Miami, FL - Securitize, the world’s leading platform for tokenizing real-world assets with more than $4B+ in tokenized securities, today announced a strategic investment from ARK Invest, the investment management firm founded by Cathie Wood known for pioneering innovation-focused funds.
Through this investment, Securitize and ARK Invest aim to further advance institutional adoption of tokenized securities to expand access to regulated investment products, improve capital markets infrastructure, and unlock new forms of programmable ownership.
“Tokenization has reached an inflection point, with some of the largest asset managers and issuers in the world now bringing funds and equities onchain,” said Carlos Domingo, Co-founder and CEO of Securitize. “ARK Invest’s strategic investment reflects growing conviction among leading institutional investors that tokenization will fundamentally transform capital markets.”
Securitize’s prior investors include BlackRock, Hamilton Lane, Jump Crypto, Morgan Stanley, ParaFi Capital and Tradeweb Markets. This new investment from ARK reinforces the company’s position as the institutional leader in tokenization at the convergence of traditional finance and crypto-based capital markets.
To learn more about Securitize and its partnerships with leading asset managers and public companies, visit www.securitize.io.
About Securitize
Securitize, the world’s leader in tokenizing real-world assets with $4B+ AUM (as of May 2025), is bringing the world on-chain through tokenized funds in partnership with top-tier asset managers, such as Apollo, BlackRock, Hamilton Lane, KKR, VanEck and others. Securitize, through its subsidiaries, is a SEC-registered broker dealer, digital transfer agent, fund administrator and operator of a SEC-regulated Alternative Trading System (ATS). Securitize has also been recognized as a 2025 Forbes Top 50 Fintech company.
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Securitize Disclosures
Securities are offered through Securitize Markets, LLC, (“Securitize Markets”) a registered broker-dealer and member FINRA/SIPC. Securitize Markets, LLC, and Securitize Capital, an Exempt Reporting Adviser, are not involved in Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenization, a service provided by Securitize. Assets such as digital assets or tokens using blockchain, are speculative, involve a high degree of risk, are generally illiquid, may have no value, have limited regulatory certainty, are subject to potential market manipulation risks and may expose investors to loss of principal. Securitize, Inc. (Securitize) is a Delaware corporation. Securitize is a technology provider which, together with its affiliates, maintains an end-to-end web-based platform used by issuers for issuing securities, specifically including digital asset securities. Securitize is not a registered broker-dealer. Securitize, LLC is a transfer agent registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Securitize Markets also operates Securitize Markets ATS, an alternative trading system. Securitize Capital, LLC is an exempt reporting adviser filed with the State of Florida.