Securitize and ARK Invest have partnered to launch a tokenized share class of the ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX) on the Ethereum blockchain. This initiative allows retail investors to gain exposure to private companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe, and Databricks, through blockchain-native representations of fund interests.
The SEC granted exemptive relief for this structure between September 21 and September 23. The approval requires daily reporting of net asset value and restricts transfers to approved digital wallets and trading platforms. While the fund interests are tokenized, the underlying company assets remain offchain.
Securitize manages the onchain infrastructure, covering compliance, token issuance, and investor relations. The company plans to expand the tokenized offering to additional blockchain networks in the future. ARK Invest previously invested $10 million in Securitize in 2025.
By late September 2025, Securitize had become the eighth-largest holding within the ARK Venture Fund. This partnership builds on the fund's existing model of providing access to private market assets, further lowering barriers for non-accredited investors through tokenization.
