Financing Growth
for Entrepreneurs

 

 

International Shoe Expert:

Gateway was approached by an accomplished footwear executive who had obtained a license to produce footwear internationally from a highly successful European casual apparel brand.

An impressive management team, an established variety of international distributors and an accounts receivable factoring arrangement with a nationally known lender, all proved to be reason enough for Gateway to provide the letters of credit needed to land shoes in North American specialty retailers.

The client company was thus able to substantially increase US sales without obtaining additional equity financing.

The Gateway Difference

Gateway Trade Finance, LLC, provides purchase order funding for the import and export, or domestic production of pre-sold merchandise. Often, a company's greatest challenge is not sales or production, but simply locating the financing to procure pre-sold merchandise.

If a company has solid orders for its product, proven management expertise, a reliable source of supply, and a clean repayment mechanism, Gateway can supply up to 100% of the inventory financing necessary to fulfill those orders.

Gateway Trade Finance provides off-balance-sheet financing, which can replace equity investment and greatly extend a company's working capital. We can help convert opportunity into reality.

Gateway provides financial support based on the customer purchase orders held by its clients. Unlike banks, factors, or asset-based lenders, Gateway looks to the market demand as its primary source of repayment.

Unlike many other finance companies, Gateway is extremely flexible in its approach. With Gateway there are no minimum fee requirements, no minimum deal size, and no minimum time commitment. Gateway’s clients can sign up for one transaction or 100 transactions.

Gateway’s People

Gateway Trade Finance has recruited a variety of experienced personnel. Our staff offers decades of experience in both privately held entrepreneurial business, as well as the many facets of commercial finance: lending, underwriting and the structuring of complex international transactions. Gateway’s entrepreneurial experience is especially valuable. The principals of our firm have been importers and exporters. They know exactly what our clients are experiencing and can pro- vide invaluable insight and advice.

We can provide more than financial support of international transactions. Our personnel can assist in structuring transactions, transportation, and supplier rela- tionships in a fashion that will improve the chances of on-time delivery and reduce the risk of marketplace problems.

Gateway can assist in the location of customs house brokers, freight forwarders and warehousing and fulfillment services. We work with many factors and asset- based lenders who can provide post-transaction accounts receivable lending.

The experience of Gateway's personnel can assist in many ways.

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