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.
Mandate Qualification Standards
Financely is a transaction-led capital advisory desk. We work on live mandates where there is a real financing objective, a defined transaction, and a client prepared to proceed under a paid advisory engagement. We do not operate as a free quoting desk for speculative inquiries.
This page is published to make our fit standards explicit. It helps serious clients move faster, and it helps non-qualified applicants avoid spending time and money on a process they are not ready for yet.
We assess whether a transaction is sufficiently real, documented, and commercially coherent to justify live underwriting and counterparty routing. We are not looking for perfection. We are looking for seriousness, authority, and execution readiness.
We issue indicative terms during screening. Definitive terms are developed after engagement, onboarding, diligence, and live routing. If you need the legal framework for pre-engagement disclosures and lender confidentiality, review our disclosure terms for indicative financing offers.
The applicant is the principal, sponsor, borrower, buyer, or a formally authorized representative with decision access and mandate authority.
There is a specific deal, project, asset, trade flow, or acquisition with identifiable parties, amount, use of proceeds, and timeline.
Core documents exist and can be shared for review, even if the full diligence pack is still being completed.
The client has a realistic budget for underwriting, structuring, and placement work and understands that institutional process requires paid professional execution.
The client accepts that financing terms depend on risk, controls, collateral, cash flow, jurisdiction, and diligence, not only on requested amount.
Material facts are disclosed early, including liabilities, defaults, litigation, encumbrances, compliance issues, and transaction constraints.
We work with trading companies, exporters, importers, suppliers, and transaction sponsors pursuing live trade transactions where repayment can be tied to identifiable commercial flows and controlled cash movement.
| Trade Finance Requirement | What We Expect | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial File | PO, SPA, offtake, LC terms, invoices, shipment plan, counterparties, pricing logic | Underwriting cannot be done from verbal summaries alone |
| Repayment Path | Cash flow capture logic, collection account path, title control, payment waterfall | Lenders focus on repayment control and transaction discipline |
| Risk Alignment | Sponsor equity, margin support, collateral, performance history, or another bankable mitigant | Institutional capital requires credible alignment of risk |
| Execution Readiness | Live or near-term transaction with real counterparties and timeline | Market routing is time-sensitive and document-driven |
We work with sponsors and developers pursuing bankable projects with a defined capex program, a credible revenue model, and a clear route toward bankability milestones. We can engage at different stages, but the mandate must be grounded in an executable development process.
Clear sponsor contribution, disciplined timeline, real counterparties, and prompt disclosure of project constraints.
Hidden legal issues, unrealistic completion schedules, weak sponsor commitment, and key facts disclosed late in diligence.
We serve Commercial Real Estate buyers, sponsors, owner-operators, and developers pursuing acquisitions, refinancing, recapitalizations, bridge structures, construction financing, and related structured capital solutions. We prioritize documented transactions over broad market shopping.
The strongest files usually include a signed LOI or PSA, a clear business plan, property-level financials, equity strategy, and a defined closing timeline.
| Commercial Real Estate Situation | Typical Need | Readiness Indicators |
|---|---|---|
| Acquisition | Senior debt, mezzanine, bridge, gap tranche, or blended capital stack | LOI or PSA, purchase price, equity plan, property data, timeline |
| Development / Repositioning | Construction finance, bridge-to-stabilization, preferred equity, recapitalization | Budget, development plan, permits status, sponsor track record, draw logic |
| Refinance / Portfolio Liquidity | Portfolio debt, refinance, recap, cash-out, structured liquidity | Rent roll, operating statements, debt schedule, covenant status, asset strategy |
We work with independent sponsors, search funds, roll-up platforms, family offices, and strategic buyers pursuing operating company acquisitions. The best mandates are transaction-focused and already inside a real process.
LOI or APA, target financials, use-of-proceeds plan, equity commitments or sponsor capital strategy, and a credible closing timetable.
Senior acquisition debt, subordinated debt, seller note coordination, preferred equity, holdco support, or gap financing.
Purchase structure, target cash flow quality, debt capacity assumptions, management continuity plan, and sponsor credibility.
Requests for acquisition debt with no signed intent, no target financials, and no sponsor contribution plan.
We decline mandates where the transaction is not sufficiently documented, the applicant lacks authority, or the process is being used to obtain unpaid market intelligence. This is a fit decision, not a personal judgment.
We screen for mandate viability, not storytelling quality. A concise file with real facts is more useful than a long presentation built on assumptions.
| Screening Dimension | Pass Signal | Fail Signal |
|---|---|---|
| Authority | Principal or authorized representative with decision access | Unclear chain of authority or informal intermediary only |
| Transaction Definition | Specific amount, use of proceeds, counterparties, and timeline | Generic request for “funding” without transaction detail |
| Documentation | Core file exists or is in controlled preparation | No documents and no credible path to readiness |
| Commercial Realism | Risk-aware expectations and willingness to structure | Guaranteed outcomes demanded before diligence |
| Engagement Readiness | Prepared to proceed under paid mandate and process terms | Requests live execution work with no commitment |
Finance markets are crowded with inquiries that are not ready for institutional process. Publishing qualification standards protects our execution capacity, protects serious clients from delay, and sets fair expectations before anyone enters a mandate.
It also gives non-qualified applicants a clear answer on what to improve. In many cases, the highest-value advice is simple: tighten the file, secure budget, clarify authority, and return when the transaction is ready.
If your transaction fits the standards above, submit a clear summary and the best available documents through our official channel. We can assess fit quickly when the file is concrete and the mandate path is real.
For scope overview, review what we do. For live opportunities, use the deal submission page.
We work with principals and authorized sponsors pursuing real trade finance, project finance, Commercial Real Estate, and business acquisition transactions under a paid advisory mandate.
If your file is documented and your process is serious, submit it for screening and indicative structuring review.
Submit Your DealYes, if they are properly mandated, authorized, and operating within a documented process. We do not work from informal introductions alone.
Yes, if the transaction is real and the core file exists or is being assembled on a defined timeline. We cannot underwrite a concept with no document path.
No. We work with smaller and mid-market sponsors too, provided the transaction is credible, documented, and suitable for institutional process.
Underwriting, structuring, and placement are professional execution services. A budget is part of transaction readiness.
You may still submit the file. Institutional capital will still assess risk, controls, repayment mechanics, and sponsor alignment. A “100%” request does not remove underwriting standards.
Do not rush to market. Build the file, secure authority, organize documents, clarify sponsor contribution, and return when the transaction can support a real process.
Informational only. This page describes Financely’s mandate qualification standards and operating criteria. It is not an offer to lend, not a commitment to engage every applicant, and not a public solicitation of securities. All engagements remain subject to screening, signed documents, best-efforts scope, KYC/AML checks, sanctions screening, legal review, and third-party 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.
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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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