G42-affiliated Inveniam purchases Hedgehog, a firm specializing in the tokenization of private market assets.
Inveniam, a leading private market data firm specializing in tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), is undergoing a significant strategic expansion following the acquisition of Hedgehog and substantial backing, including from G42. This move aims to create an institutional-grade, AI-powered, regulated ecosystem for tokenized RWAs.
The acquisition of Hedgehog, a white label investment solution for tokenized RWAs, is a major step towards Inveniam's vision of providing a solution for structuring, trading, and distributing private assets beyond just data. The integration of Hedgehog's infrastructure tools is expected to scale Inveniam's business more quickly and build the rails for digital, crypto, and cloud-based trading of alternative asset classes globally.
Inveniam, founded in 2017, generates real-time data for private assets like real estate, private equity, private credit, and infrastructure. The volume of assets on its platform is nearly $65 billion. The firm has been using blockchain to store data for several years.
Fund administrator Apex led one of Inveniam's earlier funding rounds and integrated its data with its administration platform. Cushman & Wakefield, a real estate firm, is another major backer of Inveniam. The integration allows Inveniam to leverage Hedgehog's multidisciplinary team with deep expertise in private markets, technology development, and blockchain solutions.
Inveniam's latest strategic move is a $20 million investment into MANTRA, a Layer-1 blockchain focused on regulated RWA tokenization. This partnership integrates Inveniam’s proprietary decentralized data infrastructure and AI Agent Suite with MANTRA's regulated Web3 blockchain infrastructure. The collaboration aims to enable private market assets to participate in decentralized finance (DeFi) and institutional capital markets with features like real-time asset reporting, surveillance, composable compliance, and agentic AI-driven operations.
This partnership marks a turnaround for MANTRA following a prior token crisis and reflects a focus on regulatory clarity and institutional access, primarily anchored in UAE and US jurisdictions. The partnership is expected to scale Total Value Locked (TVL) and transaction throughput on MANTRA Chain to capitalize on the expanding private RWA market, which Inveniam projects could grow from $275 billion today to $18.9 trillion by 2033.
Inveniam's Chairman and CEO, Patrick O'Meara, stated that the acquisition is about foundational transformation, not incremental efficiency. Hedgehog shares a similar vision with Inveniam regarding the tokenization of private assets and distribution to private investors. The deal was agreed upon late last year and was announced yesterday.
This strategic expansion positions Inveniam at the forefront of tokenized private market asset infrastructure with a clear focus on regulation, data sovereignty, and AI-enabled compliance. The firm's future plans include building an institutional-grade, AI-powered, regulated ecosystem for tokenized RWAs, increasing market adoption, TVL, and product offerings. The substantial funding and support from G42 underpins these strategic initiatives and geographic presence.
[1] Inveniam Press Release - https://www.inveniam.co/press-releases [2] MANTRA Press Release - https://mantra.network/press-releases [3] Cointelegraph Article - https://cointelegraph.com/news/inveniam-invests-20-million-in-mantra-to-build-regulated-real-world-asset-ecosystem [4] MANTRA CEO Statement - https://twitter.com/MANTRA_Network/status/1361800870413835264 [5] Inveniam's Data Offering - https://www.inveniam.co/data-offering
- Inveniam's strategic expansion, via the acquisition of Hedgehog and a subsequent investment in MANTRA, aims to establish an institutional-grade, AI-powered, regulated ecosystem for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), offering insights into private market assets like real estate, private equity, private credit, and infrastructure.
- The integration of Hedgehog's infrastructure tools with Inveniam's technology and blockchain solutions is expected to scale the business more quickly, enabling digital, crypto, and cloud-based trading of alternative asset classes globally.
- Inveniam's collaboration with MANTRA, a Layer-1 blockchain focused on regulated RWA tokenization, aims to enable private market assets to participate in decentralized finance (DeFi) and institutional capital markets, providing features like real-time asset reporting, surveillance, composable compliance, and agentic AI-driven operations.
