ARK Invest to Tokenize $1.3 Billion Venture Fund Through Securitize

ARK Invest is moving ownership interests in its ARK Venture Fund onchain through Securitize, marking a significant expansion of tokenization into private-market investing. The initiative will apply blockchain infrastructure to the fund’s existing ownership and administrative processes rather than create a new cryptocurrency investment vehicle.

Tokenizing the Fund Interest

The ARK Venture Fund, identified by the ticker ARKVX, is an actively managed closed-end interval fund focused on companies developing disruptive technologies. The fund has roughly $1.3 billion in assets and holds exposure to private and public technology companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe and Databricks.

Under the arrangement, Securitize will provide the infrastructure to represent and administer fund interests onchain. The fund’s underlying investment strategy will remain unchanged.

The tokenization applies to ownership interests in ARKVX—not to the private companies held by the fund. It also does not mean ARK Invest is launching a cryptocurrency or that the fund interests will become freely tradable digital assets.

Tokenization can change how securities are issued, recorded, held and transferred while leaving their underlying legal structure intact. Investor eligibility requirements, transfer restrictions and liquidity limitations may continue to apply.

ARK and Securitize Expand Their Partnership

The initiative follows ARK Invest’s strategic investment in Securitize in 2025. It also comes as major asset managers explore blockchain-based infrastructure for traditional investment products.

BlackRock’s BUIDL fund has become one of the most prominent examples of a tokenized fund. Franklin Templeton and WisdomTree have also expanded their offerings in the sector, contributing to broader adoption of blockchain-based fund administration.

ARKVX extends that trend into venture capital, where ownership records, subscriptions and transfers have traditionally relied on slower and more fragmented systems. Tokenized fund interests may allow certain administrative processes to become more programmable and transparent, although they do not automatically create secondary-market liquidity.

Tokenization Moves Into Venture Capital

ARKVX is ARK Invest’s first fund to move onchain through Securitize. The launch provides a test of whether tokenization can support the operational infrastructure of mainstream private-market investment products.

Rather than altering the fund’s portfolio or investment mandate, the initiative focuses on how investors’ interests are recorded and managed. Its significance lies in applying tokenization to an established venture strategy with substantial assets, rather than using blockchain to launch a standalone crypto fund.

As asset managers continue evaluating digital securities, the ARK-Securitize partnership highlights a growing use case for blockchain technology in traditional finance: modernizing the administration of existing financial products.

Source: Securitize