Inveniam Acquires Swarm Markets to Accelerate $20T Private Market Tokenisation - Crypto Economy

TL;DR

• Inveniam acquired Swarm Markets and created a direct integration between an institutional data platform and a regulated marketplace for tokenized assets.
• The deal will close in the first quarter of 2026 and will keep Swarm operating as an independent entity.
• The merger combines a verifiable data system for valuing private portfolios with a regulated execution and trading infrastructure.

Inveniam acquired Swarm Markets and unified an institutional data platform with a regulated market for tokenized assets.

The deal will close in the first quarter of 2026 and will keep Swarm as an independent brand that will expand its offering of tokenized stocks, bonds, ETFs, and gold, while adding new on-chain lending features for institutions and DeFi protocols.


Connecting Institutional Capital with the DeFi Market

The acquisition integrates two layers that asset managers, banks, and credit funds need to operate digital assets at scale: a verifiable data system for valuing private portfolios and a regulated execution infrastructure capable of moving those assets across public networks. Swarm will contribute its platform for listing tokenized public securities and its dOTC market for decentralized trading, while Inveniam will add its technology that authenticates private-asset data representing more than $200B anchored to the blockchain for banks and sovereign wealth funds.

Both companies plan to use this stack to improve institutional access to private markets, where the lack of structured data, fragmented valuations, and operational friction have limited digitalization for years. With Inveniam’s data integrated into smart contracts and Swarm’s regulated liquidity, the group is preparing markets that can tokenize interval funds, unicorn equity, venture-capital portfolios, real estate, and private credit in a format usable by custodians, asset managers, and market makers.


Swarm and Inveniam Will Build Infrastructure for AI Agents

The plan includes a second objective: creating infrastructure designed for AI agents. The group will develop a framework where assets are machine-readable, backed by verified valuations, and capable of triggering programmable functions in real time. With that foundation, an agent will be able to review valuation metrics, activate loans, adjust exposure, and execute trades in public and private markets without relying on manual processes.

Swarm will remain focused on public markets, with an immediate priority of launching lending markets backed by regulated tokenized securities. The goal is to enable institutions and protocols to accept tokenized stocks, bond ETFs, and commodities as collateral in a scalable model that connects DeFi with institutional capital