# Olea

> Olea is a Singapore-based digital trade finance platform connecting suppliers and buyers with institutional funding. Incubated by SC Ventures and established with Linklogis, it combines receivables financing, risk assessment, digital workflows and investor reporting. By December 2025 it reported more than US$3 billion in financing across over 70 trade corridors.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Singapore, Singapore
- **Founders:** Standard Chartered / SC Ventures (Co-founding institution and incubator), Linklogis (Co-founding joint-venture partner), Eugene Chen (Founding member; Strategic Initiatives)
- **Products:** Limited recourse receivables finance, Flexi, Buyer Program and Buyer Portal, Investor Portal, USDC settlement
- **Notable:** Over US$1 billion of trade and supply chain assets processed, announced September 2024., Olea Global Markets obtained a Singapore Capital Markets Services licence, announced September 2024; the MAS directory confirms its securities-dealing licence., Over US$3 billion in financing, more than 30 institutional funders and over 70 trade corridors reported in December 2025.

## Products & services

- **Limited recourse receivables finance** — Supplier financing against receivables, with in-principle approvals advertised within 48 hours, subject to due diligence and onboarding.
- **Flexi** — A revolving supplier credit line with flexible drawdowns, receivables across a buyer pool and silent receivables assignment.
- **Buyer Program and Buyer Portal** — Buyer-led receivables finance, supplier onboarding, maturity tracking, ERP data integration capability and paperless processing.
- **Investor Portal** — Institutional access to trade assets, with utilisation and yield dashboards, portfolio analysis, monitoring and daily reporting.
- **USDC settlement** — USDC payment support announced in December 2025; first live on-chain trade finance disbursement executed in March 2026.
- **Tokenized receivables financing** — Receivable tokenization with SWIAT in 2024 and a POSCO/Intain transaction in 2026, integrating asset verification and financing workflows.

## Achievements

- Over US$1 billion of trade and supply chain assets processed, announced September 2024.
- Olea Global Markets obtained a Singapore Capital Markets Services licence, announced September 2024; the MAS directory confirms its securities-dealing licence.
- Over US$3 billion in financing, more than 30 institutional funders and over 70 trade corridors reported in December 2025.
- First live USDC trade finance disbursement in March 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Olea announced an on-chain trade receivables transaction with POSCO International America and Intain.
- **2026-04** — Olea reported its first live USDC trade finance disbursement, executed in March 2026 and settled in minutes.
- **2025-12** — Closed US$30 million Series A led by BBVA; separately announced USDC settlement support.

## Links

- Website: https://olea.net/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/olea-global/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/OleaTrade

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Last updated: 2026-10-16