Small exporters can wait 60 to 90 days to be paid and banks often will not bridge that gap when they lack a long financial track record, against a global trade-finance gap the Asian Development Bank puts at $2.5 trillion. The $3 million seed round will scale Mamun's AI underwriting and origination along the Gulf–Asia corridor, building on nearly $20 million in financing facilitated across more than 175 facilities for 84 businesses.