ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX), tokenized by Securitize

Research and shelf status are on the memo: ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX), tokenized by Securitize Adverse research finding

Who may buy, hold, transfer, and redeem

Each answer rests on the issuer’s own words, quoted from the document named under it. Ketju re-reads each document and records whether the words are still there. Where the documents say nothing, the row says so.

What the holder owns

A claim on Class D shares of the fund that Securitize Markets, a broker-dealer, bought and holds at BNY Mellon; the holder is not on the fund’s shareholder list.

“Each token is backed 1:1 by ARK Venture Fund shares that Securitize Markets buys and holds in custody at BNY Mellon. Your token is an entitlement to that underlying position, and the tokens outstanding are continuously reconciled against the shares held in custody, so what you hold onchain always corresponds to real fund shares.”

Securitize: ARKVX, ARK Venture Fund tokenized (securitize.io/arkvx; the page is an app whose copy ships in the bundle main.9eec3a48.js, read 2026-09-25) · FAQ, How do I know my token is really backed by real fund shares? · words found 2026-09-25

Who may hold it

US investors of any wealth or income, after Securitize verifies them.

“The token is currently offered to US investors only.”

Securitize: ARKVX, ARK Venture Fund tokenized (securitize.io/arkvx; the page is an app whose copy ships in the bundle main.9eec3a48.js, read 2026-09-25) · FAQ, Is this available in the US? Who can invest? · words found 2026-09-25

First purchase minimum

$500 for the first investment and $5 after, with 2% taken from each deposit before it is priced.

“The minimum for your first investment is $500, funded from a wallet you have whitelisted. A 2% transaction fee is deducted from your deposit, so the amount that gets priced into your units is your deposit after the fee.”

Securitize: ARKVX, ARK Venture Fund tokenized (securitize.io/arkvx; the page is an app whose copy ships in the bundle main.9eec3a48.js, read 2026-09-25) · FAQ, What is the minimum investment for the ARK Venture Fund? · words found 2026-09-25

Who it may be transferred to

Only to another wallet Securitize has approved; no public market at launch.

“You can transfer it peer-to-peer, but only to another verified investor who has cleared the same eligibility checks. The token can only move between approved wallets. Open trading on public marketplaces isn’t available at launch.”

Securitize: ARKVX, ARK Venture Fund tokenized (securitize.io/arkvx; the page is an app whose copy ships in the bundle main.9eec3a48.js, read 2026-09-25) · FAQ, Can I send it to someone else, or only trade through Securitize? · words found 2026-09-25

How a holder redeems

Through the fund’s quarterly offer for 5% of its shares, prorated when oversubscribed, paid within seven calendar days of the pricing date.

“The Fund expects to distribute repurchase proceeds in cash to shareholders between one and three business days and will distribute such repurchase payments no later than seven calendar days after each Repurchase Pricing Date.”

SEC EDGAR: ARK Venture Fund, notification of quarterly repurchase offer, Form N-23C3A (2026-09-02) · Repurchase Offer Terms, 5. Payment for Shares Repurchased · words found 2026-09-25

Who keeps the official record

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing keeps the fund’s shareholder list; Securitize Markets is the shareholder on it, and the token records the holder’s claim on Securitize Markets.

“BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc., located at 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286, serves as the Fund’s transfer agent (“Transfer Agent”) pursuant to a transfer agency and service agreement.”

SEC EDGAR: ARK Venture Fund, prospectus and statement of additional information, Form N-2 post-effective amendment No. 4 (2025-10-27) · Management of the Fund, Administrator, Custodian and Transfer Agent · words found 2026-09-25

What the issuer says it can freeze or take back

Securitize says its contracts can seize or burn tokens; on chain, one key owns the token and one key owns the wallet registrar that blacklists and locks wallets.

“While Securitize’s smart contracts provide mechanisms to seize or burn tokens to remediate these situations, such incidents could lead to temporary imbalances, customer disputes, or reputational harm.”

SEC EDGAR: Securitize Corp. (Securitize Holdings) prospectus, Form 424(b)(3), 7 August 2026 · Risk Factors, token minting and allocation errors · words found 2026-09-25

The transfer agent’s SEC record

A transfer agent registers with the SEC on Form TA-1 and reports each year on Form TA-2: how many securityholder accounts it keeps and for how many issues it keeps the master securityholder file, the list that says who owns each share.

Who can change the record

Powers read from the deployed contracts and their verified source: the token and every contract it consults on transfer. A power recorded here is the issuer’s ability, not evidence it has been used.

Who holds the keys

Every current holder of each power, read from the chain on 2026-09-25. A single key is one private key: whoever holds it acts alone. A multisig needs the stated number of signers. A timelock makes every action wait, so holders can see it coming.

