Elevate Export Finance

What Elevate Export Finance does

Elevate Export Finance Corp. is a Toronto-headquartered, privately held structured trade finance firm that provides buyer-side financing, accounts-receivable finance and working capital, and accounts-receivable insurance to small and medium-sized exporters. Its core product is buyer finance: loans ranging from $100K to $25MM per transaction, structured at 85% loan-to-value with 2–5 year terms, extended to the international purchasers of North American and European goods so that those buyers can purchase the exporter's output. The financing is credit-enhanced by partnerships with three sovereign export credit agencies — Export Development Canada (EDC), the U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM), and UK Export Finance (UKEF) — which back transactions up to $25MM each, allowing Elevate to finance up to 100% of qualifying globally sourced projects.

The firm operates a small core team of roughly eight executives (led by Founder/Executive Chair Duncan Munn and President Ed Walsh) supported by a 15-member advisory board that includes former senior Canadian government officials and senior executives from EDC, CIBC World Markets, PwC, Manulife, BDC, and Salesforce Ventures. Customer origination is direct, enterprise-field-sales-driven, and concentrated on emerging-market buyer regions including Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and the Indo-Pacific, with disclosed deal flow spanning Mexican, Nigerian, and Brazilian importers across plastics, pest control, and wood products.

Elevate is part of a three-company group: the parent originates buyer finance, affiliated Elevate Capital provides A/R finance and working capital solutions, and affiliated Elevate Global Insurance provides receivables insurance. The revenue model is transaction-based — fees and net interest spread on originated loans — with no publicly disclosed revenue figures and no external venture or private equity funding rounds recorded. The company is founder-owned, with founder Troy Wright also listed in firmographic data alongside Duncan Munn.

Name

Elevate Export Finance

Legal name

Elevate Export Finance Corp.

Website

https://elevatefinance.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Elevate Export Finance is a Toronto-based structured trade finance firm that provides EDC-, EXIM-, and UKEF-backed buyer financing ($100K–$25MM), A/R finance, and receivables insurance to SMEs exporting from Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. into emerging markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Export Trade Finance

NAICS

Sales Financing (52222)

akta.pro primary industry

Trade Finance, Export Credit & Risk Mitigation (BPADAMAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Structured Trade & Export Credit (ECA-backed, Structured Solutions) (FSABAHAJ), Import & Buyer Finance (Import Loans, Trade Loans) (FSABAHAH), Open Account Trade Finance (Receivables/Payables Finance) (FSABAHAB), Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) & Trade Finance Institutions (BPADACAF)

Keywords

• Export trade finance
• Buyer credit financing
• Cross-border financing
• Receivables insurance
• Working capital solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Buyer Finance / Vendor Finance: Elevate provides financing to buyers/customers of exporters, enabling them to purchase goods. Loans range from $100K to $25MM per transaction, with terms of 2-5 years at 85% LTV.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Elevate Export Finance Corp. is a structured trade finance company that arranges government-backed buyer financing, accounts receivable finance, working capital solutions, and receivables insurance for exporters and their international buyers. It originates term loans between $100K and $25MM per transaction at 85% loan-to-value over 2-5 year terms, with financing backed by Export Development Canada (EDC), the U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM), and UK Export Finance (UKEF). The company operates across three affiliated brands covering Buyer Finance, A/R Finance and working capital, and A/R Insurance.

Product overview

Elevate Export Finance is a structured trade finance company operating three integrated product lines under its brand: Buyer Finance, A/R Finance and Working Capital, and A/R Insurance. These products work together to provide comprehensive export financing solutions, enabling exporters to finance their international customers, manage cash flow, and protect receivables—all backed by government export credit agencies including EDC, EXIM, and UKEF.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Buyer Finance: Financing solution to support exporter sales by financing customers to purchase goods
• A/R Finance
• A/R Insurance

Products and services

• Buyer Finance Government-backed buyer credit financing that enables North American and European exporters to finance their international customers in markets such as Latin America, Africa, the Mid-East, and the Indo-Pacific. Loans range from $100K to $25MM per transaction, structured at 85% loan-to-value over 2-5 year terms and backstopped by Export Development Canada (EDC), the U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM), and UK Export Finance (UKEF). Designed for SME exporters seeking competitive in-market financing alternatives.
• A/R Finance and Working Capital Accounts receivable finance and working capital solutions that bolster exporter cash flow and enable business growth with confidence, delivered via the affiliated subsidiary Elevate Capital. Targets exporters managing extended cross-border receivable cycles who need liquidity to fund operations and growth.
• A/R Insurance Accounts receivable insurance providing peace of mind and protection for exporters' receivables, delivered via the affiliated subsidiary Elevate Global Insurance. Targets exporters needing protection against non-payment from international buyers.

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Export Development Canada (EDC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerElevate collaborates closely with EDC to support exports from Canada. EDC is the primary government export credit agency partner. Financing is backed by EDC for loans up to $25MM per transaction.
• Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerElevate partners with EXIM to support exports from the United States. Financing is backed by EXIM for loans up to $25MM per transaction.
• UK Export Finance (UKEF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerElevate collaborates with UKEF to support exports from the United Kingdom. Financing is backed by UKEF for loans up to $25MM per transaction.
• Elevate CapitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated company providing A/R Finance and working capital solutions to bolster cash flow and support business growth.
• Elevate Global InsurancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated company providing A/R Insurance to give peace of mind and protect receivables.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• C2FO: Global working-capital marketplace enabling businesses to accelerate receivables and manage cash flow. Comparable to Elevate's working-capital and A/R finance product line in offering and customer base.
• Drip Capital: Cross-border trade-finance platform providing working capital and buyer financing to SMEs in emerging markets exporting from the US and Asia. Overlaps with Elevate's buyer-finance and emerging-market buyer focus.
• Stenn: Digital trade-finance platform providing financing to SMEs engaged in international trade. Directly comparable to Elevate's cross-border buyer-finance model and emerging-market reach.
• Demica: Receivables and supply-chain finance platform serving mid-market and corporate exporters/importers. Directly comparable to Elevate's A/R Finance and Working Capital product line and its cross-border invoice-financing focus.
• Taulia: Supply-chain and working-capital finance platform owned by SAP, providing receivables financing and dynamic discounting to corporate buyers and suppliers. Comparable to Elevate's A/R Finance and Working Capital solutions in mechanism and customer overlap.
• TradeRiver Finance: UK-based specialist lender providing ECA-backed (UKEF) trade finance to SMEs exporting goods. Highly comparable model to Elevate: similar ticket sizes, ECA partnership core to the business, and SME-exporter focus.

Broad incumbents

• Coface: Global trade credit insurer and receivables-management provider. Comparable to Elevate's A/R Insurance and receivables-protection products, serving exporters managing cross-border buyer credit risk.
• Euler Hermes (Allianz Trade): Global leader in trade credit insurance and a major ECA-aligned credit insurer. Directly comparable to Elevate's A/R Insurance offering and overlapping in receivables-risk-mitigation services for exporters.
• HSBC Trade and Receivables Finance: One of the world's largest trade-finance franchises, offering issuance, receivables finance, and ECA-backed financing to corporates and mid-market exporters. Comparable buyer-finance, A/R finance, and ECA-backed offerings, but at much larger scale than Elevate.

Regional players

• African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI): Multilateral ECA providing political-risk insurance and trade-finance guarantees across African markets. Overlaps with Elevate's emerging-market, ECA-backed buyer-finance model in Africa and is a potential structural partner or competitor.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ElevateExport
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/elevate-export-finance-corp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles22 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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