Securitize brings ARK Venture Fund onchain for retail investor access

Securitize and ARK Invest have partnered to bring the ARK Venture Fund onchain, creating a tokenized share class that gives retail investors access to a portfolio packed with some of the most coveted private tech companies on the planet. We’re talking OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe, and Databricks, the kind of names that used to require a country club membership or a very large wire transfer to get near. The tokenized version of ARKVX will launch on Ethereum, with Securitize handling the full onchain infrastructure for compliance, issuance, and investor relations. Plans to expand to additional blockchain networks are already in the works. What the SEC blessed and what it means This didn’t happen without the regulator’s stamp. The SEC granted exemptive relief between September 21-23, allowing ARK to introduce a tokenized share class alongside its traditional shares. The approval comes with conditions: daily net asset value reporting and transfer restrictions limited to approved wallets and trading platforms. The structure is clever in a specific way. The underlying assets, your OpenAIs and Anthropics, remain private and offchain. What gets tokenized is the fund interest itself, the wrapp...