Invest in the ARK Venture Fund
The ARK Venture Fund (ARK Fund or the Fund) is an actively managed portfolio that seeks long-term capital growth by investing in private companies that are relevant to the theme of disruptive innovation.
Now open to Australian wholesale investors.
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How to invest
This offer is available to Wholesale Clients only as defined in sections 761G and 761GA of the Corporations Act 2001.
Download and read the Information Memorandum, then complete the Application Form.
Please contact 1300 052 054 if you require assistance.
Please note: If investing via an SMSF or trustThe OECD Common Reporting Standard (CRS) and Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) legislation require investors applying through a self-managed super fund (SMSF) or investment trust to complete the entity tax classification section of the application form.
In the CRS/FATCA section of the application form on the Apex portal, select “Non-Financial Foreign Entity / Foreign Entity” and complete the required tax residency information for the SMSF or investment trust.
About the ARK Venture Fund
The ARK Venture Fund (ARK Fund or the Fund) is an actively managed fund that seeks long-term growth of capital. It seeks to achieve this investment objective by investing under normal circumstances, primarily in equity securities of companies that are relevant to the theme of disruptive innovation.
Australian wholesale investors can access the Fund through the Australian Feeder fund.
ARK defines “disruptive innovation” as the introduction of a new, technologically enabled product or service with the potential to change the way the world works.
The Fund seeks to democratise venture capital by providing Australian wholesale investors with access to some of the world’s most innovative private companies throughout their market lifecycles. Some of the current holdings within the portfolio include OpenAI, Anthropic and Kalshi.
Companies within the ARK Fund include those that rely on or benefit from the development of new products or services, technological improvements and advancements in scientific research relating to (but not limited to) the areas of:
- AI & Next Generation Internet
- Space & Defence Innovation
- Autonomous Technology & Robotics
- Digital Assets & Fintech Innovation
- Genomic Revolution & Biotech
Holdings
Some of ARK’s holdings include innovative disruptors such as:
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change and should not be considered investment advice or a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any particular security.
| Holding | % of fund |
|---|---|
| SpaceX | 13.78% |
| OpenAI | 6.33% |
| Anthropic | 4.59% |
| Stripe | 4.37% |
| Tenstorrent | 3.49% |
| Ayar Labs | 3.18% |
| Kalshi | 2.94% |
| Replit | 2.61% |
| Absci | 2.32% |
| Figure AI | 2.23% |
Top 10 holdings of the ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX, Class D) as at 30 June 2026. Holdings are subject to change. Source: ARK Investment Management LLC. View the full holdings on ark-funds.com.
ARK Venture Fund Performance
| Net Returns Since Inception (Sep. 23, 2022) | 3 Months | YTD | 1 Year | 3 Years | Since Inception |
| ARK Venture Fund – ARKVX | 20.35% | 26.71% | 84.75% | 36.14% | 33.33% |
| S&P 500 Index (SPX) | 15.20% | 10.21% | 22.32% | 20.61% | 22.42% |
Performance in US dollars. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. The Fund’s most recent month-end performance can be found on ark-funds.com/funds/arkux. Source: ARK Investment Management LLC. As at June 30, 2026.
Information contained on this page is based on Class U shares. Other share classes of the ARK Venture Fund may have higher expense ratios. Returns for less than one year are not annualised. The net asset value (NAV) per share for the fund is computed by dividing the value of the net assets of the Fund (I.e., the value of its total assets less total liabilities) by the total number of Shares outstanding. Expenses and fees, including the Management Fee, are accrued daily and taken into account for purposes of determining NAV. The NAV of the FUND is determined each business day as the close of trading (ordinarily 4:00pm US Eastern time) on the New York Stock Exchange. Any assets or liabilities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are converted into U.S. dollars at the current market rates on the date of valuation as quoted by one or more sources. Indexes are unmanaged, do not reflect the deduction of any fees or expenses, and are not available for direct investment.
Why invest in the Fund?
Venture Capital Access For Investors
The Fund aims to provide Australian wholesale investors, access to a traditionally exclusive, private asset class.1
Growth Potential
Aims to capture long-term growth through identification and management of leading assets across major emerging innovation themes, whether a company is private or public.
Periodic Liquidity for Investors
The ARK Venture Fund (ARK Fund) offers quarterly liquidity for investors. Up to 5% of net asset value (NAV) of the ARK Fund can be redeemed by investors each quarter.
