Sean De Clercq is the CEO of Kickfurther. The world’s first online inventory funding platform. Throughout his entrepreneurial career, Sean’s driving goal has been to create a solution to one of the most challenging problems that growing businesses face: Overcoming funding the production of their inventory. Fittingly, Sean started Kickfurther to support inventory for direct-to-consumer and major store brands such as Target, Amazon, Aldi, and more. A native of Watchung, New Jersey, De Clercq studied philosophy at Rutgers University before. Beginning his career in a supply-chain management company and later growing a merchandising firm where he encountered the financing issues that would inspire founding Kickfurther, which took him to Boulder in 2014 to attend the Boomtown Accelerator. In addition to running Kickfurther, Sean also works as an Entrepreneur Mentor at Rutgers Business School.

With Kickfurther, your payment obligation only begins once your sales are made. This alleviates the cash-flow pinch that lenders cause without customized repayment schedules. Free up capital to invest in scaling your business without impeding your ability to maintain inventory.