About Us

Who you are dealing with.

Rhofin Inc. is a nonbank commercial finance company. We finance one ocean shipment at a time for US importers: your supplier balance is paid direct when the goods ship, Rhofin holds the bill of lading through transit, and the cargo is released against Rhofin's instruction when you repay. Rhofin is not a bank and does not hold your money. Because that puts us in the middle of a real shipment, this page sets out the people behind Rhofin, what is agreed and live today, and how to verify the company you would be contracting with.

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Leadership

The people behind Rhofin.

The team running Rhofin has built trade-finance platforms, embedded lending products and global logistics technology. They are named below, with their track record, so you can check them before you finance a shipment. We understand the importer's reality: suppliers are paid long before goods are sold, leaving growth constrained by cash rather than demand. That is why we built financing around verified shipments and the logistics workflows you already use.

Christoph Gugelmann

Christoph Gugelmann

Founder & CEO

TradeteqTrafiguraBank of AmericaGoldman SachsMorgan Stanley
Nathan Driscoll

Nathan Driscoll

CTO

TradeteqING
Jason MacRae

Jason MacRae

Board Director

Rohati CapitalAmazonMorgan Stanley
Vaishnav Shetty

Vaishnav Shetty

Board Director

Allcargo Global

Where things stand

What is agreed, and what is live.

Two entries, because these are the only two that affect a shipment you would finance today. Rhofin's platform is operational and available in limited release, and we are onboarding a limited number of qualifying businesses.

Q2 2026Completed

ECU Worldwide agreement

Master services and collateral-control framework with Econocaribe Consolidators, Inc. d/b/a ECU Worldwide, covering eligible US container-freight-station operations and FCL and LCL cargo.

Now · Limited release to qualifying customersIn progress

Inventory finance

Qualifying US importers can use Rhofin on a single eligible shipment. Inventory finance pays the supplier balance direct and advances eligible ocean freight before cargo release, then settles at arrival. Importers can finance each qualifying shipment across a booking-to-cash cycle.

Diligence

How to check us.

Rhofin holds the bill of lading on a financed shipment, so knowing exactly which entity you are dealing with matters before you start. This is who to contact and where to verify us.

Legal entity
Rhofin Inc., a Delaware corporation
Registered address
221 W 9th St #180, Wilmington, DE 19801
Platform support
support@rhofin.com
Platform status
status.rhofin.com
Full terms
Important information, version 2026-09-01.1

The standing facts about what Rhofin is, who it can finance and where, are set out in full in the disclosure at the foot of this page.

Careers

Build the foundation layer.

We're building infrastructure for the goods trade that depends on short-term finance, credit and insurance. Every hire shapes what we build next. We work remotely and value directness, ownership, and craft.

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Important information

13 clauses. Version 2026-09-01.1, effective 1 September 2026.

