River One is an institutional platform that connects stablecoin capital with traditional asset-backed lending. It was founded in New York in 2025, incubated by Framework Ventures, with Maple Finance among its investors. The price was not disclosed; closing is expected this quarter.
Securitize puts the private asset-based finance market at around $6 trillion and the stablecoin market at around $321 billion. Carlos Domingo: “Credit is one of the most interesting emerging asset classes for blockchain-based financial markets”.
This acquisition will add institutional financing capabilities to Securitize’s tokenization infrastructure , creating new opportunities to finance real-world assets.
MIAMI , November 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Securitize Corp. (NYSE: SECZ), the leading platform for tokenized assets, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire River Credit Labs Inc. (“River One”), an institutional asset-backed financing platform developing technology to connect stablecoin capital with traditional lending markets.
This acquisition will add a new financing layer to the Securitize platform, expanding its capabilities to include asset-backed lending.
Upon closing, the acquisition will add a new financing layer to the Securitize platform, expanding its capabilities beyond the issuance and management of tokenized assets to include asset-backed lending. By combining Securitize’s tokenization infrastructure with River One’s warehouse financing technology, the companies aim to enable institutions to record financial assets on the blockchain and access financing against those assets through an integrated platform.
This transaction gives Securitize access to the $6 trillion global private asset-based finance market, where banks, private credit funds and specialty lenders provide capital to companies backed by portfolios of income-generating assets. River One focuses on delivering institutional-grade financing solutions to creditworthy borrowers, combining rigorous AI-driven risk analysis with flexible financing structures and access to new sources of capital.
The acquisition comes as the global stablecoin market has grown to approximately $321 billion, creating new opportunities to deploy digital capital into the real economy. At the same time, demand for asset-backed financing continues to rise, with KKR estimating that the global private asset-based finance market could grow from $6 trillion to $9.2 trillion by 2029.
“Credit is one of the most promising emerging asset classes for blockchain-based financial markets, and the acquisition of River One represents an important step in expanding our business in this area,” said Carlos Domingo, President and CEO of Securitize . “River One brings a talented team, deep expertise in asset-backed finance and blockchain technology that will enable us to participate in the loan origination and lending markets. This opens up a significant new addressable market for Securitize, with opportunities to offer higher-value services, generate additional revenue and achieve greater monetization across our platform.”
River One was incubated by Framework Ventures, with financial backing from Framework Ventures and Maple Finance.
Founded in New York in 2025, River One specializes in warehouse financing backed by portfolios of income-generating assets, including small business loans, receivables and other collateral. Warehouse financing services provide lenders and other loan originators with the capital needed to fund loans as they are originated.
River One’s platform integrates AI-powered origination and structuring capabilities, credit facility setup, borrowing base reporting, collateral monitoring and financing operations into a single system, giving lenders and borrowers a shared, real-time view of their financial positions. Its technology is designed to streamline the management of warehouse credit facilities, combining traditional credit underwriting and legal protections with blockchain-based financial infrastructure.
“Asset-backed finance is a fundamental part of the financial system, but the infrastructure supporting it has ample room for innovation,” said Braham Mehta, co-founder and CEO of River One . “We built River One to bring modern artificial intelligence, blockchain technology and new sources of capital to institutional lending, while maintaining the credit discipline and protections these markets require. Joining Securitize gives us the opportunity to bring this approach to a much broader market.”
River One is developing relationships with capital providers in the stablecoin ecosystem to support the financing of high-quality, income-generating assets. Its model is designed to maintain traditional credit underwriting standards and legal protections, including bankruptcy-remote special purpose vehicles, collateral requirements and continuous portfolio monitoring, while using blockchain technology to improve financing efficiency.
The acquisition is expected to expand Securitize’s addressable market and create additional revenue opportunities from institutional financing activity, connecting its existing tokenization infrastructure with River One’s lending capabilities.
The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.
About Securitize
Securitize Corp. (NYSE: SECZ), the leading tokenized asset platform with approximately $5 billion in assets under management as of September 2026, is bringing the world on-chain through tokenized funds in partnership with top-tier asset managers such as Apollo, BlackRock, BNY, Hamilton Lane, KKR, VanEck and others. It is the only company operating regulated digital securities infrastructure in both the U.S. and the EU, and has been named to the Forbes 2026 Fintech 50 and CNBC World’s Top Fintech Companies 2026 lists.
About River One
River One is a New York-based institutional asset-backed financing platform that connects stablecoin capital with traditional lending markets. Its technology enables the origination, structuring and management of warehouse credit facilities, including borrowing base reporting, collateral monitoring and financing operations, with the goal of expanding access to financing for financial institutions, fintech lenders and asset originators.
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