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ARK Invest | ARK Early-Stage Venture Fund

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Check Size

$1.0M$100.0M

Location

United States

Portfolio

5 companies

Activity

Statusactively investing

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Investment Thesis

Investment in young startups across ARK Invest's core themes of artificial intelligence, robotics, blockchain, energy storage and multiomics biology

About ARK Invest

ARK Venture Fund is an actively managed private/public crossover fund focused on disruptive innovation, investing in both private and public companies across the innovation lifecycle. Its approach is to use ARK’s internal research to identify companies that are enabling or benefiting from major technological shifts such as AI, robotics, genomics, and blockchain.[1][3]

Sectors

AI Frontier ModelsRoboticsCrypto & Web3Energy StorageBiotech

Stages

pre-seedseed

Geography Focus

GlobalUnited States

Team

NameTitleRoleLinks
Brett WintonChief FuturistC-Level
Cathie WoodChief Executive Officer, Chief Investment OfficerC-Levelin
Charles RobertsChief Investment Strategist, Private EquityC-Level
Frank DowningDirector of Research, AI and CloudDirector
Kellen CarterChief Compliance OfficerC-Level
Nicholas GrousDirector of Research, Consumer Internet and FintechDirector
Sam KorusDirector, Strategy and InvestmentDirector
Tasha KeeneyDirector of Research, Autonomous Technology & RoboticsDirector
Tom StaudtPresidentC-Level
William CoxChief Financial OfficerC-Level

Notable Investments

TeslaRokuSquareCoinbaseZoom Video CommunicationsCoinbase (COIN)Circle Internet (CRCL)Bullish (BLSH)Robinhood (HOOD)SpaceX (SPCX)Palantir (PLTR)Prime Medicine (PRME)Generate Biomedicines (GENB)Tempus AI (TEM)X-Energy (XE)

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Leads rounds

Co-invests

FAQ

What does ARK Early-Stage Venture Fund invest in?

ARK Early-Stage Venture Fund invests in AI Frontier Models, Robotics, Crypto & Web3, Energy Storage and Biotech at the pre-seed and seed stages.

Which geographies does ARK Early-Stage Venture Fund focus on?

ARK Early-Stage Venture Fund focuses on Global and United States, and is headquartered in United States.

What is ARK Early-Stage Venture Fund's typical check size?

ARK Early-Stage Venture Fund typically writes checks of $1M to $100M.