Slope Capital

Slope develops a B2B payments platform designed to simplify how businesses manage financial transactions and offer financing solutions. The company provides capabilities such as Embedded Capital, allowing businesses to extend flexible payment terms to their buyers without incurring additional risk, alongside SlopeScore, which assesses business cash flow. This technology aims to digitize and modernize the traditionally manual order-to-cash processes for enterprises.

The company was co-founded by Alice Deng and Lawrence Lin Murata in 2021. Murata’s experience in his family’s wholesale business in Brazil revealed the inefficiencies of B2B commerce, which relied heavily on manual methods like cash, checks, and offline tracking. This insight spurred Slope’s initial focus on addressing cash flow constraints, evolving into a broader mission to digitize and streamline the entire B2B order-to-cash ecosystem through a tech-first approach and generative AI.

Slope’s platform serves a range of B2B businesses, including wholesalers, marketplaces, and other platforms seeking to optimize their payment and financing operations. The company envisions a future with a unified B2B platform powering all types of payments, bringing simplicity and flexibility to the commercial landscape. Its long-term goal is to empower businesses with the necessary resources for growth by enabling seamless online financial interactions.