Liquify

We're looking for a Sales & Operations Associate to join our sales team as we scale the business and support SME exporters in accessing much-needed working capital. Please share with your network!

We are looking for a London based CTO to lead our engineering team and accelerate Liquify's journey in closing the $1trn SME Trade Finance gap. Please share with your network!

We are looking for a London based CTO to lead our engineering team and accelerate Liquify's journey in closing the $1trn SME Trade Finance gap. Please share with your network!

🚀 We Backed 5 Exceptional FinTech Startups in 2024! 🚀 In 2024, Equitable Ventures proudly backed five outstanding fintech startups: Happy Pay, VantagePay, Liquify, DigiTax, and TurnStay. We couldn’t be happier partnering with the incredible individuals leading these companies. We strongly believe these founders have the vision, resilience, and expertise to tackle their respective opportunities and challenges better than anyone. Looking ahead to 2025, we’re eager to continue backing exceptional entrepreneurs in the fintech space across the continent. We are excited for the next chapter at Equitable Ventures and the impact we can create working alongside those founders! #FinTech #Africa #Startups #Investing #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #EquitableVentures Wesley Billett Patrick Postrehovsky Barry Lobel Paul Edwards Nadya Yaremenko Alberta Asafo-Asamoah Caine Wanjau Thuku wa Thuku William Githui Alon Stern James Hedley Fabrice Boullé Marc Deslondes

A year ago, we launched the beta version of Liquify platform, aiming to transform access to capital for Africa’s SME exporters. Today, we're excited to share how 2024 shaped up for us! 💎 Milestones: 1️⃣ Financed $1.4 million of receivables, creating vital working capital for SMEs. Our growth accelerated in Q4, after receiving our first institutional funding, allowing us to 2x ARR MoM since October. 2️⃣ Enabled quicker access to funding for SMEs by refining our credit and risk models, allowing them to scale their operations. - Accelerated cash flow by advancing funds within 2 days of invoice submission, significantly shortening the cash conversion cycle from 45-90 days. - Increased SME revenue by 20-30%, thanks to greater liquidity to fulfil larger orders. - 30% improvement in working capital turnover for exporters. 3️⃣ Drove social and economic impact: - Our customers grew their payrolls, with an avg. employment increase of 15-20% over the year. - Suppliers, including smallholder farmers, received more reliable and timely payments, enabling them to increase productivity and incomes by an average of 10-15%. - Exporters have been able to invest in sustainable production practices and, due to improved supply chain stability, win better contracts with larger buyers. 4️⃣ Platform is fully live, and we've been leveraging AI to automate customer onboarding and due diligence, reducing approval times from weeks to just 1-2 days. 5️⃣ Secured key relationships with impact-driven debt providers, positioning us for scalable and affordable funding, as well as with key distribution partners to expand our market reach. ⚡ Challenges: 1️⃣ Managing growth with limited resources: meeting growing client demand was a major challenge, emphasising the importance of building scalable systems and processes for the future. 2️⃣ Educating the market: many SMEs and smallholder farmers are still unfamiliar with factoring. We had to invest more time in client education to help them understand how it works and the benefits it offers. 💡 Key Lessons: 1️⃣ Patience and strategic focus drive long-term success. Our traction demonstrated that thoughtful scaling is more impactful than rushing to capture every opportunity, especially in a credit business. 2️⃣ Communication is key. Clear, consistent communication with stakeholders helped us navigate challenges and improve decision-making. 3️⃣ Technology is a game-changer. Automating manual processes with AI was key to improving efficiency, freeing up resources to focus on client support and growth. 🚀 What’s Next: As we look ahead, we're gearing up to expand into new markets, bring more SMEs into the Liquify family, and grow our digital infrastructure to increase transaction volume. We couldn’t have made it this far without our incredible team, investors, and partners - Andrea Godfred Folayemi Diego! Here’s to continued success in 2025 and beyond! 🥂 P.S. Several exciting announcements to come, so stay tuned!

At Liquify, we had an incredible experience being part of the 2nd cohort of Accelerate Africa, along with 9 of the best start-ups on the continent. The program provided access to unparalleled mentorship and networks and allowed us to get practical advice from some of the most impactful and innovative leaders in Africa. Now we are well on track to unlocking our $3mm ARR goal in 2025. If you have missed the demo day, you can check it out here: https://lnkd.in/ema4GXgG Thank you to the entire Accelerate Africa/ Future Africa team! Here’s to building Africa’s future and its next unicorns! 🚀 #AccelerateAfrica #FutureAfrica #Startups #Entrepreneurship #VC

We are heading to Norrsken Barcelona Impact/Week 2024 on Nov 6 & 7th ! 🇪🇸 We will be joining leaders around the world from the impact and tech ecosystem for two days of networking, knowledge sharing and partnerships. Make sure to catch up with Alberta Asafo-Asamoah !

Thrilled to announce our strategic partnership with Emerald Africa Financing Facility to empower African SME exporters with invoice financing! 🚀 Thank you Alex Simuyandi and Abena Opoku-Acquah for your ongoing support 💪 #Tradefinance #EmergingMarkets #Africa #SMEFinance #FinancialInclusion #ExportGrowth #ImpactInvesting #AgTech #Fintech

We're thrilled to have been selected as one of the top 10 startups to pitch at The Marketplace Conference in Berlin, sponsored by Speedinvest! It was a great opportunity to share how Liquify is using AI to transform trade finance, streamlining onboarding, due diligence, and credit scoring. #MPC #AI #Fintech #Innovation #TradeFinance #Liquify

Our CCO Alberta Asafo-Asamoah joined the Future of Financial Services panel last week to share how Liquify is reshaping the financial services landscape in emerging markets