Liquify announces an oversubscribed $1.5m seed round to close the $120bn African Trade Finance gap
Liquify is excited to officially announce the successful close of its $1.5 million (£1.1 million)equity seed round – plus several debt commitments – to supercharge its digital invoice financing marketplace across Sub-Saharan Africa.
The round was led by Africa’s top early-stage fund Future Africa with participation from Launch Africa, 54 Collective, Digital Africa and Equitable Ventures, alongside several strategic angel investors. In addition, Emerald Africa extended its debt facility, bolstering Liquify’s liquidity and flexibility for supporting its expanding SME customer base.
With this financing, Liquify will:
- Scale its Ghanaian hub, hiring across product, technology, and customer-success teams to support rapid platform growth.
- Expand into Anglophone and Francophone markets, bringing its “Growth Engine for African Exporters” to more SMEs across the region.
- Accelerate product innovation, enhancing its AI-driven due-diligence, KYC/AML, and credit-scoring engines to deliver invoice funding within hours, not weeks
“We built Liquify to unlock the $120 billion trade-finance gap holding back Africa’s most dynamic SMEs. This seed round – as well the incredible people joining our team – validates our vision. With our fully digital, AI-powered platform, exporters can turn unpaid invoices into same-day cash, while global investors gain access to a new untapped class. Since its beta launch in late 2024, Liquify has facilitated over 150 transactions, totaling $4 million in trade financed. With funding secured, we embark on our next chapter: deepening our technology, growing our team in Ghana, and scaling across Sub-Saharan Africa.”
Nadya Yaremenko, Co-founder & CEO
About Liquify
Liquify is an invoice-financing marketplace that connects African SMEs with global capital markets, turning export invoices into rapid, affordable working capital. Its end-to-end digital platform automates onboarding, KYC/AML, credit checks, and settlement—enabling exporters to get paid within hours and investors to access short-term, low-correlation assets.
