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.
Transaction-Led Trade Finance
You can have a signed commodity contract, real counterparties, and a clear margin, then still fail to close because funding is not structured for the way cash moves in the deal. Most deals do not collapse on price. They collapse on timing, document control, and credit appetite.
This page is written for traders, independent sponsors, and operators that already have a real transaction and need an execution path to capital. If you are reviewing service scope first, you can see it on our trade finance advisory page and full process flow on our workflow page.
Straight answer: funding follows structure. If your file is weak, no lender memo can rescue it. If your file is clean, you can raise capital even with tight timelines.
Financely runs a transaction-led model: submission, indicative terms, written mandate, underwriting package, lender distribution, and closing support.
Raising funding for a commodity contract is not one product. It is a capital stack matched to the cash strain points in your cycle:
Supplier needs deposit, packing, or lift costs before goods move. Capital can be structured as pre-export support, purchase-order-backed lines, or instrument-backed supplier comfort.
Cash is tied while cargo is on water or in trucking corridor. This phase often needs bridge capital tied to shipping evidence and title control.
Buyer pays on terms, not at discharge. Receivables financing or discounting can convert invoices into liquidity for the next cycle.
Counterparty may request LC, SBLC, or guarantee support. These are risk tools, not magic funding shortcuts. Wording and document logic decide if they work.
| Funding Structure | What It Covers | Best Use Case | Common Failure Point |
|---|---|---|---|
| Import LC / Usance LC | Payment certainty for supplier, timing support for buyer | Cross-border flows with documentary control | Document mismatch between contract and LC terms |
| SBLC-Backed Supplier Terms | Contingent payment comfort to unlock better supplier terms | Repeat corridors where supplier needs risk cover | Poor draw conditions that cannot be enforced in practice |
| Pre-Export / Prepayment Support | Upstream costs before shipment | Origin-side production or aggregation models | Weak offtake evidence and weak repayment map |
| Inventory / Warehouse Finance | Working capital against stored goods | Fast-turn inventory with monitored control points | Unclear collateral control and release rights |
| Receivables Discounting / Factoring | Liquidity against invoices due later | Buyer has accepted payment record | Invoice disputes and poor assignment drafting |
| Borrowing Base Facility | Revolving line against eligible collateral | Multi-shipment ongoing programs | Weak reporting discipline and high concentration risk |
If you are serious about closing, prepare for these screens before sending your file out:
They check the real parties, track record, and payment behavior. A strong commodity does not offset weak counterparties.
They read default clauses, dispute path, assignment rights, and claim mechanics. Loose drafting invites decline.
They map exactly how money moves from drawdown to repayment. If that map is vague, approval odds drop.
They review inspection protocol, title chain, bills of lading logic, insurance, and release controls.
KYC, AML, sanctions checks, and source-of-funds clarity are gate items. Missing items stop process early.
They test what happens if buyer delays, price shifts, or shipment is disputed. No recovery plan means no comfort.
We are not a call-heavy advisory shop. We run a transaction desk. Your mandate starts with a file and ends with lender terms or a written decline with reasons.
| Stage | What We Deliver |
|---|---|
| 1) Intake And Fit Screen | Commercial feasibility check, missing data list, and initial structure direction. |
| 2) Indicative Term Sheet Path | Draft path with proposed facility style, fee logic, and required controls. |
| 3) Formal Mandate | Written scope, fee terms, validity timeline, and execution standard. |
| 4) Underwriting Pack | Lender-ready package: contract map, risk matrix, cash waterfall, and document logic. |
| 5) Distribution | Targeted circulation to relevant funding channels with structured follow-up. |
| 6) Condition Cleanup | Response handling, clause fixes, and support through legal and operational checkpoints. |
Best fit is post-revenue companies, active traders, independent sponsors, and search-style buyers with real contracts and near-term closing pressure.
Not a fit for speculative files, fake instruments, or transactions with no clear counterparty chain.
Engagements are paid mandates with defined deliverables. No vague “success-only” loop. Typical retainers depend on file complexity, corridor risk, and speed requirement.
| Mandate Type | Typical Retainer | Success Fee Range |
|---|---|---|
| Single-Corridor Commodity Contract | From USD 27,500 | From 3.25% |
| Core Structured Trade Mandate | From USD 59,500 | From 2.25% |
| Multi-Country Complex Mandate | From USD 95,000 | From 1.50% |
If your deal is live and you need a real funding path, send the file for screening. You will get a structured next-step route, not vague advice.
Submit Your DealYes, if the contract, counterparties, and payment route are credible and fully documented.
No. We structure and place transactions through partner channels that make final credit decisions.
Yes. Documentary-credit and contingent-support structuring are core parts of our trade mandates.
Speed depends on file quality, counterparty response times, and lender conditions after circulation.
Draft or signed contract, product specs, Incoterms, logistics route, KYC pack, and current payment terms.
You get decline reasons in writing. If structure can be repaired, we revise and continue within scope.
Compliance notice: this page is commercial information, not legal, tax, or investment advice. All mandates are best-efforts and subject to KYC, AML, sanctions screening, legal documentation, and final partner approvals.
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.
To proceed,
request a quote
and receive indicative commercial terms. If you require guidance before engaging,
book a paid telephone consultation.
Security notice: we are aware of third parties using Financely’s name without authorization. Only emails sent from our official domains and communications through our portal are valid. Please verify any outreach before sharing documents or sending payments, and read our impersonation warning.
Email supportdesk@financely-group.com for general enquiries, press & partnership requests.
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.
Click
here to download our brochure. Email
supportdesk@financely-group.com for general enquiries.
