lockbox, controlled accounts, inspections where needed | “No controls needed” on real trade flows |
| Reporting and operations | Clear cadence, templates, and escalation steps | Ad hoc reporting and WhatsApp workflows |
| Counterparty approach | Buyer verification and dispute management process | Ignoring dilution, returns, or set-off risk |
Letters of credit look simple until you are in the middle of a shipment and something changes. The right provider can execute LC issuance, confirmation support where needed, and reimbursement structures that fit your cash cycle. The wrong provider delays on compliance, loses control of document flow, or makes you believe an LC is a shortcut around underwriting.
If you want a clean grounding in trade finance pathways, review Trade Finance and Trade Finance Services.
Financely is a transaction-led capital advisory desk for trade finance and structured debt. We do not sell “access.” We build lender-grade submissions, structure the control framework, and route mandates to matched capital providers. The goal is lender term sheets or written declines, fast, with an audit trail and clear conditions. Where execution requires licensing, we coordinate execution through appropriately licensed partners under their approvals.
If your business is seeking a trade finance provider for import financing, export working capital, receivables discounting, inventory financing, commodity trade finance, or letters of credit, submit your deal through Submit Your Deal. You will get a feasibility view, a checklist, and a path sized to your timeline.
Share your contracts, counterparties, funding requirement, and timeline. We will revert with feasibility, required controls, and the lender path that fits your transaction type.
Optimizing for speed without checking controls and counterparty acceptance. A fast yes that collapses in compliance or documentation is not a win.
They give you a written checklist, define controls, explain eligibility, and put conditions and pricing in a real term sheet format. They do not sell certainty before underwriting.
Corporate documents, financials, contracts or purchase orders, buyer details, logistics plan, and a clear description of your cash cycle and funding need. For commodity flows, add title chain and inspection and storage details.
Yes, but expect concentration limits, reserves, and tighter reporting. The facility must be structured around the buyer risk rather than pretending it does not exist.
We package your deal into a lender-grade submission, align the controls to market expectations, and route it to matched providers. That reduces wasted outreach and improves the odds of a real term sheet.
Review the process on How It Works , then submit through Submit Your Deal.
If you want speed, build a clean file. If you want durability, accept controls. The best trade finance provider is the one that can underwrite your trade and run the facility without surprises.
Financely advises growth-focused businesses on accessing capital by introducing their opportunities to professional investors. Financely is not a securities broker or dealer. Where appropriate, engagements are coordinated with regulated broker-dealers, investment banks, legal counsel, and other specialists.
Financely does not solicit, offer, or accept orders to buy or sell securities and makes no assurance regarding capital-raising outcomes.
Services are strictly business-to-business. Financely does not provide personal finance, consumer credit, or retail advisory services.
Advisory services are reserved for post-revenue companies that recognize the time and resources required for professional underwriting.
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All mandates start with an RFQ. We review submissions, issue a brief Go/No-Go memo, and where bankable, release a Term Sheet that leads to funding. We arrange capital across Senior Secured, Unitranche, Second Lien/Mezzanine, Preferred Equity, and Gap Solutions. We do not process deals by email or chat.
Letters of Credit, Standby LCs, Confirmations, Receivables Finance, and Inventory Lines with control.
Funding arranged for trade flows with instruments sized to your cycle and aligned to delivery and settlement.
Move forward to secure working capital and keep goods moving. Submit the RFQ to start underwriting for funding.
Limited or non-recourse structures for energy and infrastructure with lender-ready materials.
Funding solutions aligned to project cash flows with credible covenants and conditions to reach notice to proceed.
Advance the file to termable status. Submit the RFQ so we can underwrite and secure funding.
Debt and Preferred solutions anchored on cash flow, Quality of Earnings, and clear closing mechanics.
Funding across senior, unitranche, and preferred to match stable cash flows and acquisition timelines.
Get financed on workable terms for closing. Submit the RFQ to start underwriting.
Acquisition, development, bridge, and refinance with lender-ready packs and third-party reports managed.
Funding calibrated to DSCR, leverage, and tenancy with terms designed to close.
Move to a financeable package. Submit the RFQ to initiate underwriting for funding.
KYC and Source of Funds required. Engagements are best-efforts and subject to underwriting. Preference for operating companies with meaningful revenue. See our FAQ and Procedure.
Financely Inc. (“Financely”) provides corporate-finance advice and is wholly owned by Aurora Bay Trust, a trust formed under Bahamian law, together with its authorized affiliates. Depending on deal structure, jurisdiction, and local rules, engagements may be carried out through Financely Group LLC, a non-deposit-taking, non-banking financial company; Ashford Capital Advisory LLC; or another related entity.
Financely and its affiliates are not registered as securities broker-dealers and do not execute securities transactions or hold client funds or securities. When a mandate involves the purchase or sale of securities and a registered intermediary is required, any orders are introduced to and executed by one or more independent U.S. broker-dealers registered with the SEC and FINRA. Those broker-dealers are solely responsible for trade execution, custody, and related regulatory obligations. Nothing in this material constitutes an offer, solicitation, or recommendation to buy or sell any security or to engage in any specific transaction. Before engaging Financely Group LLC, Ashford Capital Advisory LLC, or any affiliate, you are responsible for confirming that such engagement complies with your own legal, regulatory, tax, and other requirements. In the United States, certain advisory activities may be conducted in reliance on exemptions available under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, including the “foreign private adviser” exemption where applicable. Our services and regulatory status may vary by jurisdiction and by transaction type.
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