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Originate locally
The local company sources the customer, completes sale, underwriting and executes the finance agreement.
Enabling cross-border aquaculture equipment finance
Capital that sees below the surface.
We purchase asset-backed equipment leases and instalment receivables outright from licensed local finance companies — giving our partners liquidity in days, so they can finance the next farm.
Aquatic animal foods supply at least 20% of the animal protein consumed by 3.1 billion people worldwide. Source: FAO, The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) 2026
$1.5T
Investment the sector requires by 2050 as demand outpaces supply
World Bank / WWF, upper estimate
$313B
The farmed sector today, after roughly 5% annual growth since 2000
Industry estimate
No.1
Aquaculture is now the world’s primary source of seafood protein, ahead of wild-capture fisheries
Sector milestone
What we do
We acquire performing aquaculture equipment receivables.
When a receivable meets our eligibility and underwriting criteria, we purchase it outright. Our partner receives liquidity and continues to manage the customer relationship, collections and enforcement under an agreed servicing arrangement.
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Sell the receivable
We purchase eligible receivables outright under a master receivables purchase agreement.
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Continue servicing
The local partner remains responsible for collections, customer management, reporting and enforcement.
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Recycle capital
Sale proceeds fund new transactions — the originator grows without carrying the full capital burden.
Eligibility, criteria and what we look for in an originator →
Who we serve
Two doors, one discipline.
For finance companies
Grow originations without raising new capital.
- Recycle capital faster — liquidity in days, not years
- Increase origination capacity without new shareholder capital
- Retain the customer relationship, servicing and enforcement
- Earn recurring origination, servicing and performance income
For equipment manufacturers
Sell more equipment into more markets.
- Give local partners a funding route for your equipment
- IoT telemetry keeps assets visible long after the sale
- Standardised eligibility criteria across markets
Risk management
How we protect capital.
- Disciplined receivable eligibility standards
- Customer and originator due diligence
- Conservative asset valuation
- Security perfection and enforceability
- Purchase-price holdbacks
- Ongoing servicing oversight
- Portfolio concentration limits
- Arrears and default triggers
- Recovery and repossession procedures
- Country, tax and repatriation analysis
One transaction, in practice
Illustrative
A $150k feeding-system lease, over 24 months.
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Day 0
A licensed originator writes a 24-month, asset-backed lease on automated feeding systems for an established shrimp farm.
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Week 2
The receivable meets programme criteria and is sold to Manta outright. The originator receives liquidity in days, not years.
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Ongoing
The originator continues servicing — collections, reporting, enforcement — earning agreed servicing income for the life of the lease.
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Next
The freed capital funds the next transaction, repeated under the agreed programme criteria.
Illustrative only — amounts, terms and timings vary by transaction and jurisdiction.
Why “Manta”
Filtering what others swim past.
The manta ray feeds by filtering what others swim past — slowly, deliberately, seeing below the surface. We underwrite the same way. Manta Holdings is a private company headquartered in Abu Dhabi, working alongside OEMs and licensed originators across South America, Southeast Asia and East Africa.
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Ciaron McKinley
Principal — Finance & Strategy
Two decades as a CEO in trading and agri-business investments, focused on value-chain redevelopment in global aquaculture. Leads Manta’s funding strategy, originator partnerships and programme structuring.
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Dr. Antonio Garza de Yta
Principal — Aquaculture & Markets
PhD in aquaculture; past President of the World Aquaculture Society, former Secretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture of Tamaulipas and former head of Mexico’s National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries (CONAPESCA). Three decades across production, policy and market development in Latin America, the Gulf and Asia.
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Dr. Daniel Penalosa
Principal — Bioeconomics & Marine Science
Aquaculture bioeconomist and author of An Introduction to Sustainable Aquaculture. Leads the bioeconomic modelling, satellite-imagery analytics and IoT telemetry behind Manta’s collateral monitoring; visiting professor at CICIMAR‑IPN, Mexico.
Contact
Begin with a quiet conversation.
If you originate aquaculture equipment finance — or build the equipment it finances — we would welcome the introduction. We reply within two business days.
contact@manta.investments