Meet Clearco: The Capital Partner That Thinks Like a Founder

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 3, 2025--

Clearco, the capital partner trusted by over 10,000 high-growth brands, today announced the full-scale launch of its rebuilt funding platform. Two years in the making, following its October 2023 recapitalization, the platform is designed to deliver the kind of capital today’s ecomm merchants need: strategic, flexible, and competitive.

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“Founders don’t just need capital. They need a partner who helps them win,” said Andrew Curtis, CEO of Clearco. “We’ve been through every type of growth curve with our founders, from supply chain chaos to tariffs to scaling across borders. We rebuilt Clearco to deliver capital that thinks like they do and moves as fast as they do.”

Rebuilt from 10,000+ Founder Journeys

The rebuild is grounded in more than a decade of founder feedback and data from thousands of growth stories. The result is a platform that challenges outdated funding models by eliminating personal guarantees and all-asset liens, adding flexibility, and deploying capital based on where businesses are going, not just where they’ve been.

Clearco’s AI-powered underwriting evaluates both historical performance and current momentum, rewarding founders with improved pricing, larger capacity, and faster access to funding.

“Growing businesses shouldn’t be penalized for moving fast,” added Curtis. “Our platform gives founders better terms as they perform. It’s capital that rewards their growth.”

The Three Pillars of Clearco’s Rebuild

Clearco’s platform is built around three core needs every founder faces on the path to growth:

1. Competitive Capital

New pricing grids reward performance with lower rates, higher capacity limits, and funding in as little as 24 hours without ownership dilution or personal guarantees.

2. Flexible Funding

Founders can mix and match funding structures and deployment options to fit their exact growth plans:

This flexibility helps founders act with precision and speed, especially in volatile markets.

“With Clearco’s Invoice Funding, we could pay suppliers fast, reduce production cycles from 120 days to 45, and move from idea to market in a matter of weeks.”— Ricardo Larroudé, CEO of Larroudé.

3. Strategic Partnership

With insights that come from funding over 10,000 high-growth brands, Clearco helps companies capitalize on trends, avoid common pitfalls, and move with confidence through each stage of growth.

“Clearco helped us at a critical moment. They allowed us to focus on our vision, not on financing headaches.”— Zel Crampton, Founder, Diggs

Rebuilt for Today’s Market

This launch comes at a critical time. Businesses are navigating rising tariffs, tighter lending conditions, and volatile consumer demand.

"Founders pivot. Markets shift. Opportunities appear rapidly. Your capital should keep pace," said Curtis. “We built Clearco for the moments that define your trajectory. We help you act with confidence, and without constraints.”

Available Now

All funding products and new pricing are now available to new and existing customers at clear.co. Founders can apply online in minutes or speak with a capital specialist about the structure that best fits their business model.

“Fixed Funding Capacity supports your biggest moves. Rolling Funding Capacity keeps you fueled for the long run. Cash Advance puts you in control. Invoice Funding ensures vendors get paid exactly when they need to,” said Curtis. “This is more than a product update. It’s a whole new Clearco for founders who move fast and think big.”

Explore funding options and apply in minutes.

About Clearco

Clearco is the capital partner that thinks like a founder. We provide fast, flexible, and founder-first funding designed to scale with your momentum. With over $3 billion deployed to 10,000+ brands, Clearco is the only platform offering both Cash Advance and Invoice Funding in one place. Our performance-driven model delivers competitive terms, capped weekly repayments, and access to capital in as little as 24 hours. There’s no dilution, no personal guarantees, and no friction. Whether you're securing inventory, funding ads, or launching your next big product, Clearco helps you move faster with confidence.

Capital that thinks like a founder. $3B+ deployed to 10,000+ DTC brands. Built for ecommerce.

LONDON (AP) — The estranged husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon created fake invoices and falsified accounting records as he embezzled more than 400,000 pounds ($540,000) from the Scottish National Party to buy hundreds of items from a luxury motorhome to Nintendo games, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, 61, rode in a prison van Tuesday to the High Court in Edinburgh, where prosecutor Alan Cameron detailed how Murrell stole cash from the party's main bank account to go on a personal spending spree.

Court papers revealed a long list of things he bought over more than a decade with the stolen funds, including two cars, a motorhome and luxury items like watches and crystal drinking glasses. But there was also a wide range of humdrum household items like gardening tools, electric toothbrushes, a bottle of super glue and shower squeegees.

Cameron said Murrell sought to dodge suspicion by giving his purchases misleading descriptions in the party finance system — for example, by recording a robotic lawnmower costing 3,070 pounds ($4,136) as spending on “legal fees.”

A look at some of the items Murrell bought with party funds according to prosecutors, by the numbers:

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Amount Murrell spent on a motorhome, which was described as a “van” in an invoice, and was never used by another party member. Police said it was only driven for four miles before it was seized.

Total spent on buying luxury leather goods and stationery from London retailer Smythson.

Amount spent on an ornate silver wine coaster, falsely described as spending on “leadership expenses.”

Amount spent on two luxury Bremont watches, recorded on accounting software as “event merchandise.”

Amount spent on two salt and pepper grinders from Lalique.

Number of purchases from Amazon that Murrell made using SNP “charge cards" at a total cost of $57,474 over 12 years, including PlayStation and Nintendo consoles, a Super Mario video game, knife sets, kitchenware and luxury Montblanc fountain pens.

Number of cars Murrell bought with party funds. He first bought a Volkswagen Golf in 2016 using $22,220 of SNP money, and later traded that car in to buy a Jaguar, claiming the expense was for staging party events. In 2021, he sold the vehicle and personally pocketed about $63,844.

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Prosecutors said Murrell was able to siphon the money because he had control over the party’s account, which held money from membership fees and donations by party members.

Murrell pleaded guilty last week to embezzlement from 2010 to 2022. Sturgeon, who led the SNP for a decade, has strenuously rejected any blame for Murrell’s crimes, and said that she was “deceived, misled and betrayed.” The pair announced last year that they were divorcing.

Sturgeon was arrested in June 2023 over the party finances investigation, and was later cleared by police.

Murrell is set to be sentenced later this month.

The SNP has led Scotland’s semiautonomous government for almost two decades while campaigning for Scotland to break away from the United Kingdom.

Jack McConnell, a former Scottish leader, said the scandal has damaged trust in politics and is an embarrassment.

McConnell, who was defeated by the SNP at an election in 2007, said the matter wasn't "just hilarious tittle-tattle here in Scotland.”

“This is embarrassing internationally for us now and we need to take it seriously," he said.

Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, center arrives at Edinburgh High Court, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Monday May 25, 2026. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)

FILE - Scotland's First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon is interviewed in Washington, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell arrives in a prison van at the High Court in Edinburgh for a further hearing, following his admission that he embezzled more than £400,000 from the SNP, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (Jane Barlow/PA /PA via AP)