ARK Invest Tokenizes $1.3 Billion Venture Fund Through Securitize

Cathie Wood's ARK Invest has put its ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX) onchain through Securitize, making the roughly $1.3 billion vehicle the first ARK fund to be tokenized.

The actively managed fund holds stakes in private and public technology companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe and Databricks, according to The Block's report on September 24, 2026. ARKVX had approximately $1.3 billion in net assets under management, according to its website. The tokenized version will be available to eligible investors on Ethereum, with Securitize providing the infrastructure for issuance and investor access.

The move shifts the existing ARKVX investment strategy onto blockchain infrastructure. It does not change the underlying portfolio, which remains subject to change.

Wood, founder and CEO of ARK Invest, framed the launch as a test of her firm's broader thesis on market structure. "Tokenizing the ARK Venture Fund puts our conviction in the evolution, if not revolution, of capital markets into practice," Wood said. "Based on our research, tokenization has the potential to reshape fundamentally the way that investors access and participate in both private and public financial markets."

The launch deepens a partnership that began in October 2025, when ARK Invest made a strategic investment in Securitize aimed at advancing the adoption of tokenized securities, real-world assets and regulated investment products.

The two firms are already financially intertwined beyond that deal. When Securitize (SECZ) filed to go public via a $1.25 billion SPAC deal in 2025, ARK Invest was among its existing equity holders, alongside BlackRock, Blockchain Capital, Hamilton Lane, Jump Crypto and Morgan Stanley Investment Management.

Carlos Domingo, co-founder and CEO of Securitize, cast the tokenization as the logical extension of ARK's investment approach. "ARK has built its business around identifying transformative technologies early and then acting with conviction," Domingo said. "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."

The deal signals how tokenization platforms and established asset managers are converging on regulated onchain products, and ARK's decision to bring a flagship venture fund onchain — rather than launch a new tokenized vehicle — suggests incumbents now see blockchain rails as distribution and access infrastructure for existing strategies.