Maalexi secures $20m to scale digital trade finance

By Vriti Gothi

Maalexi, the next-generation B2B food and agri-trade platform, has raised $20 million with Amwal Capital Partners (ACP), an independent alternative investments firm in the MENA region.

The agreement commences with an initial tranche of US$5 million, enabling Maalexi to accelerate scale, expand SME access, and advance its mission of building resilient, technology-driven food supply chains across the UAE and Saudi Arabia. The facility will support the thousands of SMEs already engaged with Maalexi, providing a foundation for future expansion across regional and origin markets.

Maalexi connects verified SMEs directly to cross-border food and agri-trade, reducing risks and optimising capital efficiency. Its platform integrates advanced technologies to manage credit, inventory, compliance, and logistics with real-time intelligence. The facility is structured as a fully tech-enabled securitisation, collateralised against Maalexi’s UAE-based inventory and receivables, and underpinned by blockchain-secured automation that tracks daily risk exposures and executes small-ticket transactions at speed.

Looking ahead, the facility is designed to expand in scale as Maalexi builds trade volumes and further strengthens its proprietary data-driven risk mitigation systems. These capabilities address the critical operational risks inherent in agri-trade from quality and quantity to price, counterparty, and settlement fostering greater efficiency, transparency, and trust across food supply chains.

Dr Azam Pasha, CEO of Maalexi, said, “This facility is more than capital it is a catalyst to enhance our capabilities and help us build resilient and intelligent food supply chains that are driven by speed, transparency, and trust. Partnering with Amwal Capital empowers us to scale our reach to tens of thousands of SMEs across the region while accelerating the deployment of our core technology stack AI for risk intelligence and decision-making, IoT for real-time trackability and traceability, and blockchain for secured documents and immutable transaction records. Combined with the capital support of partners like Amwal Capital, these innovations are redefining how food is digitally procured, stored, and distributed, reinforcing food security across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and the wider GCC.”