  1. 1. Who we are. Rhofin Inc. is a nonbank commercial finance company, not a bank. Rhofin does not accept deposits or hold customer funds.
  2. 2. Business use only. All financing described is commercial financing extended to business entities for business purposes. It is not available for personal, family or household purposes, and is not available to sole proprietorships, general partnerships or individuals.
  3. 3. Nothing here is an offer. Nothing on this website is an offer or commitment to extend financing. Submitting the form is a preliminary enquiry, not an application, and no credit check is run at that stage. Any transaction is subject to eligibility, verification, credit approval, required disclosures, definitive documentation and applicable law. Those documents govern. Nothing on this website varies them.
  4. 4. Who provides the financing. During Rhofin's current limited-release phase, inventory financing may be provided directly by Rhofin, Inc. from its own balance sheet. Rhofin, Inc. is a nonbank commercial finance company and is not a bank. Rhofin does not accept deposits. The legal lender applicable to each transaction is identified in the definitive financing documents. Rhofin, Inc. may also provide the technology platform and act as servicer, administrator, agent or collateral agent, as specified in those documents. Financing is offered only where permitted by applicable law. Rhofin finances US incorporated businesses only. Availability varies by state. Financing requires the shipment to move through a participating logistics provider.
  5. 5. Figures are examples. Figures shown are illustrative examples, not quotations. Your amount financed, annual percentage rate, total cost and repayment date are set at approval and disclosed to you in full before you commit.
  6. 6. Pricing. Financing is priced per transaction. Rates start at 1.45% per 30 days on the supplier balance advance, and your rate depends on your credit profile, the shipment, the route, the supplier and the jurisdiction. Your amount financed, annual percentage rate, total financing cost and repayment date are set at approval and disclosed to you in full before you commit. There are no origination, arrangement, documentation, wire, platform or monthly fees. Eligible ocean freight is advanced at no financing charge and repaid at face value. A default margin applies to amounts unpaid from the sixth day after the maturity date, at the rate stated in your documents before you sign. Pricing may vary by state where required by applicable law.
  7. 7. What the financing is. Rhofin extends a secured commercial loan against a specific shipment. Rhofin holds the bill of lading and takes a purchase money security interest in the specific financed goods and their identifiable proceeds, as described in the definitive transaction documents and applicable UCC filings. Rhofin holds a negotiable to-order bill of lading with telex and express release disabled. The cargo is released only against Rhofin's release instruction, under a procedure agreed in advance with the responsible logistics provider. The financing is full recourse, so if realising the cargo does not cover the amount owed you remain liable for the shortfall. If an amount stays unpaid Rhofin may sell the financed cargo, and has committed to use commercially reasonable efforts to complete a disposition within 90 days after maturity, subject to the exceptions in your documents, including legal process, customs or regulatory holds, casualty, general average, salvage, the absence of a commercially reasonable market, and your own acts or omissions. Repayment falls due on arrival of the cargo at the destination CFS, or on availability for collection where the shipment moves as a full container load, or on the earlier date on which the goods are sold or released to you. Where Rhofin approves a warehouse sell-down period for an enrolled importer at an approved facility, maturity and release mechanics for that shipment are instead governed by the definitive warehouse financing terms, and the goods remain held at the approved facility and are released only against Rhofin's authorization. If you sell the goods you must prepay from the proceeds. Where cargo is released to you before payment, you hold the goods and their sale proceeds in trust for Rhofin, must keep the proceeds identifiable, and may be required to route them through an account Rhofin designates. Where your documents do not require cargo insurance, you bear the risk of loss, damage or destruction from any cause, and no such event reduces or suspends what you owe. Any additional credit support is set per facility and stated in your documents before signing.
  8. 8. What is not financed. Duties, taxes and other government charges, demurrage, detention and storage charges are not financed and remain your responsibility, as they would be without financing. Where Rhofin approves a warehouse sell-down period, Rhofin may continue financing the goods while they remain at the approved facility, as described in clause 7; the storage charges themselves remain your responsibility. Where Rhofin pays a logistics charge to obtain release of your cargo, that amount is added to what you owe and bears interest at the rate applicable to advances. A customs detention, seizure or withhold release order does not suspend your obligation to repay.
  9. 9. Out of scope. Commodities, seasonal goods and fungible bulk, goods not identifiable by container and lot marks, perishables, hazmat, pharma, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, sanctioned or high UFLPA risk supply chains, overland cargo from Canada or Mexico, businesses in serious financial distress, and importers shipping fewer than about four times a year. Approved lanes and approved suppliers only.
  10. 10. Settling at arrival. An inventory-finance transaction is settled in cash on the maturity date. You may fund that payment from your own cash or from availability under your factoring or asset-based facility, at your request and with your lender's approval. A payoff made by your factor or asset-based lender directly to Rhofin before release requires an agreement between Rhofin and that lender and remains that lender's decision. Once the amount due is settled, Rhofin issues its release instruction and the cargo is released. Rhofin does not finance the same goods after they are released to you.
  11. 11. Your existing lenders. Rhofin is designed to sit alongside an existing bank facility. Where another lender holds a security interest in your inventory, funding is conditional on a lien search showing no competing interest, or on a subordination, release or estoppel acceptable to Rhofin. You must identify that lender so Rhofin can send the UCC notice the law requires before you take possession of the goods. Most bank facilities also restrict additional indebtedness and additional liens. Whether Rhofin financing is permitted under your own facility documents is for you and your lender to confirm.
  12. 12. Law and forum. Your transaction documents are governed by New York law. The state and federal courts in Manhattan have jurisdiction. You and Rhofin waive trial by jury. Payments are made in full without set-off or counterclaim.
  13. 13. No advice. Nothing on this website is legal, tax, accounting or financial advice.

End of Important information, version 2026-09-01.1, effective 1 September 2026.

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