Grounded in Research
Combines top-down and bottom-up research in its portfolio management to identify innovative companies and convergence across markets.
About ARK Invest and Cathie Wood
ARK Investment Management LLC (ARK) is a US-based active investment manager focused on disruptive innovation and transformational companies. ARK was founded by Cathie Wood in January 2014 and is based in St Petersburg, Florida. Drawing on more than 40 years of experience identifying and investing in innovation, Cathie created ARK to focus exclusively on disruptive innovation and bring new dimensions to investment research.
ARK’s research-driven process combines top-down thematic research with bottom-up company analysis to identify and actively manage high-conviction investments in companies positioned to benefit from disruptive innovation. ARK has built and maintains a strong reputation for thematic, high-conviction investing in companies it believes are positioned to benefit from technological disruption.
Catherine D. Wood
Founder & Chief Investment Officer
Cathie registered ARK Investment Management LLC (“ARK”) as an investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in January 2014. With over 40 years of experience identifying and investing in innovation, Cathie founded ARK to focus solely on disruptive innovation while adding new dimensions to research. Through an open approach that cuts across sectors, market capitalizations, and geographies, Cathie believes that ARK can identify large-scale investment opportunities in the public markets resulting from technological innovations centered around multiomic sequencing, robotics, artificial intelligence, energy storage, and blockchain technology. As Chief Investment Officer (“CIO”) and Portfolio Manager, Cathie led the development of ARK’s philosophy and investment approach and has ultimate responsibility for investment decisions.
Prior to ARK, Cathie spent twelve years at AllianceBernstein as CIO of Global Thematic Strategies where she managed over $5 billion. Cathie joined Alliance Capital from Tupelo Capital Management, a hedge fund she co-founded, which in 2000, managed approximately $800 million in global thematic strategies. Prior to her tenure at Tupelo Capital, she worked for 18 years with Jennison Associates LLC as Chief Economist, Equity Research Analyst, Portfolio Manager and Director. She started her career in Los Angeles, California at The Capital Group as an Assistant Economist. Cathie received her Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, in Finance and Economics from the University of Southern California in 1981.
In 2018, Cathie launched the Duddy Innovation Institute at her alma mater, Notre Dame Academy in Los Angeles. The institute offers a challenging educational experience for young women eager to stretch their learning beyond the boundaries of traditional acquisition of knowledge, while influencing a new way of thinking and learning throughout campus.
Brett Winton
Chief Futurist, ARK Venture Investment Committee Member
Brett joined ARK in January 2014 and has worked alongside Cathie for almost 15 years since their time at AllianceBernstein. As Chief Futurist, Brett drives ARK’s long-term forecasts across convergent technologies, economies, and asset classes, helping ARK dimension the impact of disruptive innovation as it transforms public equities, private equities, cryptoassets, fixed income, and the global economy. Brett also serves on the ARK Venture Investment Committee. Brett joined ARK as Director of Research, guiding and managing the proprietary research of ARK’s investment team.
Prior to ARK, Brett served as a Vice President and Senior Analyst on the Research on Strategic Change team at AllianceBernstein. In that role, Brett conducted thematic research, served on the thematic portfolio’s strategy committee under Cathie Wood’s stewardship, and advised portfolio managers across asset classes. His research topics included Global Energy in the Face of Carbon Dioxide Regulation; Social Media and the Rise of Facebook; the Reformation of the Financial Services Landscape; and the Emergence of Electric Vehicles.
Brett earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Dr Charles Roberts
Chief Investment Strategist, Private Equity
As Chief Investment Strategist, Private Equity, Charles is responsible for building value in the public-private crossover fund, ARK Venture Fund, and on the public funds: especially across the Multiomics and AI strategies. Under his leadership of the Venture team, assets under management on the private side were built to over $1B overall, in under three years since the inception of privates. Charles joined ARK full time in 2023.
Prior to ARK, Charles’s background was as a deep tech entrepreneur and serial founder with a focus on AI convergences. He has been a cofounder at a number of companies including Freenome, a unicorn of ~400 people working on saving lives through earlier cancer detection. Freenome completed one of the world’s largest ever clinical registrational studies in ~50,000 subjects and submitted PMA to FDA, having raised ~$1.4B from leading investors including Roche, Fidelity, Janus, T. Rowe Price, and VCs including a16z, GV and DCVC. He cofounded other AI/tech-bio companies including (as Chair) Relation, also backed by DCVC co-led with NVIDIA, plus Deerfield and other strategic investors including GSK. Charles also cofounded biotechs Agalimmune (acquired by a Nasdaq-listed company) and Centauri Tx, backed by Novo and Boehringer Ingelheim.
