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Trade start-up wins funding to strengthen supply chains

[ March 26, 2026   //   ]

The Digital Catapult innovation agency is to invest £500,000 in London-based startup Exabler to support the practical application of its cross-border trade solution and strengthen the UK’s supply chain resilience.

Founded in 2015, Exabler is an alumnus of Digital Catapult’s Digital Supply Chain Hub where it partnered with defence firms BAE Systems and Leonardo UK to develop a solution for the defence and security sector. its solution is also helping to transform trade in other highly regulated and complex sectors including logistics, pharmaceuticals and financial services, by using advanced analytics to help businesses reduce costs, improve efficiency and mitigate future supply chain disruptions. 

With international trade increasingly impacted by tariffs, supply chain setbacks and complex regulatory requirements, Exabler’s solution uses proprietary software to simplify processes and streamline trade operations. 

Its solution uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to optimise businesses’ supply chain performance in real-time, gathering extensive pre-trade and post-trade data from sources including the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) and global financial systems. It then provides actionable insights, detects and prioritises compliance and operational challenges, improves decision-making and response times, and ultimately drives industrial supply chain resilience. 

Exabler will use Digital Catapult’s £500,000 investment to grow its team and to meet demands for its solution. It says it has already had interest from companies in the European Union, in Asia Pacific, the Middle East and the US, with pilot schemes planned to further validate and demonstrate how the tool can be integrated successfully into larger businesses that have more stringent security requirements.  

It says its early successes include working with a top five global freight forwarder. 

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