Secro Raises $10M Series A to Revolutionize Global Trade Finance
Secro, an AI-enabled platform transforming global trade finance by replacing paper-based processes with secure digital automation, announced the close of its oversubscribed $10 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Assembly Ventures and Sway Ventures, with participation from industry leaders including Signal Group, Wilhelmsen, Innoport, TMV, Augment Ventures, and other strategic partners.
Platform Overview:
- Trusted by 5 of the top 10 global commodity traders and over 130 enterprise clients.
- Digitizes and tokenizes trade documentation to enable ultra-compliant, real-time execution.
- Dramatically reduces transactional risk and lowers capital costs across global supply chains.
Investor Insights:
Jessica Robinson, Co-founder and Partner at Assembly Ventures:
“Secro is redefining the infrastructure of global commerce. Their platform delivers trust, speed, and intelligence needed for modern trade, making it foundational for the future of global value movement.”
Najib Khouri-Haddad, General Partner at Sway Ventures:
“Secro modernizes the financial backbone of world trade with a secure, interoperable platform that automates workflows, verifies counterparties, and underwrites risk in real time — a breakthrough in speed, trust, and capital efficiency.”
Technology & Expansion:
- Enables financial institutions, traders, carriers, and insurers to issue and enforce legally binding documents via tokenized digital instruments backed by cryptographic security and compliance.
- Headquartered in Charleston, SC, with core tech developed in Europe; expanding EMEA operations with a new Geneva headquarters.
- Proceeds will boost integrations with insurance carriers, lenders, adjacent tech platforms, and global API interoperability.
- Advances AI capabilities for monitoring transactional patterns to power dynamic risk assessment, fraud detection, and underwriting at scale.
Impact & Vision:
With over $1 billion in shipments digitized, Secro removes friction and fraud risks inherent in outdated trade finance processes, unlocking liquidity and security for global commerce.
Michele Sancricca, Co-founder and CEO of Secro:
“Trade finance has been held back by legacy processes that increase risk and costs. Secro’s platform changes the game by scaling trusted, frictionless, and secure solutions worldwide.
Secro’s $10 million Series A funding will accelerate the company’s mission to modernize global trade finance through AI-driven, compliant digital workflows — empowering supply chains and financial institutions to transact faster, safer, and more efficiently than ever before.
