ARK Brings $1.3B Venture Fund Onchain Through Securitize
ARK Invest and Securitize are launching ARKVX as a tokenized security, making this ARK’s first fund to move onchain through Securitize. ARKVX is an actively managed closed-end interval fund focused on disruptive innovation, with exposure to private and public companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe and Databricks. Securitize will provide the tokenization infrastructure so fund interests can be issued, held and transferred onchain, while the underlying investment strategy and legal nature of the securities remain unchanged. The move does not make the private companies themselves tradable tokens; it tokenizes only the fund interest. The launch extends an existing ARK-Securitize relationship and reflects a broader trend among large asset managers testing blockchain rails for traditional financial products. Tokenization may improve administration and transferability, though it does not remove liquidity or eligibility constraints.
