ARK Invest

Private equity with venture activitySEC-registered adviserClassification probable· St. Petersburg, Floridatiktok.com/@arkfunds

Private equity with venture activity, based in St. Petersburg, Florida, reporting $1.3B of fund assets on its funds' Form ADV filings.

Composed from this organization's classification, location and filed figures.

Reported fund assets
$1.3B
sum of its funds' Form ADV filings, last 30 months
New companies, 12 mo
3
Latest vintage
2026
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Ask DFX about thisView relationshipsFind contactsInvestments (5)Team (3)Funds
As of · the latest observation of this organization; filed figures are as of its latest Form ADV

21 additional co-investors and affiliates, 10 additional investments, funds and LPs, 3 events, 1 verified contact (1 firm phone)

Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.

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What matters now

  1. 8 vehicles
    on Form D, 18 months

    $308M reported sold so far.

    A Form D is filed when a vehicle takes its first money, so these are open to LPs now.

    FactSEC Form D filingsFor LPs, fund-of-funds, placement agentsVehicles →
  2. 3 companies
    new in 12 months

    3 new companies in the last 12 months. Latest round K2 Space Series D or later ($500M round) on 30 Jul 2026.

    A firm writing cheques this quarter is one a founder can pitch now.

    Factfunding announcements, Form D, the firm's portfolio pageFor Founders, co-investorsInvestments →
  3. 2 of 3
    enter at Series B+

    Enters mostly at Series B or later: 2 of 3 first entries on record.

    rounds to 30 Jul 2026 · Tells a founder whether their round is one this firm writes.

    Derived3 rounds with a stated stage, against the firm's siteFor FoundersInvestments →

People to know

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  • Catherine Duddy Wood
    Chief Executive Officer Officer
    Why: Runs the firm (chief executive or president)
    No route on file yet
  • Kellen Carter
    Chief Compliance Officer & General Counsel President
    Why: Runs the firm (chief executive or president)
    No route on file yet
  • Paul Edward Wilson
    Chief Financial Officer; Chief Strategy Officer
    Why: Chief Financial Officer; Chief Strategy Officer at the firm
    No route on file yet

Relationship network

43 connected entities3 observed rounds1 dated round shown here, 2026

From financing rounds and every investor named in them, Form ADV and Form D filings, the firm's funds and team, and disclosed LP commitments in the venture capital graph. A round's amount is the size of the round, not money that moved between two investors.

Some relationships on this record are counted rather than named here. They open with the full profile.

Click any name or line for the rounds and sources behind it. Line weight is rounds together; dashed lines are inferred.

Reading the network
  • Sponsor
  • Company
  • Fund or vehicle
  • Person

Co-investors are read from the rounds: three or more shared rounds is a strong observed relationship, two a repeat co-investor, one a single round. Funds and people are structural. Nothing is scored that a reader cannot check.

Darker lines were active in the last 24 months or are current; lighter lines are older or undated.

How am I connected?

Name your firm, a company or a person, and DFX finds the published routes to ARK Invest: a shared portfolio company or board, a prior employer, a co-investor, a shared LP or service provider. Every step is a filed or published record with its source; none is a guess about who knows whom.

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Investing

5 companies on record, 3 new in 12 months
Investments on record
5 companies, 0 partner-attributed
CompanyRoundRolePartnerRound sizeThis investorDateSource
Black Duckportfolio listingunknownunknownunknownunknownSep 23, 2026Fact Company website
Krakenportfolio listingunknownunknownunknownunknownSep 14, 2026Fact Company website
K2 SpaceSeries D · Series D+participantunknown$500MunknownJul 30, 2026Fact Press release
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
5 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
Sectors
not stated or not yet read
Stages
not stated or not yet read
Geography
not stated
Check size
not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation
series d plus 67%series a 33%
Stage at first entry
series d plus 67%series a 33%
Industries, each company once
Hardware and deep tech, Software or Tech-enabled and IT services (1)
lead rate 0%follow-on rate 0%new companies, 12 months 3

Team

3 current, 0 departed
Decision makers
who to call first, and why; then everyone else by function

No one at this firm holds a partner, managing director or investment-lead title on record yet; the people named here are listed below by function.

