Case Study: Nood achieves 4% margin improvement with Flexport Capital

How Nood Partnered with Flexport Capital to Improve Their Margins by 4%

Nood, an Austin-based direct-to-consumer beauty brand founded in 2020, was growing quickly but facing cash flow constraints that made it hard to finance inventory and plan for peak season. After exploring traditional lenders and asset-based loans, Nood turned to Flexport Capital to find financing better matched to its inventory-heavy cash cycle.

Flexport Capital provided inventory financing with higher advance rates, funding for in-transit goods, and simple documentation backed by Flexport’s supply chain data. Flexport doubled Nood’s line in the first five months, helped the company avoid stockouts, and enabled a shift from air to ocean shipping that improved margins by 4% of revenue.

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