On September 24 local time, U.S. asset manager ARK Invest and tokenization company Securitize announced the tokenization of the ARK Venture Fund, or ARKVX. The fund was already available to retail investors from $500, and the new arrangement adds a route for investing with the dollar stablecoin USDC and holding the corresponding interest as a token in a digital wallet. ARK Invest made a strategic investment in Securitize in October 2025, and the companies described the tokenization as the next step in that relationship.
The ARK Venture Fund is an interval fund that invests in both private and publicly traded companies. Rather than allowing investors to withdraw funds whenever they choose, it repurchases investor shares at scheduled intervals and subject to limits. Its holdings include OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe, and Databricks. Securitize reported net assets of $1.3 billion as of June 30, with 62% invested in private companies.
The token is issued on Ethereum, with Securitize providing the issuance infrastructure and investor interface. Each token is backed by one share of the fund purchased by Securitize Markets and held at BNY Mellon. The actual fund share remains with the custodian, while the investor holds the corresponding token in a personal wallet.
The offering is currently available to U.S. investors. It is not restricted to accredited investors, but participants must complete identity and eligibility checks and register their wallets. The minimum initial investment is $500, and a 2% transaction fee is deducted from the amount paid in USDC before the balance is invested in the fund.
Investors seeking to exit must submit a request during quarterly redemption windows. According to the product information, the fund may repurchase up to 5% of its outstanding shares in a quarter. Requests are fulfilled in full when they remain within that limit, but if demand exceeds it, each investor receives only a pro rata portion. The repurchase price is based on the fund's per-share net asset value, reflecting its assets and liabilities.
Tokens may be transferred only between approved wallets belonging to investors who have passed the same eligibility review. Public-market trading and use as decentralized-finance collateral are not available at launch. Securitize said it plans to add features such as secondary trading if permitted by regulation, but it did not provide a launch date.