ARK Invest Shifts Focus to SpaceX with $444M Bet Amid Historic IPO, Trims Other Tech Holdings

June 13, 2026
ARK Invest Shifts Focus to SpaceX with $444M Bet Amid Historic IPO, Trims Other Tech Holdings
  • The IPO not only marked a historic financing milestone but also highlighted SpaceX’s market leadership and scale.

  • ARK rotated out of Rocket Lab and trimmed RKLB positions across ARKQ and ARKX on the same day SpaceX went public, signaling a strategic shift toward SpaceX.

  • ARK purchased 3,291,184 shares of SpaceX’s SPCX across ARK ETFs, totaling about $444.31 million, underscoring rising conviction in SpaceX’s technology trajectory.

  • SpaceX had been a major ARK Venture Fund position, once accounting for more than 11% of net assets, with ARK citing reusable rocket tech as a driver of lower launch costs.

  • Beyond SpaceX moves, ARK also sold positions in CrowdStrike, Cloudflare and Veracyte as part of a broader portfolio realignment.

  • Other prominent disposals included Baidu, Tesla, Rocket Lab and 10X Genomics, with precise share counts and dollar values disclosed.

  • The offering sold 555.6 million shares to reach the $75 billion total.

  • The two-day sequence of large trades enabled ARK to expand SpaceX exposure while freeing capacity through concurrent divestitures elsewhere within the ETF lineup.

  • ARK liquidated about $39.34 million in AMD holdings across three ETFs as part of the rebalancing.

  • SpaceX’s IPO raised $75 billion, setting a record as the largest initial public offering in history.

  • ARK sold 98,835 shares of Roku (ROKU) via ARKK for roughly $11.82 million, continuing a trend of trimming Roku exposure.

  • ARK reduced its AMD stake by selling 80,536 shares across ARKQ, ARKW, and ARKX, totaling about $39.34 million, signaling a move away from certain semiconductor bets.

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