Securitize

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 — San Francisco (HQ), Austin, Miami and New York — 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].