Who else at this firm · 3 people, grouped by function
Investment team (1)
  • Catherine Duddy Wood · Chief Executive Officer Officer
    Why this person: Runs the firm (chief executive or president)
Finance, operations and compliance (2)
  • Kellen Carter · Chief Compliance Officer & General Counsel President
    Why this person: Runs the firm (chief executive or president)
  • Paul Edward Wilson · Chief Financial Officer; Chief Strategy Officer
    Why this person: Chief Financial Officer; Chief Strategy Officer at the firm

Ranked by the role the firm or its filing states, a route on file and deals led. Every reason is read from the record, never inferred. Routes are published by the person or the firm (their bio, the team page or a filing) and are revealed on a plan; data bought from a provider is never shown, and a route printed at a firm the person has since left is held back.

Investment team
3 current, 0 departed
Contacts
1 firm phone

1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.

Funds and LPs

11 vehicles, 0 LPs disclosed
Funds and vehicles
11 reported
VehicleTypeVintageLifecycleReported GAVOwnersForm D soldLatest Form D
ARK Strategic Capital Fund II, LPFund2026 form d first saleFundraisingunknownunknown$5.3MAug 10, 2026
ARK X Ventures Fund LLCFund2025 form d first saleNewly closed$234M
Sep 12, 2026
71$19.5MMar 26, 2025
ARK Type One Deep Ventures Fund LLCFund2024 form d first saleFundraising$1.0B
Sep 12, 2026
30$299MApr 22, 2026
Limited partners
0 LPs, 0 disclosed commitments
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Known LPs and allocators
0 relationships across the firm's funds, from public pensions and the allocator graph
No allocator names this firm or its funds in a public disclosure DFX holds.

Relationships across DFX

24 co-investors · on 1 other DFX graph
Co-investors
24 counted from shared deals, for the whole firm
Across DFX and the capital chainon 1 other DFX graph Show
Across DFX
  • The same institution is held on RIA and Wealth, matched by identifier. See which records
Across the graphs

ARK Invest is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.

RIA and Wealth1

The joined record opens with the product, beside every other relationship on this page.

