ARK Invest tokenizes $1.3 billion ARK Venture Fund through Securitize

ARK Venture Fund moves onto Ethereum through Securitize

ARK Invest is putting its ARK Venture Fund, ticker ARKVX, onto a blockchain with help from Securitize, a company that builds the infrastructure for issuing and accessing digital securities. It is the first ARK fund to be brought onchain, according to The Block.

Tokenization means turning a traditional asset, such as a share in a fund, into a digital token recorded on a blockchain, which is a shared digital ledger. The tokenized version will be available to eligible investors on Ethereum, a blockchain network. Securitize is providing the infrastructure for issuing the tokens and for investor access.

ARKVX is an actively managed fund that invests in private and public technology companies. Its holdings include OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe and Databricks, and they can change. The fund had about $1.3 billion in net assets under management, according to its website.

Key facts about the launch

• ARK Invest is tokenizing the ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX) through Securitize.
• The move is the first time an ARK fund has been brought onchain, per the report.
• The tokenized fund is available to eligible investors on Ethereum.
• ARKVX held roughly $1.3 billion in net assets, according to its website.
• The existing investment strategy is being placed on blockchain infrastructure rather than changed, though the underlying portfolio is subject to change.

What Cathie Wood and Securitize's CEO said

Cathie Wood, founder and CEO of ARK Invest, described the step as putting the company's belief about capital markets into practice and said ARK's research suggests tokenization could reshape how investors take part in private and public financial markets. That is ARK's stated view, not a confirmed outcome.

Carlos Domingo, co-founder and CEO of Securitize, said ARK's earlier investment in Securitize reflected a shared belief in tokenization's potential to change capital markets, and that the two firms are now acting on that belief.

How the ARK and Securitize partnership began

The launch builds on a partnership that started with a strategic investment by ARK Invest in Securitize in October 2025. The stated aim of that investment was to advance the use of tokenized securities, real-world assets and regulated investment products.

When Securitize filed to go public through a $1.25 billion SPAC deal in 2025, ARK Invest was among its existing equity holders, along with BlackRock, Blockchain Capital, Hamilton Lane, Jump Crypto and Morgan Stanley Investment Management.

What is confirmed

ARK Invest is tokenizing ARKVX through Securitize, the tokenized version is available to eligible investors on Ethereum, and the fund's assets were about $1.3 billion according to its website. The partnership between the two firms dates back to ARK's October 2025 investment in Securitize, and ARK was an existing Securitize equity holder at the time of its 2025 SPAC filing.

What is still unclear

The source material does not say when the tokenized fund launches, what requirements investors must meet to qualify as eligible, how the tokens can be bought, held or sold after issuance, or which ARK funds might follow. It also does not state whether the tokenized version changes the fees, liquidity or shareholder rights attached to the fund.

Why this is being watched

Fund tokenization is closely followed because it tests whether established investment products can be issued and accessed using blockchain infrastructure. In this case, ARK is not creating a new fund, but moving an existing strategy onto that infrastructure, and the two companies frame the effort as part of a wider push toward tokenized securities and real-world assets.

Sources

• The Block
• Securitize press release (linked from The Block article)

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