Mintus

Mintus is a London-based investment platform founded in 2021 by investment banking veteran Tamer Ozmen. The company targets accredited U.S. and U.K. investors who want access to investment-grade modern and contemporary art — including works by artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Banksy, and George Condo — without the $1M+ check sizes typically required to acquire such pieces directly at auction or through private galleries. Mintus structures each artwork as an LLC (in the U.S.) or limited partnership (in the U.K.), and investors purchase equity shares in the entity that owns the underlying painting. As of early 2026, the platform has launched approximately 12–15 funded offerings with minimums starting around $10,000 per deal.

The platform's investment thesis rests on two macro trends: the historical outperformance of blue-chip contemporary art relative to traditional asset classes over multi-decade holding periods, and the inefficiency of the private art market, which creates opportunities for strategic acquisition at below-auction-estimate prices. Mintus handles all operational aspects — acquisition, authentication, insurance, storage in climate-controlled vaults, and eventual sale — and distributes proceeds pro-rata to investors upon liquidation. Target hold periods range from 3 to 7 years, during which there is no dividend or income component; returns are entirely from the eventual sale of the artwork.