Cathie Wood's ARK teams with Securitize to tokenize venture fund with OpenAI, Anthropic stakes
Cathie Wood's ARK Invest has partnered with tokenization platform Securitize to bring a venture fund onto the blockchain, granting investors tokenized exposure to private stakes in artificial intelligence companies including OpenAI and Anthropic. The fund represents one of the more prominent institutional efforts to digitize access to high-profile private equity positions through blockchain-based infrastructure.
ARK Invest is known for its actively managed exchange-traded funds focused on disruptive innovation, while Securitize has established itself as a leading platform for real-world asset tokenization, having previously worked with BlackRock on its tokenized treasury fund. The collaboration reflects a broader industry trend of asset managers seeking to expand distribution and improve liquidity for traditionally illiquid private market investments through blockchain rails.
The move carries notable implications for the real-world asset tokenization sector, which has seen accelerating institutional interest over the past two years. By packaging stakes in marquee AI companies into a tokenized format, ARK and Securitize are testing whether blockchain-based structures can unlock retail and institutional demand for assets that have historically been accessible only to large venture capital and private equity investors.
Observers will be watching whether the fund attracts meaningful capital inflows and how regulators respond to the structure, as tokenized private funds continue to operate in an evolving compliance environment. The performance and reception of this product could influence how other asset managers approach similar offerings going forward.
Source: CoinDesk
