ARK Invest, led by founder, CEO, and CIO Cathie Wood, has tokenized the ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX), a roughly $1.3 billion actively managed interval fund, through Securitize on Ethereum, with plans to expand to other blockchains. The fund holds stakes in private and public companies tied to disruptive innovation, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe, and Databricks, with eligible investors able to access tokenized fund interests starting at a $500 minimum; the tokens represent fund-level exposure rather than direct ownership in portfolio companies. The main objective is to widen access to technology-focused investment products through RWA tokenization, building on ARK’s October 2025 strategic investment in Securitize and a September 21 SEC order permitting the fund to offer a tokenized share class. Key players include Cathie Wood, who said tokenization “has the potential to reshape fundamentally the way that investors access and participate in both private and public financial markets,” and Securitize, which provides the regulated infrastructure for on-chain issuance and the investor experience.

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest Launches Tokenized Venture Fund on Ethereum