ARK's Venture Strategy Goes Onchain, Bringing Investors Exposure to Leading Private and Public Tech Companies and Advancing ARK Invest's Partnership with Securitize

MIAMI, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- "ARK Invest, the disruptive innovation-focused investment manager founded by Cathie Wood, and Securitize Corp. $(SECZ)$, the world's leader in tokenized assets, announce the tokenization of the ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX) through Securitize."

This launch brings one of ARK's flagship investment strategies onchain and marks the next phase of a relationship built around a shared conviction that tokenization can modernize how investment products are accessed, owned, and managed.

The ARK Venture Fund is an actively managed closed-end interval fund that seeks long-term growth of capital by investing across private and public companies aligned with disruptive innovation. Its portfolio includes investments in leading technology and innovation companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe, and Databricks, among others. Through the tokenization of ARKVX, eligible investors accessing the Fund through Securitize can gain exposure to this actively managed portfolio through blockchain-based infrastructure. Fund holdings are subject to change.

"Tokenizing the ARK Venture Fund puts our conviction in the evolution, if not revolution, of capital markets into practice," said Cathie Wood, Founder, CEO and CIO of ARK Invest. "Based on our research, tokenization has the potential to reshape fundamentally the way that investors access and participate in both private and public financial markets. Making the ARK Venture Fund available onchain is a natural extension of our mission to democratize access to technologically enabled disruptive innovation. Because it has built the regulated infrastructure to help make that vision a reality, we are excited to partner with Securitize in taking this important step forward."

Upon release, tokenized ARKVX will be available on Ethereum, with Securitize providing the infrastructure supporting its onchain issuance and investor experience.

"ARK has built its business around identifying transformative technologies early and then acting with conviction," said Carlos Domingo, Co-Founder and CEO of Securitize. "ARK's strategic investment in Securitize reflected a shared belief in the potential for tokenization to transform capital markets, and today we are putting that conviction into practice. Bringing ARKVX onchain demonstrates how leading asset managers can use tokenization to move established investment products onto modern capital markets infrastructure."

ARK Invest's strategic investment in Securitize, announced in October 2025, laid the groundwork for this expanded collaboration. Through that investment, they committed to advancing institutional adoption of tokenized securities, broadening access to regulated investment products, and strengthening capital markets infrastructure.

Eligible investors can learn more about ARKVX and its availability through Securitize by visiting securitize.io/arkvx.

About ARK Invest

ARK Investment Management LLC is a federally registered investment adviser and privately held firm headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. Founded by Cathie Wood in 2014, ARK focuses solely on disruptive innovation, aiming to identify large-scale investment opportunities across artificial intelligence, robotics, energy storage, multiomic sequencing, blockchain technology, and beyond.

For more information regarding ARK's research and advisor services, please visit ark-invest.com. For more information about the ARK Venture Fund, visit ark-funds.com/funds/arkvx.

About Securitiz

Securitize (NYSE: SECZ), the leading platform for tokenized assets with approximately $5B in AUM (as of August 2026), is bringing the world onchain through tokenized funds in partnership with top-tier asset managers such as Apollo, BlackRock, BNY, Hamilton Lane, KKR, VanEck and others. It is the only company operating regulated digital-securities infrastructure in both the U.S. and EU, and has been named to the Forbes 2026 Fintech 50 and CNBC World's Top Fintech Companies 2026 lists.

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Disclosures:

The ARK Venture Fund is a non-diversified closed-end interval fund. An investment in the Fund involves risk, including possible loss of principal. The Fund's shares are not listed on a securities exchange, no secondary market is expected to develop, and shareholders may not be able to sell shares when desired. Liquidity is limited to periodic repurchase offers, which may be oversubscribed. Investors should carefully consider the Fund's investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses before investing. This and other information is contained in the Fund's prospectus, available at assets.ark-funds.com which should be read carefully before investing. Eligibility and other restrictions apply.

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