Inveniam MANTRA acquisition moves forward as Inveniam Capital Partners plans to acquire the MANTRA blockchain project and affiliated entities for an undisclosed amount.
The company said transaction is expected to close by June 30, 2026, while deal timing points to Q3 2026 pending customary conditions.
Inveniam expands private market data stack
Inveniam operates the Inveniam IO platform, which has credentialed more than $200 billion in private market assets. The acquisition extends its push into digital asset rails amid demand for institutional private market data infrastructure and regulated blockchain systems.
MANTRA has reworked itself since 2025 as an EVM compatible Layer 1 blockchain built for real world assets.
The RWA market is estimated at $34 billion, according to rwa.xyz data. MANTRA cites native compliance features and a Virtual Asset Service Provider license from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority, covering exchange, broker-dealer, management, and investment services.
MANTRA partnership deepens after investment
The proposed deal follows collaboration between the companies. Inveniam invested $20 million in MANTRA in August 2025, after the project suffered a 90% price crash in April that damaged market confidence and erased millions in leveraged positions.
“Inveniam and MANTRA have been building toward this since Inveniam’s strategic investment last August.
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.” – John Patrick Mullin, CEO, MANTRA
That cooperation supported the May 13 launch of NVNM Chain, a Layer 2 blockchain built on MANTRA Chain.
According to official documentation, NVNM Chain anchors cryptographic proofs of private market asset data for institutional finance and AI driven systems.
MANTRA Chain and token remain unchanged
Inveniam said MANTRA Chain, native gas token $MANTRA, MANTRA Finance, mantraUSD, the MANTRA brand, and team will move into the new entity.
The company said the chain, token, and wider ecosystem will not be affected, and no job losses or team cuts are expected.
“We initially invested in MANTRA because we believed regulated blockchain infrastructure and AI-ready private market data belonged on the same stack. NVNM Chain, the Layer 2 we built together, adds to this proposition.
This acquisition positions us to be value additive to the global private markets ecosystem faster. 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.” – Patrick O’Meara, Chairman & CEO of Inveniam Capital Partners
MANTRA CEO Mullin called 2026 “the most challenging year MANTRA has faced for a multitude of reasons.” MANTRA traded at $0.008088 on announcement day, rising daily and gaining more than 12% over the past week.
