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Shield AI

Defense Technologies
Headquarters—
Founded—
Last known roundSeries F2025-03-06 · Shield AI ↗
Reported valuation$5.3B2025-03-06 · Shield AI ↗

+1.7% underlying-company dispersion. ARK Venture Fund carries Shield AI at $153.68/share; Destiny Tech100 carries it at $156.36/share. Flags disclose class, wrapper, and basis context without hiding a filed mark.

Security-class differences are disclosed on the affected rows; non-degenerate marks remain in the underlying-company comparison band. 2 rows are omitted from dispersion statistics under the degenerate-mark guard; each affected row states why.

Cross-fund comparison

Equity & warrant marks

One underlying-company band; one latest disclosed mark per fund and security.

FundFair valueSecurity / annotationsImplied price / shareMark age vs roundMethodology / filing
DXYZDestiny Tech100$30.1MJun 30, 2026 · source ↗preferredFair value hierarchy level 3No valuation basis was disclosed for this position. This is an annotation only and does not exclude the mark from comparison statistics.$156.36Jun 30, 2026 · source ↗481dJun 30, 2026 · source ↗N-PORT 2026-06-30 ↗
ARKVXARK Venture Fund$7MJul 31, 2026 · source ↗preferredNo specific valuation technique mapped to this schedule row.No valuation basis was disclosed for this position. This is an annotation only and does not exclude the mark from comparison statistics.$153.68Jul 31, 2026 · source ↗512dJul 31, 2026 · source ↗N-CSR 2026-07-31 ↗
HTGCHercules Capital, Inc.$3.7MJun 30, 2026 · source ↗equityLevel 3 note discloses multiple approaches / cost or transaction-price buckets at asset-class level without identifying this position’s method; no individual method inferred.Filed as equity; the comparison band's majority class is preferred.No valuation basis was disclosed for this position. This is an annotation only and does not exclude the mark from comparison statistics.Carried at warrant/option value (net of strike), not underlying share value — not comparable to share marks as filed.Omitted from statistics — Carried at warrant/option value (net of strike), not underlying share value — not comparable to share marks as filed.$127.37Jun 30, 2026 · source ↗481dJun 30, 2026 · source ↗10-Q 2026-06-30 ↗

Cross-fund comparison

Debt investments

Included in the same underlying-company comparison band.

FundSecurity type / annotationsPrincipalFair valueFV / principalRateMaturityMark age vs roundNon-accrual
HTGCHercules Capital, Inc.senior secured loanLevel 3 note discloses multiple approaches / cost or transaction-price buckets at asset-class level without identifying this position’s method; no individual method inferred. — Senior SecuredFiled as senior secured loan; the comparison band's majority class is preferred.No valuation basis was disclosed for this position. This is an annotation only and does not exclude the mark from comparison statistics.Omitted from statistics — security type is not an eligible fund-equity mark for dispersion.$148.2MJun 30, 2026 · source ↗$150.2MJun 30, 2026 · source ↗101.4%Jun 30, 2026 · source ↗Prime + 0.85%, Floor rate 6.85%, Cap rate 9.60%, PIK Interest 2.50%, 2.50% Exit FeeJun 30, 2026 · source ↗—Jun 30, 2026 · source ↗481dJun 30, 2026 · source ↗NoJun 30, 2026 · source ↗

Historical marks

Reported fair value by fund

Each bar is a disclosed position-quarter.

$30.1MDXYZJun 30, 2026 · source ↗$150.2MHTGCJun 30, 2026 · source ↗$3.7MHTGCJun 30, 2026 · source ↗$7MARKVXJul 31, 2026 · source ↗$3.1MARKVXJul 31, 2026 · source ↗
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