Record fundraising, accelerating IPO activity and continued appreciation across many of the market's most valuable private companies made Q2 2026 one of the most notable quarters for the private market in recent years.
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| Returns | 3M | YTD | 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aerospace & Defense | 17.9% | 62.9% | 214.6% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 28.5% | 59.1% | 159.3% |
| Chips | 18.3% | 333.1% | 396.8% |
| Consumer | 12.0% | 19.3% | 33.2% |
| Fintech | 5.6% | 23.6% | 27.8% |
| Forge Accuidity Private Market Index | 15.5% | 36.8% | 62.1% |
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Artificial intelligence infrastructure, applications and enablement platforms shaping enterprise and consumer markets.
Private companies developing advanced aerospace systems, defense technologies, autonomy and national security infrastructure.
Semiconductor companies driving compute, fabrication and next-generation hardware innovation.
High-growth consumer brands and platforms transforming retail, commerce and customer engagement.
Financial technology companies modernizing payments, lending, financial infrastructure and capital markets.
| Company |
Basket |
Sector & Subsector |
Weight |
Return QTD |
Return YTD |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anduril | Aerospace & Defense |
Industrial Aerospace & Defense |
60.48% | +9.16% | +22.86% | |
| Shield AI | Aerospace & Defense |
Industrial Aerospace & Defense |
19.78% | +0.28% | +89.05% | |
| Saronic | Aerospace & Defense |
Industrial Aerospace & Defense |
13.52% | 0.00% | +51.59% | |
| Stoke Space | Aerospace & Defense |
Industrial Aerospace & Defense |
4.31% | 0.00% | +24.77% | |
| Epirus | Aerospace & Defense |
Industrial Aerospace & Defense |
1.92% | +7.53% | +7.91% | |
| Anthropic | Artificial Intelligence |
Enterprise Software Data Intelligence |
26.65% | 0.00% | +115.77% | |
| OpenAI | Artificial Intelligence |
Enterprise Software Data Intelligence |
17.86% | 0.00% | +44.58% | |
| Databricks | Artificial Intelligence |
Enterprise Software Data Intelligence |
16.56% | +9.44% | +34.05% | |
| Anduril | Artificial Intelligence |
Industrial Aerospace & Defense |
13.20% | +9.16% | +22.86% | |
| Figure AI | Artificial Intelligence |
Industrial Robotics |
4.75% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Perplexity | Artificial Intelligence |
Enterprise Software Data Intelligence |
2.73% | +3.44% | -3.21% | |
| Skild AI | Artificial Intelligence |
Industrial Robotics |
2.31% | +14.52% | +15.03% | |
| SandboxAQ | Artificial Intelligence |
Enterprise Software Data Intelligence |
1.93% | 0.00% | +166.95% | |
| Groq | Artificial Intelligence |
Enterprise Software Data Intelligence |
1.91% | 0.00% | +114.91% | |
| Thinking Machines Lab | Artificial Intelligence |
Enterprise Software Data Intelligence |
1.88% | -0.51% | +4.23% | |
| Shield AI | Artificial Intelligence |
Industrial Aerospace & Defense |
1.55% | +0.28% | +89.05% | |
| Zipline | Artificial Intelligence |
Transportation Delivery services |
1.43% | +59.50% | +84.32% | |
| Replit | Artificial Intelligence |
Enterprise Software Software Development |
1.18% | -1.05% | +71.13% | |
| Saronic | Artificial Intelligence |
Industrial Aerospace & Defense |
1.06% | 0.00% | +51.59% | |
| Lambda | Artificial Intelligence |
Enterprise Software Cloud / Networking Infrastructure |
1.00% | -8.07% | -3.98% | |
| Glean | Artificial Intelligence |
Enterprise Software Data Intelligence |
0.91% | -0.85% | -22.42% | |
| Abridge | Artificial Intelligence |
Healthcare Healthcare software |
0.84% | +5.45% | +5.69% | |
| Apptronik | Artificial Intelligence |
Industrial Robotics |
0.74% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Lightmatter | Artificial Intelligence |
Technology Hardware Computing hardware |
0.64% | -16.76% | +48.78% | |
| Nuro | Artificial Intelligence |
Transportation Autonomous Vehicles |
0.55% | 0.00% | +6.25% | |
| Agility Robotics | Artificial Intelligence |
Industrial Robotics |
0.32% | 0.00% | +3.30% | |
| PsiQuantum | Chips |
Technology Hardware Computing hardware |
38.98% | -1.92% | -11.50% | |
| Lightmatter | Chips |
Technology Hardware Computing hardware |
37.18% | -16.76% | +48.78% | |
| Ayar Labs | Chips |
Technology Hardware Other Technology Hardware |
23.84% | +23.48% | +142.27% | |
| Fanatics | Consumer |
Consumer & Lifestyle Clothing, Fashion, Beauty & Apparel |
21.35% | +27.38% | +27.38% | |
| Zipline | Consumer |
Transportation Delivery services |
18.39% | +59.50% | +84.32% | |
| Discord | Consumer |
Consumer & Lifestyle Social |
17.94% | +17.50% | +37.81% | |
| Epic Games | Consumer |
Consumer & Lifestyle Gaming |
11.69% | +3.16% | -30.27% | |
| Whoop | Consumer |
Consumer & Lifestyle Fitness |
10.00% | +13.52% | +75.95% | |
| The Farmer's Dog | Consumer |
FoodTech Food Products & Services |
7.38% | -1.18% | -1.33% | |
| GrubMarket | Consumer |
FoodTech Food Products & Services |
5.10% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Olipop | Consumer |
FoodTech Food Products & Services |
2.62% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Turo | Consumer |
Transportation Ridesharing |
1.97% | 0.00% | -12.36% | |
| Eight Sleep | Consumer |
Consumer & Lifestyle Home Products |
1.86% | -28.27% | -15.42% | |
| Thrive Market | Consumer |
FoodTech Food Products & Services |
1.70% | -18.06% | -13.57% | |
| Stripe | Fintech |
FinTech Payments |
33.65% | 0.00% | +99.64% | |
| Ramp | Fintech |
FinTech FinTech software |
22.93% | +0.60% | +36.01% | |
| Ripple | Fintech |
FinTech Payments |
12.89% | -3.08% | -23.51% | |
| Kraken | Fintech |
FinTech Blockchain |
9.75% | +7.69% | +2.44% | |
| Polymarket | Fintech |
FinTech Blockchain |
9.07% | -3.86% | +16.71% | |
| Mercury | Fintech |
FinTech Digital Banking |
3.56% | +4.39% | +19.79% | |
| Upgrade | Fintech |
FinTech Digital Banking |
3.06% | 0.00% | -30.41% | |
| Addepar | Fintech |
FinTech FinTech software |
1.77% | 0.00% | -23.19% | |
| Cross River Bank | Fintech |
FinTech Digital Banking |
1.19% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| ConsenSys | Fintech |
FinTech Blockchain |
1.13% | -1.33% | -1.33% | |
| Chainalysis | Fintech |
FinTech Blockchain software |
1.00% | 0.00% | -14.48% |
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