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Shiperise
Techstars '24Brussels, BE · Founded 2023 · 5 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
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Shiperise guides investors and businesses in allocating resources to meaningful and transformative projects, with a focus on responsible innovation and sustainable initiatives. The company works to connect capital with ventures that balance economic growth with environmental and community well-being.
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Shiperise provides inventory financing to consumer-product brands by pre-purchasing their stock, giving the brand cash up front while Shiperise handles the resulting inventory asset. The company presents a three-step onboarding flow: a free assessment of the product taking about a minute, an instant indication of the funding amount available against the inventory, and submission of a request with payment of funds stated to occur within 48 hours. Use cases highlighted include increasing product availability, funding new product launches, raising working capital and building inventory levels.
On the investor side, Shiperise packages the pre-purchased inventory into an asset-backed financial product aimed at professional investors and corporate treasurers. It describes rigorous asset selection based on predefined criteria, a diversified portfolio of assets from sustainable and local brands in sectors such as energy efficiency, personal equipment, building products and micro-mobility, and risk management based on assessments of market demand, product pricing and asset liquidity, with risk reduced by acquiring assets at discounted prices. Investment terms shown include returns of up to 12%, a 24-month maturity and investments described as protected and asset-backed with real inventory.
The offering is framed around measurable environmental impact, with products tracked against impact areas including CO2 reduction, water use, waste reduction, local development, energy efficiency, low-tech design, reparability and nature-friendly materials and practices. An earlier version of the platform listed individual product investment opportunities from named brands with minimum investments of EUR 1,000 and stated profit ranges, alongside a virtual-warehouse sourcing option giving resellers and corporates access to goods without operating a warehouse.
Founding story
Shiperise was founded by Lionel Slusny and Nicolas Meerschaert. Slusny, co-founder and CEO, cites 15+ years of experience, including as a consultant at Oliver Wyman & Co, former CEO of a crowdfunding platform and managing partner of a manufacturing venture. Meerschaert, co-founder and CIO, cites 8+ years of experience as a former financial services consultant and as an entrepreneur and business owner.
Business model
Shiperise pre-purchases inventory from brands, supplying them with immediate cash, and finances those purchases by offering the inventory to professional investors and corporate treasurers as an asset-backed investment with stated returns and defined maturities. The inventory itself serves as the collateral, and assets are acquired at discounted prices to reduce risk.
The platform sits between brands and investors: it buys inventory at a discount and manages its sale, with investors receiving a return once the inventory has been sold or at chosen maturities of six to 24 months.
Traction
Marketing materials cite outcomes for participating brands of +22% product margins, +50% sales and 3x inventory availability. An earlier platform version listed live product investment opportunities from brands including Kataba, Wepot and Nuoceans, with offer sizes of EUR 15,900 and EUR 15,000 and investment deadlines in 2024, and published testimonials from Mineralio, Citizen Fund and Treebike.
Latest developments
The current site presents the dual brand-financing and investor offering, with funding disbursement promised within 48 hours and an investor product offering up to 12% return over a 24-month maturity for professional investors.
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Market position
An early-stage impact-oriented inventory-financing platform focused on sustainable consumer-product brands and professional impact investors.
Combines inventory financing for brands with an asset-backed investment product for investors, and ties each financed product to defined environmental impact categories that are tracked and reported, targeting sustainable and locally produced goods.
Technology
Web platform providing a product assessment and funding calculator that returns an indicative financing amount for a brand's inventory, plus investor accounts for selecting products or portfolios and tracking associated environmental impact metrics.
Go-to-market
Direct acquisition through the company website, with a self-serve assessment and funding calculator for brands and an interest-registration form for investors, supported by a partner network and customer references from brands and funds.
Two sides: consumer-product brands with sustainability credentials that need working capital, funding for product launches, or higher inventory levels; and professional investors, impact investors, company leaders and corporate treasurers seeking short-term, asset-backed, impact-aligned investment opportunities. Resellers and corporates are also addressed for sourcing via a virtual-warehouse option.
Geography
Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium; investment amounts and minimums are quoted in euros, and references cited on the platform are Belgium-based brands and funds.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Shiperiseshiperise.com · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Shiperise do?
- Belgian inventory-financing platform that pre-purchases sustainable brands' stock and offers it to investors as an asset-backed product.
- Who are Shiperise's investors?
- Shiperise's investors include Techstars.
- Where is Shiperise headquartered?
- Shiperise is headquartered in Brussels, BE.