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Inveniam set to buy MANTRA in push to merge RWA infrastructure and AI private markets
According to Inveniam, the partnership has demonstrated its value through the successful deployment of NVNM Chain at production scale.
Inveniam Capital Partners, a fintech company focused on private-market asset data infrastructure, has agreed to acquire MANTRA, a layer 1 blockchain designed for the tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs), and its affiliated entities to expand its capabilities in digital private markets, the company said Tuesday.
The planned acquisition would bring together blockchain infrastructure and private-market data capabilities to support tokenized assets and AI-powered finance.
The move follows a $20 million investment Inveniam made in MANTRA in August 2025 and comes after the companies jointly launched NVNM Chain in May 2026. Built on MANTRA Chain, the layer 2 network is designed to provide a secure framework for verifying private-market asset data while keeping confidential information off-chain.
Inveniam Capital Partners CEO Patrick O’Meara said in a statement that the firm’s investment in MANTRA reflected its conviction that blockchain-based market infrastructure and AI-driven private market data should operate on the same technology stack.
“This acquisition positions us to be value additive to the global private markets ecosystem faster,” O’Meara stated. “This is what will allow our global ecosystem to deliver digital private markets to market operators, asset owners, and institutional private markets investors alongside global DeFi markets.”
Under the agreement, MANTRA’s brand, team and core products will continue its operations, including MANTRA Chain, the MANTRA token, MANTRA Finance and mantraUSD. The MANTRA community will also be incorporated into the Inveniam ecosystem.
“When you share the same conviction about where real world assets and AI are heading, and you’ve already proven you can build together, the question is, why keep the organizational boundary? We decided not to,” MANTRA CEO John Patrick Mullin commented on the deal.
The deal is expected to close during the third quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing requirements. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Before MANTRA, Inveniam acquired Storj Labs to bring decentralized cloud infrastructure technology to its growing platform for private-market data and AI-driven applications.