Inveniam to acquire MANTRA, combining tokenized asset infrastructure with AI-ready private market data

Inveniam Capital Partners announces acquisition of MANTRA and expansion of institutional blockchain infrastructure.

Inveniam Capital Partners today announced plans to acquire MANTRA and its affiliated entities in a transaction expected to close by June 30, 2026. The agreement follows a$20 million strategic investment Inveniam made in MANTRA in August 2025. 

The tandem collaborated closely on the May 13th launch of the NVNM Chain, a purpose-built Layer 2 blockchain on MANTRA Chain. The unique technology anchors cryptographic proofs of private market asset data for institutional finance and AI-driven systems.

Inveniam’s August 2025 investment was a directional bet. AI and RWA tokenization are converging, and the infrastructure layer connecting them does not yet exist at scale. Building NVNM Chain together was the test of that thesis. NVNM Chain provides its users an incorruptible digital source of truth that keeps sensitive information off-chain. It inherits security from MANTRA Chain through Interchain Security, giving AI systems and institutional counterparties a verifiable record of asset provenance without accessing confidential data rooms. NVNM Chain’s mainnet genesis block launched May 13th, 2026, proving technical compatibility at production scale. The acquisition announced today follows from that proof.

Patrick O’Meara, Chairman and CEO of Inveniam Capital Partners, said the firm initially invested in MANTRA because it believed regulated blockchain infrastructure and AI-ready private market data should operate on the same technological stack. He added that the jointly developed NVNM Chain Layer 2 further strengthens this approach, positioning the company to more quickly deliver value across global private markets. 

O’Meara also noted that the acquisition supports Inveniam’s broader goal of enabling a digital private markets ecosystem for market operators, asset owners, and institutional investors, while integrating with global DeFi markets.

The MANTRA brand remains a key focus of the combined entity, and the MANTRA team will continue operating under Inveniam’s ownership. MANTRA Chain, its native gas token MANTRA, MANTRA Finance, and mantraUSD remain the core infrastructure pillars of the combined entity. The acquisition formalizes an integration that has already been underway at the operational level since late 2025.

The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in Q3 2026. Financial terms are not disclosed.

Commenting on the development, John Patrick Mullin, CEO of MANTRA, said that MANTRA and Inveniam Capital Partners have been building their partnership since Inveniam’s strategic investment the previous year. He stated that both companies share a strong conviction about the future of real-world assets and artificial intelligence, and having already demonstrated successful collaboration, they questioned the need to maintain separate organizational boundaries.