Renaissance IPO ETF (ticker: IPO) is an exchange-traded fund that tracks the Renaissance IPO Index, providing investors with exposure to a portfolio of the largest, most liquid U.S.-listed companies that have recently completed initial public offerings. The fund invests primarily in common stocks, depositary receipts, real estate investment trusts and partnership units of newly public companies meeting specific size, liquidity and free float criteria; it normally holds at least 80% of its total assets in securities comprising the index, with constituents weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization and capped at 10% per issuer. New eligible IPOs enter the index on a fast-entry basis starting on the fifth trading day or at quarterly rebalance, while holdings are removed after three years or upon failing continued eligibility criteria; the fund may also utilize futures, options, swaps, cash equivalents and non-index common stocks for tracking purposes. Launched on October 14, 2013, and listed on NYSE Arca, the ETF is a series of Renaissance Capital Greenwich Funds, advised by Renaissance Capital LLC (headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut), with portfolio management led by Tiffany Ng since January 2021; it maintains a net expense ratio of 0.60% and quarterly distributions.
The ETF targets institutional and retail investors seeking diversified access to U.S. IPO activity across sectors including technology (38.2%), consumer discretionary (21.6%), industrials (14.2%) and others, with top holdings as of mid-December 2025 such as Kenvue (10.22%), Reddit (9.91%), Arm Holdings (7.62%) and Astera Labs (7.10%). It emphasizes early investment in innovative, high-growth firms before mainstream index inclusion, minimizing single-stock risk while capturing approximately 80% of newly public U.S. market capitalization.
Recent quarterly rebalances of the underlying Renaissance IPO Index reflect ongoing evolution in holdings, with September 2025 changes effective September 22 adding Bullish, Caris Life Sciences, Chime Financial and Circle Internet Group among others; June 2025 additions including CoreWeave and deletions such as Bausch + Lomb; March 2025 additions of Pony AI, SailPoint, ServiceTitan, Smithfield Foods and Venture Global; and December 2024 additions of Credo Technology Group Holding and StandardAero with deletions including Braze and Fluence. The January 31, 2025 summary prospectus confirms no material changes to core strategies, fees or structure, maintaining the fund's passive replication approach amid a portfolio turnover rate of 123% in the prior fiscal year. Options trading is available on shares, enhancing liquidity for market participants.