Charles holds four degree-level qualifications, having graduated with degrees in Psychology (BSc., University College London, 2001), in Medicine (University of Dundee, 2002), MRCS ((Ed), 2006), and Masters (MSc., University of Oxford, 2014).
Invest in the ARK Venture Fund
Now open to Australian wholesale investors.
Download the Information Memorandum and complete the Application Form to invest.
Wholesale Clients only.
This offer is available to Wholesale Clients only as defined in sections 761G and 761GA of the Corporations Act 2001.
The OECD Common Reporting Standard (CRS) and Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) legislation require investors applying through a self-managed super fund (SMSF) or investment trust to complete the entity tax classification section of the application form.
In the CRS/FATCA section of the application form on the Apex portal, select “Non-Financial Foreign Entity / Foreign Entity” and complete the required tax residency information for the SMSF or investment trust.
Key Dates
The Fund is now open for applications, and will be officially launched on Monday, 10 August 2026.
| Applications Open Date | Thursday, 30 July 2026 |
| Accepted Applications and Cleared Funds Required By | Friday, 7 August 2026 |
| Fund Launch Date | Monday, 10 August 2026 |
| Allotment of Units | Monday, 10 August 2026 |
| Welcome Letters and Transaction Statements sent to Investors | Tuesday, 11 August 2026 |
Units will only be allotted once an application has been submitted, and accepted, and funds received. Where an application has been submitted, and accepted, and funds received post the fund launch date, units will be allotted on that date.
Documents
- Online Application Form
- Information Memorandum
- Factsheet
- Summary Prospectus
- Other forms
- Financial Services Guide
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Frequently asked questions
What is the ARK Venture Fund (Australian Feeder)?
The ARK Venture Fund (Australian Feeder) is an actively managed portfolio that seeks long-term capital growth by investing in private companies that are relevant to the theme of “disruptive innovation”. It is a unit trust feeding into the ARK Venture Fund Master Fund Class U. It is not a traditional VC fund, not an ETF, and not a typical managed fund.
What does the Fund invest in?
ARK defines “disruptive innovation” as the introduction of a new, technologically enabled product or service with the potential to change the way the world works. Some of the current holdings within the portfolio include OpenAI, Anthropic and Kalshi.
Who can invest?
This offer is available to Wholesale Clients only as defined in sections 761G and 761GA of the Corporations Act 2001.
How do I invest?
Download and read the Information Memorandum, then complete the Application Form. Read the Information Memorandum before making any decision to invest. Please contact 1300 052 054 if you require assistance.
What if I am investing via a self-managed super fund (SMSF) or via a trust?
Please note: If investing via an SMSF or trust
The OECD Common Reporting Standard (CRS) and Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) legislation require investors applying through a self-managed super fund (SMSF) or investment trust to complete the entity tax classification section of the application form.
In the CRS/FATCA section of the application form on the Apex portal, select “Non-Financial Foreign Entity / Foreign Entity” and complete the required tax residency information for the SMSF or investment trust.
1 The Fund invests in private, early-stage companies that may be considered highly speculative. As a result, investment in shares of the Fund involves substantial risks including risks associated with uncertainty regarding the valuations of private company investments, high rate of failure among the early-stage companies, and restricted liquidity in securities of such companies.
* Source ARK Invest. Inception date for ARKVX (Class D) is 23 September 2022. Inception date for ARKUX (Class U) is 28 November 2025. The ARK Venture Fund (Australian Feeder) - Class A fund will invest in the ARK Venture Fund Cayman Feeder (ARK Feeder Fund), which invests in the Share Class U of the ARK Venture Fund (ARK Master Fund).
This communication is intended for Wholesale Clients only as defined under sections 761G and 761GA of the Corporations Act 2001. AGP Investment Management Limited (AGPIM) ABN 26 123 611 978 AFSL 312247 is the trustee of the ARK Venture Fund (Australian Feeder) Class A. The information on this page is general in nature and does not take into account your personal financial situation or needs. The Fund is considered illiquid and is risk-rated Very High. The Australian feeder is unhedged. Read the Information Memorandum before making any decision to invest. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.