ARK Invest Tokenizes $1.3B Venture Fund Through Securitize

ARK Invest has brought its $1.3 billion ARK Venture Fund onchain through Securitize, marking the first time the firm has tokenized one of its funds. Eligible investors will access the fund on Ethereum through Securitize's issuance and onboarding infrastructure.

The tokenized wrapper does not change what ARKVX holds. The actively managed fund continues to invest in private and public technology companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe and Databricks, per its website. Tokenization adds a blockchain-based share class on top of that existing portfolio, which ARK notes is subject to change.

What stays the same, what changes

The portfolio stays put: ARKVX keeps its mix of public and private tech bets. What changes is how investors hold and settle exposure. Securitize provides the rails for issuing shares and onboarding eligible investors on Ethereum, where the tokenized fund will trade.

Cathie Wood, ARK's founder and CEO, framed the launch as a conviction bet. "Tokenizing the ARK Venture Fund puts our conviction in the evolution, if not revolution, of capital markets into practice," she said. Wood added that ARK's research sees tokenization reshaping how investors access both private and public markets.

Carlos Domingo, Securitize's co-founder and CEO, took the same line. "ARK's strategic investment in Securitize reflected a shared belief in the potential for tokenization to transform capital markets, and today we are putting that conviction into practice," he said.

A partnership that goes back a year

The launch extends a relationship that began when ARK Invest took a strategic stake in Securitize in October 2025, with the stated aim of pushing tokenized securities, real-world assets and regulated investment products forward.

Securitize's cap table already runs through some familiar names. When the firm filed to go public via a $1.25 billion SPAC deal in 2025, ARK was listed among existing equity holders alongside BlackRock, Blockchain Capital, Hamilton Lane, Jump Crypto and Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Whether that SPAC has closed, and whether SECZ trades publicly, is not confirmed.

What remains undisclosed

Several details matter to anyone considering the fund. The token's ticker, Ethereum contract address and exact distribution mechanics have not been published. The reporting does not include the minimum investment, accreditation or KYC thresholds, lock-up periods, or whether management fees and carry change for the tokenized share class. The announcement was published September 24, 2026; a specific date for opening investor access is not confirmed.