Confirmed orders shouldn’t mean a 90-day wait.
IronLion is South Africa's verified marketplace for business working capital.
Businesses holding a signed order get matched with investors who fund the deal directly: one deal, one private agreement, at a time. Every business is verified before a deal goes live.
Verified deal
VerifiedThandeka Steel Projects (Pty) Ltd
Steel fabrication · Gauteng
- Identity
- Verified
- Business + Director
- Verified
- Bank & cash flow
- Verified
- Buyer payment history
- 6+ found
Verification powered by
- Datanamix
- Smile ID
- Stitch
- CIPC
- Home Affairs
The problem
The order is real. The cash is 60 days away.
A signed purchase order is one of the strongest assets a small business can hold, yet banks move slowly and buyers pay late. The gap in between is where good businesses stall.
Day 0
You win the order
A credible buyer signs. The revenue is agreed. On paper, this is the best day of the quarter.
Day 1
The costs start now
Stock, materials, staff, transport: delivery has to be funded long before the buyer pays a cent.
Day 60
The buyer finally pays
Standard terms in South Africa run 30–90 days. Many businesses decline good orders because they can't bridge the wait.
How it works
One deal at a time. Both sides in control.
Businesses get verified
Identity, business and financial checks, completed before anything is listed.
A real deal is listed
A confirmed order, its documents and its Trust Score go live on the marketplace.
An investor funds it
The investor chooses the deal, agrees terms directly, and funds the business, not us.
Both sides profit
The deal completes, the buyer pays, and the agreed profit share is settled between the parties.
Verification is the product
Every business is verified at three levels before a deal goes live.
Not self-declared. Checked against independent sources, with the business’s consent.
Level 1 · Identity
The director is a real, verified person: ID checked against Home Affairs records with biometric matching.
Level 2 · Business
The company is registered and in good standing at CIPC, and the person you're dealing with is actually its director.
Level 3 · Financial
Bank account ownership and real cash flow, verified through open banking, not screenshots or PDFs.
The signal no one else can offer
When a deal rests on a buyer’s order, we can verify previous payments from that buyer in the business’s actual bank statements. You see whether this buyer has really paid before, and how often.
Why the model is clean
We introduce. We never touch the money.
Not a lender
IronLion never lends money. Funding flows directly from investor to business under their own private agreement.
Not an advisor
We never recommend deals. We present verified facts; you choose every deal; the decision is yours.
Not a fund
We never pool, hold or manage anyone’s money. There is no fund, no portfolio, no discretion, only introductions.
Backed by Helion Group
IronLion is built and backed by Helion Group: long-term operators, not a fly-by-night platform.
For business
You have the order. Get it funded in days.
Get verified once, list your confirmed deal, and let ready investors come to you. One flat fee, only when your deal is funded.
For investors
Back real deals you can actually verify.
Browse verified businesses with confirmed orders, choose the deals that make sense to you, and fund them directly. No platform fee to invest.
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