ARK Invest Tokenizes Its $1.3B Venture Fund Through Securitize on Ethereum

ARK Invest and Securitize announced on September 24 that the ARK Venture Fund, known as ARKVX, has been tokenized and made available to eligible investors on Ethereum. The move brings ARK Invest’s first fund onchain; ARKVX had approximately $1.3 billion in net assets, according to fund information cited by The Block.

Securitize is providing issuance and investor infrastructure for the tokenized fund. The launch follows an amended order issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission three days earlier, permitting the fund to offer shares with ownership recorded through distributed-ledger technology.

ARKVX becomes ARK Invest’s first onchain fund

ARK Invest and Securitize said on September 24 that ARKVX is available to eligible investors as a tokenized fund on Ethereum. Securitize will provide issuance and investor-facing infrastructure, according to the firms’ announcement.

The arrangement tokenizes ARKVX’s ownership and distribution infrastructure without changing its investment strategy or turning it into a separate crypto-focused portfolio; the fund remains in ARK Invest’s existing lineup.

With approximately $1.3 billion in net assets, ARK Venture Fund was ARK Invest’s first fund brought onchain, according to information cited by The Block.

Ownership infrastructure, not a new venture mandate

ARKVX is an actively managed, closed-end interval fund that invests in private and public technology companies. Its portfolio includes OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe and Databricks.

According to the announcement, tokenization does not alter the fund’s underlying investment strategy: investors receive tokenized shares in the existing fund structure. The change concerns ownership recordkeeping and distribution, with blockchain technology used for shares made available to eligible investors on Ethereum; ARKVX remains a closed-end interval fund.

The announcement specifies that the offering is limited to eligible investors, not an unrestricted public offering of ARKVX tokens or a change in the fund’s investment objective.

SEC order permits tokenized shares and regulated venues

On September 21, the SEC issued an amended order for ARK Venture Fund. The order permits tokenized shares whose ownership is recorded using distributed-ledger technology and provides for trading through regulated alternative trading systems, or ATSs, and other quotation venues.

ARKVX remains a venture fund rather than a cryptocurrency fund. The order’s stated relevance is narrower: it permits the fund’s shares to be represented through distributed-ledger technology under its terms, creating the regulatory route for the Ethereum-based structure announced days later.

Securitize issues the tokenized shares and supports investors. ARK’s announcement makes the offering available to eligible investors but supplies no further details on trading activity, venue availability or participation. Accordingly, the launch should not be read as an unrestricted public offering or as a change in the fund’s investment objective.

ARK’s Securitize investment preceded the launch

ARK Invest’s strategic investment in Securitize, announced in October 2025, came before the ARKVX launch and helped establish the partnership behind it, according to the companies’ September announcement. Securitize now provides issuance and investor infrastructure for ARK’s first onchain fund.

That relationship carries into a specific product rather than introducing a new provider alongside the tokenization. ARKVX remains an actively managed portfolio of private and public technology companies; its ownership is tokenized on Ethereum, while the underlying strategy is unchanged.

With approximately $1.3 billion in net assets, according to fund information cited by The Block, ARK Venture Fund is ARK Invest’s first fund brought onchain.

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