Securitize
NYSE: SECZSan Francisco, US Β· Incorporated in Delaware Β· 20 known investors
Securitize provides tokenization solutions for real-world assets, serving asset managers, Web3 firms, DAOs, advisors, and investors.
Also known as Securitize LLC Β· Securitize, Inc.
Founders & leadership
Investors Β· 20
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Securitize, Inc. is a financial technology company that provides an end-to-end platform for issuing, managing and trading digital asset securities (security tokens) recorded on public blockchains. Businesses use the platform to raise capital from institutional, accredited or retail investors, with shares issued as digital tokens; investors gain access to alternative and private-market assets such as private equity, private credit, secondaries and real estate. Shares issued through Securitize have been recorded on blockchains including Ethereum, Avalanche, Polygon and Algorand [6][7].
The company operates through several regulated entities: Securitize, LLC is an SEC-registered stock transfer agent; Securitize Capital, LLC is an exempt reporting investment adviser; and Securitize Markets, LLC operates an alternative trading system and is SEC-registered and a member of FINRA and SIPC. Securitize is regulated by both the SEC and FINRA and operates a broker-dealer marketplace on which tokenized shares in private companies trade [6][7]. Its product set also includes fund services (fund accounting, GAAP/IFRS financial statement preparation, general ledger reporting and advisory services) and, historically, an advisor-facing offering giving registered investment advisors access to private market funds and cryptocurrencies [4].
As of December 2025 Securitize reported more than $4 billion in tokenized assets under management and worked with asset managers including Apollo, BlackRock, Hamilton Lane and KKR to issue tokenized funds and private credit products. It sold its Securitize For Advisors platform to Anchorage Digital, secured full regulatory approval to operate a tokenized securities trading and settlement platform in the European Union, and announced plans to go public via a SPAC at a $1.25 billion valuation, including tokenizing its own equity [5].
Founding story
Securitize was founded in November 2017 by Carlos Domingo, Tim Reynders, Shay Finkelstein and Jamie Finn [7]. According to the company's vendor profile, Domingo and Finn set out in 2017 to use blockchain technology to bring automation and liquidity potential to alternative asset classes and, finding that the necessary technology did not exist, built Securitize as a fully digital securities issuance platform [4].
Business model
Securitize operates a regulated infrastructure and services business for tokenized securities, combining issuance technology with licensed entities (transfer agent, broker-dealer/alternative trading system, exempt reporting investment adviser) and fund administration services. It intermediates between issuers and asset managers seeking to raise capital or tokenize funds and investors, including registered investment advisors, seeking access to private-market assets [4][6][7].
Traction
Wikipedia cites approximately 3,000 clients with a combined 1.2 million investors, a figure also used by the company in 2023 [6][7]. An earlier company profile reported over 200 businesses, nearly 400,000 investors and nearly $500 million in current-value digital asset securities issued on the platform, with about 150 employees [3]. By December 2025 the company reported more than $4 billion in tokenized assets under management [5]. The Securitize For Advisors platform grew deposits and AUM more than 4,500% in the 12 months before its sale to Anchorage Digital, with 99% of client assets custodied at Anchorage Digital Bank [5].
Latest developments
In December 2025 Anchorage Digital acquired the Securitize For Advisors platform from Securitize on undisclosed terms, allowing Securitize to refocus on core tokenization. Securitize has secured full EU regulatory approval for a tokenized securities trading and settlement platform and plans to go public via a SPAC at a $1.25 billion valuation, indicating it will tokenize its own equity. In January it launched, with Apollo, the ACRED tokenized private credit fund across multiple chains using Wormhole [5].
βΈFull profile β market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Securitize describes itself as the leader in tokenizing real-world assets [0][1][4]. Press coverage characterizes it as a tokenization specialist working with major alternative asset managers and, following EU approval, as the only firm operating licensed tokenization infrastructure in both the US and the EU [5].
Securitize combines blockchain-based issuance with multiple US regulatory registrations (SEC-registered transfer agent, FINRA/SIPC member alternative trading system, exempt reporting investment adviser) plus EU approval for a tokenized securities trading and settlement platform, allowing regulated issuance, transfer agency and secondary trading within one group [5][6][7].
Technology
The platform issues and records securities as digital tokens on public blockchains including Ethereum, Avalanche, Polygon and Algorand, and digitizes capital raising, investor onboarding, identity verification, and the issuance and trading of securities. The Apollo ACRED tokenized private credit fund was deployed across multiple chains using Wormhole as an interoperability layer. The engineering stack reported includes AWS, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, React, Solidity, Kafka, Kubernetes, MongoDB, MySQL and SQL [3][5][6].
Go-to-market
Securitize sells directly to issuers and large asset managers (including Apollo, BlackRock, Hamilton Lane and KKR) and reaches wealth channels via RIA distribution, including through the 2023 acquisition of Onramp Invest, whose RIA community represented over $40 billion in cumulative AUM, and an earlier March 2023 partnership giving Onramp RIA members access to private equity feeder funds offered with KKR and Hamilton Lane [5][6].
