ARK Invest
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.
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
- 8 vehicleson 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.
- 3 companiesnew 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.
- 2 of 3enter 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.
People to know
View all people- Chief Executive Officer OfficerWhy: Runs the firm (chief executive or president)No route on file yet
- Chief Compliance Officer & General Counsel PresidentWhy: Runs the firm (chief executive or president)No route on file yet
- Chief Financial Officer; Chief Strategy OfficerWhy: Chief Financial Officer; Chief Strategy Officer at the firmNo 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.
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›How strength and recency are read
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
What these amounts mean“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.Acquired, Public, Exited and Active are what the firm’s own portfolio card says, read on the date shown when you hover the chip; they are not deal dates. A company with no chip is one whose card states no outcome: DFX does not assume it is active.| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Duck | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 23, 2026 | Fact Company website |
| Kraken | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact Company website |
| K2 Space | Series D · Series D+ | participant | unknown | $500M | unknown | Jul 30, 2026 | Fact Press release |
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- 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
Team
3 current, 0 departed
Decision makers
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
- Catherine Duddy Wood · Chief Executive Officer OfficerWhy this person: Runs the firm (chief executive or president)
- Kellen Carter · Chief Compliance Officer & General Counsel PresidentWhy this person: Runs the firm (chief executive or president)
- Paul Edward Wilson · Chief Financial Officer; Chief Strategy OfficerWhy 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
How the team is orderedPartners who lead rounds first (rounds led, then deals attributed, then seniority), then the rest of the investment team, then investor relations, finance and operations. A person named by two sources under two spellings is shown once.- Chief Compliance Officer & General Counsel President
- Chief Financial Officer; Chief Strategy Officer
- Chief Executive Officer Officer
Contacts
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
What these amounts meanGAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARK Strategic Capital Fund II, LP | Fund | 2026 form d first sale | Fundraising | unknown | unknown | $5.3M | Aug 10, 2026 |
| ARK X Ventures Fund LLC | Fund | 2025 form d first sale | Newly closed | $234M Sep 12, 2026 | 71 | $19.5M | Mar 26, 2025 |
| ARK Type One Deep Ventures Fund LLC | Fund | 2024 form d first sale | Fundraising | $1.0B Sep 12, 2026 | 30 | $299M | Apr 22, 2026 |
Limited partners
Known LPs and allocators
What these amounts and dates areEach commitment is counted once across the pension tape and the allocator graph. A commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the report date. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value, never a commitment. Rows without a fund on the venture graph are commitments to this manager.Relationships across DFX
24 co-investors · on 1 other DFX graph
Co-investors
- 2026-10-011 shared deal · one time
- 2026-09-301 shared deal · one time
- 2026-09-301 shared deal · one time
Across DFX and the capital chainon 1 other DFX graph ShowHide
- The same institution is held on RIA and Wealth, matched by identifier. See which records
ARK Invest is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.
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
- Sep 12, 2026Global Innovation Venture I, LP first reported on Form ADV by ARK Invest, GAV $15,098,385
- Sep 12, 2026ARK X Ventures Fund LLC first reported on Form ADV by ARK Invest, GAV $233,760,699
- Sep 12, 2026ARK Venture Fund Holdings LLC first reported on Form ADV by ARK Invest, GAV $8,233,547
- Sep 12, 2026ARK Venture Fund Holding (cayman) LP first reported on Form ADV by ARK Invest, GAV $14,928,360
- Sep 12, 2026ARK Type One Deep Ventures Fund LLC first reported on Form ADV by ARK Invest, GAV $1,014,787,081
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Aug 24, 2026 · 7 private fundsShowHide
- 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
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried2 on recordShowHide
- Sep 23, 2026Private equity with venture activity (probable, 75%)Registered adviser; venture funds are 38% of 7 private funds
- Sep 12, 2026Private equity with venture activity (probable, 75%)Registered adviser; venture funds are 43% of 7 private funds
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why admitted | VC funds reported | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Registered investment adviser | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Registered investment adviser | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2014-01-09 | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-30 | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-29 | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-25 | Sep 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-23 | Sep 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-21 | Sep 23, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-22 | Sep 23, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-08-24 | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-08-24 | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv pdf loaded | adv-pdf-1 | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status | Approved | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status effective | 2014-01-21 | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 0 | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Contact page url | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Contact page url | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Employees | 58 | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | St. Petersburg, FL | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Other funds reported | 2 | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Portfolio page | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Private funds reported | 7 | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 7 | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $1.3B | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $1.3B | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Regulatory AUM (adviser, not fund size) | $16B | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Schedule a diff | sadiff-1 | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Team page | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Team page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Team page | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Venture funds reported | 3 | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 3 | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Aug 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Site title | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersPrivate equity with venture activity, probableShowHide
Registered adviser; venture funds are 38% of 7 private funds
- 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
- 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
- Adviser's first ADV filing2014-01-21source 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.