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Evidence and history

8 dated events, 42 observations from 3 sources
Timeline
8 dated events
  1. Sep 12, 2026
    Global Innovation Venture I, LP first reported on Form ADV by ARK Invest, GAV $15,098,385
    Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactGlobal Innovation Venture I, LPForm ADV
  2. Sep 12, 2026
    ARK X Ventures Fund LLC first reported on Form ADV by ARK Invest, GAV $233,760,699
    Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactARK X Ventures Fund LLCForm ADV
  3. Sep 12, 2026
    ARK Venture Fund Holdings LLC first reported on Form ADV by ARK Invest, GAV $8,233,547
    Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactARK Venture Fund Holdings LLCForm ADV
  4. Sep 12, 2026
    ARK Venture Fund Holding (cayman) LP first reported on Form ADV by ARK Invest, GAV $14,928,360
    Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactARK Venture Fund Holding (cayman) LPForm ADV
  5. Sep 12, 2026
    ARK Type One Deep Ventures Fund LLC first reported on Form ADV by ARK Invest, GAV $1,014,787,081
    Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactARK Type One Deep Ventures Fund LLCForm ADV
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Aug 24, 2026 · 7 private fundsShow
Headquarters
St. Petersburg, FLadviserinfo.sec.gov
Office address
unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
Business phone
unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
Website
tiktok.com/@arkfunds
SEC adviser type
Registered investment adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
SEC exemption claimed
unknown
Latest Form ADV
Aug 24, 2026
Private funds reported
7 (3 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
Private fund gross assets, adviser total
$1.3Badviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
Regulatory AUM
$16Bthe adviser's RAUM, a regulatory measure, never a fund size
Employees
58
Owners on Schedule A
ARK Investment Management LLC (Managing Memeber), owns 75% or more
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried2 on recordShow
  1. Sep 23, 2026
    Private equity with venture activity (probable, 75%)
    Registered adviser; venture funds are 38% of 7 private funds
  2. Sep 12, 2026
    Private equity with venture activity (probable, 75%)
    Registered adviser; venture funds are 43% of 7 private funds
Evidence
42 observations from 3 sources
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
FactValueEffectiveClassSource
Why admittedVC funds reportedAug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC adviser typeRegistered investment adviserAug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC adviser typeRegistered investment adviserAug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
First Form ADV filing2014-01-09Aug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Adv history loadedadv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-29Sep 30, 2026FactForm ADV
Adv history loadedadv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-25Sep 26, 2026FactForm ADV
Adv history loadedadv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-23Sep 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Adv history loadedadv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-21Sep 23, 2026FactForm ADV
Adv history loadedadv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-22Sep 23, 2026FactForm ADV
Latest Form ADV filing2026-08-24Aug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Latest Form ADV filing2026-08-24Aug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Adv pdf loadedadv-pdf-1Sep 12, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC statusApprovedAug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
SEC status effective2014-01-21Aug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Venture share of reported funds0Aug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Business phoneAug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Contact page urlSep 30, 2026Factno URL
Contact page urlSep 16, 2026Factno URL
Employees58Aug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
HeadquartersSt. Petersburg, FLAug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Office addressAug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Legal formLimited Liability CompanyAug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Other funds reported2Aug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Portfolio pageSep 30, 2026Factno URL
Portfolio pageSep 16, 2026Factno URL
Portfolio pageSep 12, 2026Factno URL
Private funds reported7Aug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Private funds reported7Aug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Private fund gross assets (reported)$1.3BAug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Private fund gross assets (reported)$1.3BAug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Regulatory AUM (adviser, not fund size)$16BAug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Schedule a diffsadiff-1Aug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Team pageSep 30, 2026Factno URL
Team pageSep 16, 2026Factno URL
Team pageSep 12, 2026Factno URL
Venture funds reported3Aug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Venture funds reported3Aug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
WebsiteAug 24, 2026FactForm ADV
Site titleSep 30, 2026Factno URL
Site titleSep 16, 2026Factno URL
Site titleSep 12, 2026Factno URL
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersPrivate equity with venture activity, probableShow
Importance
19
moderate
Active deployment
36
elevated
Emerging
0
low
Freshness
100
high
Private equity with venture activity · probableSEC registered investment adviser

Registered adviser; venture funds are 38% of 7 private funds

The inputs behind each score
importance
gav: 0 · funds: 0.33 · people: 0 · investments: 0.26 · scale basis: Venture-typed funds only (Private equity with venture activity): 4 funds, $0M of $1.3B reported · co investors: 0.56
active deployment
investments 12m: 0.38 · fund raising 18m: 0 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 1 · latest investment at: 2026-07-30
emerging manager
fund count: 11 · reported gav: $1.3B · first adv filing: 2014-01-21 · years since first filing: 12.7

Fits, record history and connections

scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge

Fits

3 scored matches, best firstas of
  • score 35.4confidence 90%
    Why: stage fit; activity; cap table
  • score 30.4confidence 80%
    Why: stage fit; activity
  • score 30.4confidence 80%
    Why: stage fit; activity

Scored by DFX match engines from the record's observed portfolio, stage, geography and recent activity. A fit is a reason to look, not a mandate; the blockers say what the model could not confirm. Names and the evidence sentences show with the names on this page.

Record history

1 dated event on the change ledger, latest event first
  • Adviser's first ADV filing
    2014-01-21source on record

The ledger records every merge, rename and reclassification this record went through and the dated filings observed on it, so the identity on this page can be traced to the records it was built from. The ledger's own sentences name other records, so they show with the names.

Not yet on record: investment team.