Asset managers, Web3 firms and DAOs, financial advisors and investors [0][1]. The platform also serves issuers raising capital from institutional, accredited and retail investors, and registered investment advisors seeking access to tokenized alternatives [6][7].
Geography
Headquartered at 100 Pine Street, Suite 1250, San Francisco, California [4]. Built In lists four US offices β San Francisco (HQ), Austin, Miami and New York β and describes a global team based in Tel Aviv, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, New York and San Francisco [3]. Securitize entered Spain's securities test environment in June 2022, began issuing tokenized securities in Europe in July 2023, and has obtained full EU regulatory approval for a tokenized securities trading and settlement platform [5][6][7].
History
After its 2017 founding, Securitize acquired a broker-dealer license and automated trading system registration in November 2020 through the purchase of Distributed Technology Markets. In March 2021 it facilitated Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank's issuance of the first credit-rated, asset-backed security token fund in Japan, and in May 2021 its platform was used for Exodus Movement's $75 million crowdfunded raise, the first company to reach the $75 million limit under updated Reg A+ rules. In June 2021 it closed a $48 million Series B. In August 2021 it facilitated the first television show to tokenize its net profits ("Hold On for Dear Life"); in September 2021 it launched a marketplace for trading digital asset securities; in October 2021 it hired former SEC Division of Trading & Markets Director Brett Redfearn and announced an advisory board including former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo; and in December 2021 it launched the first tokenized funds tracking Standard & Poor's indices. It acquired Pacific Stock Transfer in February 2022, and in June 2022 was authorized by the Spanish government to enter its securities test environment. In July 2023 it began issuing tokenized securities in Europe, and in August 2023 it acquired digital asset wealth platform Onramp Invest. In 2024 it raised a $47 million strategic round led by BlackRock, coinciding with BlackRock's selection of Securitize as transfer agent for its first tokenized fund on a public blockchain. In December 2025 it sold the Securitize For Advisors platform to Anchorage Digital [2][5][6][7].
Risks & controversies
Securitize's own disclosures note that private market investments are speculative and illiquid, that shareholders may not be able to sell when they wish, and that blockchain investing carries distinct risks [6]. The business is dependent on regulatory authorizations from the SEC, FINRA and EU regulators [5][7].
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed β not independently audited.
Founder mafia
4 people who came through Securitize went on to found or lead other companies.
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Timeline Β· 17
launches, deals, and filingsAnchorage Digital acquired the Securitize For Advisors (SFA) crypto wealth management platform for RIAs from Securitize; terms were not disclosed. 99% of SFA client assets were already custodied at Anchorage Digital Bank.
Securitize said it plans to go public via a SPAC deal at a $1.25 billion valuation and indicated it will tokenize its own equity as part of the process.
Securitize and Apollo rolled out the ACRED tokenized private credit fund across multiple chains, using Wormhole as an interoperability layer to move assets between networks.
Securitize secured full regulatory approval to operate a tokenized securities trading and settlement platform in the European Union, described as making it the only firm running licensed tokenization infrastructure in both the US and EU.
Securitize announced a $47 million strategic funding round led by BlackRock; the investment coincided with BlackRock selecting Securitize as the transfer agent of its first tokenized fund on a public blockchain.
$47M source β
Securitize announced the acquisition of digital asset wealth platform Onramp Invest, whose RIA community represented over $40 billion in cumulative AUM, extending tokenized alternatives to RIAs. Terms were not disclosed; Onramp was expected to continue operating as a subsidiary. Galaxy Digital Partners LLC served as exclusive financial advisor to Securitize.
Securitize and Onramp Invest announced a partnership through which Onramp's RIA members could access private equity feeder funds Securitize offers with KKR and Hamilton Lane.
Securitize became authorized by the Spanish government to enter its securities test environment (regulatory sandbox).
Securitize hired former SEC Division of Trading & Markets Director Brett Redfearn and announced an advisory board including former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo.
Securitize completed a $48 million Series B round led by Morgan Stanley and Blockchain Capital, described by Forbes as Morgan Stanley's first dedicated investment in the crypto space. Wikipedia states Securitize has raised approximately $100 million in total funding.
$48M source β
Securitize's platform facilitated a $75 million crowdfunded capital raise for Exodus Movement, the first company to reach the $75 million limit under updated Reg A+ rules.
$75M source β
Securitize facilitated Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank's issuance of the first credit-rated, asset-backed security token fund in Japan.
Securitize acquired a broker-dealer license and automated trading system registration through the acquisition of Distributed Technology Markets.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Securitize do?
- Securitize is a US-regulated platform for tokenizing, issuing, managing and trading real-world and private-market assets.
- Who founded Securitize?
- Securitize was founded by Carlos Domingo.
- Who are Securitize's investors?
- Securitize's investors include 4Founders Capital, Blockchain Capital, Borderless Venture, BridgeTower Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Eterna Capital, Fenbushi Capital, FINTOP Capital and 12 more.
- Where is Securitize headquartered?
- Securitize is headquartered in San Francisco, US.