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Drip Capital

Drip Capital Inc. ● Palo Alto, California ● Founded 2016 ● dripcapital.com ↗
Pushkar Mukewar · Co-founder & CEO Neil Kothari · Co-founder
$378 MnTotal funding (tracked)
7Funding rounds
17 Nov 2025Last round
300Team size (sourced)

Drip Capital: Business Model Canvas

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Value Propositions

Collateral-free trade finance

Drip Capital offers digital, collateral-free finance to small and medium-sized businesses participating in international trade.

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Invoice purchasing and accounts payable financing

The platform advances up to $2.5 million by purchasing customer invoices and offers accounts payable financing up to $5 million.

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Working capital access for small exporters

Drip Capital helps small exporters in emerging markets access working capital in order to finance big orders.

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Trade finance for SMBs with no collateral

Drip Capital provides trade finance solutions tailored for small and medium businesses engaged in international trade, offering fast, flexible capital. No collateral required.

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Customer Segments

Small and medium-sized cross-border trade businesses

Drip Capital furnishes working capital to small and medium-sized enterprises participating in cross-border trade, serving India, Mexico, and the United States.

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SME exporters and importers9,000-10,000 businesses

Drip currently serves between 9,000 and 10,000 businesses, with around 60% coming from India and the rest from the U.S. and a small amount in Mexico.

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Global SME cross-border trade market$5 trillion market

Drip Capital is a high-growth digital trade fintech focused on the $5 trillion global SME cross-border trade industry.

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Customer Relationships

Dedicated Key Account Managers

Drip Capital assigns Key Account Managers who act as the single point of contact for SME client accounts across their lifecycle, building relationships directly with CXO-level stakeholders (CEO/CFO).

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Retention-focused, trust-based relationship model

Account management is built around a 'zero-dropout' retention philosophy: deep, trust-based engagement with each existing client paired with commercial growth goals such as wallet-share expansion and upsell.

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Self-service digital account portal

Alongside personal account management, day-to-day transactions run through a self-service online portal/dashboard where customers submit invoices and draw funding without needing a relationship manager for every request.

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Channels

Direct digital application & self-service portal24-hour disbursement

Customers apply directly through Drip Capital's own website: a 4-step digital flow (apply online, automated risk assessment, invoice upload, disbursement) that completes onboarding with minimal paperwork and pays out within 24 hours.

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Channel partner referral network

Drip Capital reaches SME exporters/importers indirectly through a formal partner program spanning banks & credit unions, finance brokers/advisors, trade associations, and CPAs/accountants, who refer clients in exchange for referral commissions.

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Trade association & export promotion council engagement

The company builds awareness and educates exporters about its products by partnering with Indian trade bodies and export promotion councils such as FIEO, EEPC, CHEMEXCIL, and PLEXCONCIL.

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Key Activities

Machine learning-driven trade finance underwriting

Drip Capital leverages machine learning and cloud technology to finance cross-border transactions, allowing SMBs to free up working capital and invest in growth.

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Financing cross-border trade transactions

Drip Capital uses alternative data and technology to underwrite and finance cross-border transactions and has funded over $100M of trade flows across industries.

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Invoice financing on export transactions

Drip Capital's offerings include invoice financing on export transactions, export factoring, letters of credit, and documentary collections.

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Key Resources

Proprietary AI/ML underwriting engine24-48 hour approvals

Drip Capital's core resource is a proprietary AI and machine-learning underwriting engine that verifies trade documents and assesses buyer/supplier risk in real time, cutting credit approvals down to 24-48 hours versus weeks at traditional banks.

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Risk-assessment platform with 100+ borrower checks100+ checks

The underwriting platform runs each prospective borrower through more than 100 individual checks before selection, a depth of automated diligence built up over the company's operating history.

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B2B cross-border commerce platform

Beyond financing, Drip Capital has built its own B2B commerce platform connecting global buyers and suppliers, letting businesses identify trade partners, manage transactions, and participate in international supply chains — a proprietary network asset.

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Diversified equity and debt capital base~$640M raised

Since inception, Drip Capital has raised roughly $640 million in combined equity and debt funding, giving it a large, diversified balance-sheet capacity to on-lend to SME exporters and importers.

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Key Partnerships

GMO Payment Gateway

Equity investor providing part of the $23 million equity financing announced September 2024.

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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

Equity investor providing part of the $23 million equity financing announced September 2024.

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International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Led $90 million in debt financing announced September 2024, part of the World Bank Group.

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Barclays Investment Bank

Provided a $100 million warehouse credit facility as part of the $135 million debt facilities announced October 2021.

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East West Bank

Recurring debt-financing partner: increased its existing facility by $35 million in October 2021 and co-led $90 million in debt financing in September 2024.

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TD Bank

Secured a US$50 million committed credit facility from Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD Bank), with the potential to expand by an additional $25 million, to support North American expansion, announced November 2025.

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Revenue Streams

Interest income on advances

Drip Capital earns interest, calculated on a per-annum basis, on the funds it advances against a customer's invoices — shown as a distinct line item in the company's own published charges calculator.

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Factoring commission fees

On top of interest, Drip Capital charges a flat factoring commission calculated as a percentage of invoice value on every financed transaction; interest and commission together make up the total fee shown to customers.

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Servicing commission on purchased receivablesup to $2.5M advanced

For its receivables-financing product, Drip Capital buys a customer's outstanding invoices for up to $2.5 million in value and earns a servicing commission on top of the amount advanced.

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Foreign exchange revenue on cross-border payments

Drip Capital also monetizes the FX leg of trade transactions, partnering with Barclays to give clients access to competitively priced currency conversion when sending or receiving international payments.

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Cost Structure

Cost of borrowed capital as the primary input cost

Co-founder Pushkar Mukewar frames debt capital as the company's core raw material — continuously raised and redeployed to fund trade transactions — making the cost of borrowed funds the central cost driver of the business.

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Distributed global workforce and office footprint300+ employees

Drip Capital runs a team of 300+ employees out of its Palo Alto headquarters plus offices in Mumbai, India and Mexico City, Mexico — a multi-country people and real-estate cost base supporting its three core markets.

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FAQs on Drip Capital

What is Drip Capital's business model?

Drip Capital's core value proposition centers on Collateral-free trade finance, Invoice purchasing and accounts payable financing, Working capital access for small exporters, Trade finance for SMBs with no collateral.

How does Drip Capital make money?

Drip Capital's cited revenue streams include Interest income on advances, Factoring commission fees, Servicing commission on purchased receivables, Foreign exchange revenue on cross-border payments.

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