ARK Invest Surpasses $1 Billion In AUM Across Its European Funds

ARKK and ARKI lead inflows as European demand for high‑conviction innovation strategies accelerates

London (UK), 23 September 2025 – ARK Invest Europe announced today it has surpassed $1 billion in assets under management (AUM) across its European fund ranges, having started 2025 at $446m. The milestone comes exactly two years after ARK Investment Management LLC acquired Rize ETF in September 2023 and subsequently launched 3 ARK ETFs in April 2024. Surpassing this milestone underscores the growing demand from European allocators for active, high-conviction exposure to disruptive innovation.

Stuart Forbes, Head of ARK Invest Europe and Global Head of Distribution said: “Crossing one billion demonstrates that European allocators want research‑driven, high‑conviction exposure to technological innovation, delivered with transparency, discipline and service. It’s a testament to the tremendous quality of our globally-recognised research that underpins all of our active investment solutions. It is also a testament to the team’s work in building deep, long-term relationships with clients and investors. As we scale, we’re expanding our partnerships across Europe and globally, with several exciting new products and client-focused initiatives set to launch soon.”

Cathie Wood, Founder, CEO & CIO of ARK Invest, said: “This milestone reflects the power of deep research and high-conviction investing. As AI rapidly transforms industries, our disciplined approach to identifying future leaders puts us in a strong position to deliver long-term value to our investors. Before entering the European market in 2023, we saw high demand for our research in the region. Two years later, I’ve had the opportunity to join our European team in meeting hundreds of investors across Europe and I look forward to continuing those conversations during our upcoming events this month. It’s incredibly energising to witness firsthand the enthusiasm and trust our clients have in ARK’s vision. Europe has always been a region deeply engaged with innovation, and we remain fully committed to serving its forward-thinking investors.”

Momentum Across ARK’s European platform

ARK Invest Europe operates two complementary UCITS ranges designed to serve distinct client objectives:

• The ARK Range — actively managed strategies focused on technologically-enabled innovation.
• The RIZE by ARK Invest Range — self‑indexed strategies focused on sustainability and impact themes.

Together, they give investors flexible tools to implement targeted innovation exposures or sustainable, thematic and impact allocations within diversified portfolios.

The ARK range currently sits at $589m in AUM and has seen exceptional growth in 2025, attracting over $395m in net inflows since January driven by rising demand amongst European investors for high-conviction exposure to technological innovation, particularly AI and robotics.

The RIZE range, currently standing at $413m in AUM, has been another major area of focus for the firm. In May 2025, the firm published its ‘2025 Guide to Sustainable Investing and Useful Recommendations For Investors’ and will later this month be launching the RIZE Impact Calculator, a full-service impact calculation solution that the firm has developed in-house as a free solution for its professional investor client base.

Top ETFs By Year-to-Date Net Inflows (Europe):

Individual Milestones

–        ARK Innovation UCITS ETF: ARK’s flagship strategy has surpassed the quarter of a billion mark and is now standing at $297m in AUM from $29m at the start of the year.

–        ARK Artificial Intelligence & Robotics UCITS ETF: ARK’s purpose-built strategy tailored specifically for the European market has also surpassed that milestone and now stands at $266m in AUM, having started the year at $32m.

–        Rize Environmental Impact 100 UCITS ETF: Designed as a comprehensive solution for investors seeking exposure to the solutions for our world’s most pressing environmental challenges, this ETF has recently surpassed the $100m milestone, reaching $115m in AUM at the time of writing.

Research‑Led, High‑Conviction Investing

By focusing on five core innovation platforms (Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Energy Storage, Multiomic Sequencing, and Public Blockchains), ARK seeks to deliver forward-looking strategies that align with the structural shifts transforming the way the world works. This high-conviction focus continues to solidify ARK’s reputation as a pioneer in identifying and investing in the most transformative technologies shaping the future.

ARK’s strategies are anchored in a transparent, iterative research process that combines top‑down analysis of the five innovation platforms with a rigorous bottom‑up stock selection and scoring system, all managed actively using a benchmark‑agnostic approach.

ARK Invest Europe’s growth has been driven by robust investor demand for exposure to disruptive technologies and long-term innovation trends shaping the world, alongside strong fund performance. 

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