Where it trades

How it exits

Reopen conditions: events that change an answer above
• The fund registers a Tokenized Class under the SEC order and Securitize moves ARKVX holders onto the fund’s own shareholder record; the file is then re-read as issuer-direct
• The owner key 0x59c1…76ee, the wallet registrar owner 0x62c8…50f3, the blacklist or lock manager, or the proxy target of the Ethereum contract changes
• Securitize changes the 2% transaction fee, the $500 minimum, the US-only rule, or opens the token to ATS or DeFi trading
• Securitize redeploys its site bundle (the copy quoted here moves to a new file name), or its page stops saying the token is an entitlement to shares held at BNY Mellon
• The fund prorates a quarterly repurchase, offers less than 5%, or pays later than seven calendar days

What the monitor reads daily

Every control function in the table above and the contracts the token consults on transfer; the token’s on-chain supply against yesterday’s; and its market quote against yesterday’s quote, since a fund of this kind accrues a few basis points a day. Every document quoted above is re-read too, and a quote that leaves its document reopens the file. EDGAR is read for the transfer agent’s registration; a new filing reopens the file. A key that appears, disappears, or changes shape counts as a change only when the chain’s own log shows the grant, revocation, or signer change between yesterday’s block and today’s; a difference the log does not show updates this file’s key list and nothing more. A change opens a review item in the governance queue and reopens the file before any client action. Subscribers get an email naming each of their clients who hold it, with the household result.

File history

Not revised since it was filed. A revision keeps the superseded copy as published, with the reason.

Sources

• Securitize: ARKVX, ARK Venture Fund tokenized (securitize.io/arkvx; the page is an app whose copy ships in the bundle main.9eec3a48.js, read 2026-09-25) · primary · accessed 2026-09-25
  Supports: token is an entitlement to shares Securitize Markets holds at BNY Mellon, open regardless of accreditation, US investors only, $500 first investment, 2% fee before pricing, peer-to-peer only between approved wallets, no public trading at launch, redemption through the fund’s quarterly window, Securitize Markets broker-dealer and ATS, Securitize Transfer Agent, LLC
• PR Newswire: ARK Invest Tokenizes ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX) with Securitize (2026-09-24) · primary · accessed 2026-09-25
  Supports: announcement date, Ethereum, Securitize infrastructure, ARK’s October 2025 investment in Securitize, shares not listed, no secondary market expected, liquidity limited to repurchase offers
• SEC EDGAR: ARK Venture Fund, prospectus and statement of additional information, Form N-2 post-effective amendment No. 4 (2025-10-27) · primary · accessed 2026-09-25
  Supports: Delaware statutory trust, interval fund, $500 minimum, may be waived, Class D, S, U, quarterly repurchase of 5% to 25%, March, June, September, December, payment within seven days, one vote per share, annual distributions, DRP by default, BNY Mellon Investment Servicing as transfer agent, 2.75% management fee, Class D expenses 3.49%, 2.90% after reimbursement, IRAs may purchase
• SEC EDGAR: ARK Venture Fund, notification of quarterly repurchase offer, Form N-23C3A (2026-09-02) · primary · accessed 2026-09-25
  Supports: 5% offer, request deadline 2026-09-30, up to 2% more, pro rata, paid within seven calendar days
• SEC: ARK Venture Fund and ARK Investment Management LLC, order under section 6(c), Investment Company Act Release No. 36333 (2026-09-21) · primary · accessed 2026-09-25
  Supports: tokenized class permitted, ATS trading, conditions in the application
• SEC EDGAR: ARK Venture Fund, amended application for exemptive relief, Form 40-APP/A (2026-08-07) · primary · accessed 2026-09-25
  Supports: Tokenized Class recorded on a distributed ledger, whitelisted wallets, distributed by broker-dealers or the transfer agent, no relief needed to tokenize, shares of all classes sold at NAV, no stablecoin subscriptions
• SEC EDGAR: ARK Venture Fund, Form N-2 post-effective amendment No. 10 (2026-09-24) · primary · accessed 2026-09-25
  Supports: Class X amendment delayed to 2026-10-23, classes D, S, U, X only, no tokenized class registered
• SEC EDGAR: ARK Venture Fund, Form N-PORT for 2026-07-31 · primary · accessed 2026-09-25
  Supports: net assets $1,184,177,831
• SEC EDGAR: Securitize Corp. (Securitize Holdings) prospectus, Form 424(b)(3), 7 August 2026 · primary · accessed 2026-09-25
  Supports: seize or burn, Securitize Markets broker-dealer
• Etherscan: ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX) token on Ethereum · secondary · accessed 2026-09-25
  Supports: 81.626 tokens, 10 holders, ERC1967 proxy, securitize.io as website
• Verified ARKVX implementation on Ethereum, DSToken (Sourcify) · primary · accessed 2026-09-25
  Supports: DS-protocol, issueTokens, burn and seize, isPaused, upgradeToAndCall