VivoPower holds a strategic reserve based on XRP.
Investors can access Ripple Labs shares and, in turn, XRP.
The South Korean company VivoPower, through its digital asset unit Vivo Federation, has established an alliance with the asset manager Lean Ventures to acquire $300 million in shares of the company Ripple Labs.
This investment will be made through a dedicated investment vehicle, managed by Lean Ventures, and represents exposure to approximately 450 million underlying XRP tokens, valued at about 868 million dollars at current market price, explains a statement.
The mechanism of this operation is key to understanding its structure. Since Ripple Labs is a private company (not publicly traded), Shares are purchased on the secondary market from other institutional investors. To mitigate risks and not commit own operating capital, VivoPower does not make the purchase in its name, but rather the dedicated investment vehicle raises funds from investors. Vivo Federation’s role is to originate and acquire these shares on behalf of the vehicle.
This structure allows VivoPower to gain economic exposure to the potential future value increase of Ripple Labs and XRP, mainly through management fees.
Following the announcement of the investment in Ripple Labs, VivoPower’s publicly traded shares saw a significant rise, rising from around $2.35 to $2.66 per share in current trading.
In addition to this alliance, VivoPower has already expressed a direct interest in the cryptocurrency by investing $121 million, from a private placement in May 2025, to create a strategic reserve based on XRP in its treasury, as reported by CriptoNoticias.
Lean Ventures has expressed its intention to scale investment in assets under management beyond the initial $300 million as part of this strategic alliance.