About Securitize
Securitize was founded in 2017 by Carlos Domingo and Jamie Finn, based on the thesis that traditional financial securities, such as shares in private companies, real estate investment interests, and various investment fund structures, could benefit significantly from being issued and managed as blockchain-based digital tokens rather than through traditional, more paper-and-intermediary-intensive securities issuance and management processes, potentially offering benefits including more efficient ownership record-keeping, easier fractional ownership of otherwise large, illiquid assets, and potentially improved secondary market liquidity for asset classes that have traditionally been quite illiquid, such as private company equity or real estate investment interests.
Securitize operates as a registered transfer agent and broker-dealer, holding relevant U.S. securities regulatory registrations and approvals that let it legally facilitate the issuance and management of these tokenized securities in compliance with existing securities laws, an important distinction from many other cryptocurrency and blockchain projects that have operated with more ambiguous or contested regulatory status, since Securitize has specifically positioned itself around bringing traditional, regulated securities onto blockchain infrastructure in a manner explicitly compliant with existing securities regulations rather than attempting to create new, unregulated categories of digital assets. The company's platform has been used by various asset managers and companies to issue tokenized versions of private equity funds, real estate investment vehicles, and other traditionally illiquid asset classes, and Securitize notably partnered with BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, to help launch a tokenized U.S. Treasury fund, reflecting growing mainstream institutional interest in asset tokenization as blockchain infrastructure and regulatory clarity around digital assets have both matured considerably. Securitize has positioned itself as critical infrastructure supporting the broader institutional "real-world asset tokenization" trend, an area that has attracted growing interest from major traditional financial institutions exploring blockchain technology's potential applications for improving efficiency and accessibility in traditionally illiquid asset classes. The company has raised substantial venture funding from investors including BlackRock, Blockchain Capital, and Morgan Stanley, reaching unicorn status.
