ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX), tokenized by Securitize

This file replaced an earlier version on 2026-10-18. The file said the documents do not state whether Securitize opens retirement accounts for this token, while the fund prospectus on its source list states that IRAs may purchase shares. The revision records the prospectus passage and the account type. Earlier versions.

Subscribers see which of their clients hold this program and whether each household qualifies under these terms, and Ketju emails them when the file changes. $299 per firm per month, first 30 days free.

The verdict is on the memo: ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX), tokenized by Securitize Not approved

Eligibility

Each answer quotes the issuer’s own words from the document named under it. Ketju reads each document again and records whether the words are still there. Where the documents say nothing, the row states that.

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.2133d854.js, read 2026-10-18) · FAQ, How do I know my token is really backed by real fund shares? · words found 2026-10-18

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.2133d854.js, read 2026-10-18) · FAQ, Is this available in the US? Who can invest? · words found 2026-10-18

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.2133d854.js, read 2026-10-18) · FAQ, What is the minimum investment for the ARK Venture Fund? · words found 2026-10-18

Account types

The fund’s prospectus, read 2026-10-18, admits IRAs, 401(k) plans and Keogh plans as shareholders; Securitize Markets, the shareholder of record for token holders, does not say whether it opens IRA accounts for the token.

“Investors subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and other tax-exempt entities, including employee benefit plans, individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”), 401(k) plans and Keogh plans, may purchase Shares.”

SEC EDGAR: ARK Venture Fund, prospectus and statement of additional information, Form N-2 post-effective amendment No. 4 (2025-10-27) · ERISA Plans and Other Tax-Exempt Entities (the same statement appears under ERISA Considerations) · words found 2026-10-18

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.2133d854.js, read 2026-10-18) · FAQ, Can I send it to someone else, or only trade through Securitize? · words found 2026-10-18

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 2026-10-18

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 2026-10-18

What the issuer says it can freeze or take back

Securitize says its contracts can seize or burn tokens. On chain, a single key owns the token contract, and another single key owns the wallet registrar, which can blacklist and lock 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 2026-10-18

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 controls it

Ketju read these powers from the deployed contracts and their verified source code: the token and every contract it checks on a transfer. A power listed here is something the issuer can do; it does not mean the issuer has used it.

Who holds the keys

Ketju read every current holder of each power from the chain on 2026-09-25. A single key is one private key, and whoever holds it acts alone. A multisig needs the stated number of signers. A timelock delays every action, so holders can see it before it takes effect.

Where it trades

Redemption

Review triggers
• The fund registers a Tokenized Class under the SEC order and Securitize moves ARKVX holders onto the fund’s own shareholder list; Ketju then reviews the file again as a direct holding of fund shares
• 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

Daily checks

Every day Ketju reads each control function in the table above and the contracts the token checks on a transfer. Ketju compares the token’s on-chain supply with yesterday’s, and its market quote with yesterday’s quote, since a fund of this kind accrues a few basis points a day. Ketju also reads every document quoted above and reviews the file again if a quoted passage disappears from its document. Ketju reads EDGAR for the transfer agent’s registration and reviews the file again when a new filing appears. Ketju counts a new, removed, or changed key as a change only when the chain’s own log shows the grant, revocation, or signer change since yesterday. If the log does not show it, Ketju updates the key list in this file and does nothing more. A change opens a review before any client action. Subscribers get an email that names each of their clients who hold the token, with the household result.

File history

Ketju has revised this file once since filing it. Ketju keeps each earlier version as published, with the reason for the change.

Sources

• Securitize: ARKVX, ARK Venture Fund tokenized (securitize.io/arkvx; the page is an app whose copy ships in the bundle main.2133d854.js, read 2026-10-18) · primary · accessed 2026-10-18
  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 2026-10-18
  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