Form D · Other Investment Fund

VanEck Smart Contract Leaders Fund

New York, NY · CIK 0001910070

Offering snapshot reported Feb 7, 2025 · SEC filing

Reported sold
$12.5M
Indefinite offering
Investors reported
8
Form D · investor count
Minimum accepted
$1
Reported outside-investor minimum
First sale
Feb 1, 2022
As reported in this filing

Fundraising history

Reported sold
Reported amount sold by Form D filing date$0$6.23M$12.5MFeb 11, 2022: $5,110,000.00Feb 11, 2022Feb 10, 2023: $12,210,000.00Feb 10, 2023Feb 9, 2024: $12,220,000.00Feb 9, 2024Feb 7, 2025: $12,450,000.00Feb 7, 2025

Dates are filing dates, not cash receipt dates. Decreases are reported revisions, not evidence of withdrawals. Separate offering histories are not added together.

What changed?

Latest filing versus its linked predecessor, where available.

  • Reported sold$12,220,000 → $12,450,000
  • Reported investors6 → 8

Filing history

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FiledFiling typeReported soldChange vs linked filingInvestorsSource
Feb 7, 2025Amendment$12,450,000$230,000vs Feb 9, 20248SEC filing
Feb 9, 2024Amendment$12,220,000$10,000vs Feb 10, 20236SEC filing
Feb 10, 2023Amendment$12,210,000$7,100,000vs Feb 11, 20223SEC filing
Feb 11, 2022Initial$5,110,000No comparison3SEC filing

Offering details

Securities
Equity
Exemptions
06c, 3C, 3C.7
Duration over one year
Yes
Business combination
No
Sales commissions
$0
Finders' fees
$0
Form D file number
021-433215

Source: Form D, filed Feb 7, 2025. Minimum accepted may differ from a standard advertised minimum.

Fund connections

The linked fund shows its most recently reported ADV details.

Matched by reported Form D file number

VANECK SMART CONTRACT LEADERS FUND

Investment adviser: VAN ECK ABSOLUTE RETURN ADVISERS CORPORATION

Gross asset value
$19.5M
Beneficial owners
7
ADV minimum commitment
$100K

Reported in Form ADV on Nov 4, 2025. Fund assets and beneficial owners measure different things from Form D sales and investors.

Service providers

Fund administrator MG STOVER LLC DENVER, Colorado, United States Investor statements: Yes (provided to all investors) Related to adviser: No
Auditor COHEN & COMPANY, LTD. HUNT VALLEY, Maryland, United States
Custodian COINBASE CUSTODY TRUST COMPANY LLC NEW YORK, New York, United States Related to adviser: No
Custodian GEMINI TRUST COMPANY, LLC NEW YORK, New York, United States Related to adviser: No
Custodian STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY BOSTON, Massachusetts, United States Related to adviser: No
Marketer VAN ECK SECURITIES CORPORATION NEW YORK, New York, United States Related to adviser: Yes
Provider details
Annual audit
Yes
Prime brokers
No
Custodians
Yes
Administrator other than the adviser
Yes
External marketing
Yes

COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.
PCAOB 925

VAN ECK SECURITIES CORPORATION
CRD 2269 · SEC 8-4618

Filing source

Form ADV 2025352 · Nov 4, 2025 · Schedule D 7.B.(1), fund 805-2792898691

Official IAPD profile (latest public filing). Values are the most recently reported in our imported data; the public profile may show a newer filing.

People & organizations

Current and past Form D appearances. These existing records do not establish a person's current role or uniquely identify them across issuers.

People and organizations reported in Form D filings
NameReported role
Lee Robert Rappaport Executive
Jonathan Rich Simon Executive
Bruce John Smith Director
Jan Frederick Van Eck Director, Executive
N/A Van Eck Absolute Return Advisers Corp. Executive, Promoter

Issuer details

Industry: Pooled Investment Fund (See others in industry)

Address:
666 Third Avenue 9 Th Floor
New York, NY, 10017