Needham Small Cap Growth Fund | |
Schedule of Investments | |
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited) | |
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| | Shares | | | Value | |
Common Stocks (75.7%) | | | | | | |
Aerospace & Defense (0.6%) | | | | | | |
Mercury Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 25,000 | | | $ | 927,250 | |
Chemicals (8.0%) | | | | | | | | |
Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 1,325,000 | | | | 11,395,000 | |
Communications Equipment (15.6%) | | | | | | | | |
ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. (b) | | | 1,167,500 | | | | 9,608,525 | |
Cambium Networks Corp. - ADR (a) | | | 737,500 | | | | 5,405,875 | |
Harmonic, Inc. (a) | | | 200,000 | | | | 1,926,000 | |
Infinera Corp. (a) | | | 650,000 | | | | 2,717,000 | |
KVH Industries, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 492,500 | | | | 2,511,750 | |
ViaSat, Inc. (a) | | | 12,500 | | | | 230,750 | |
| | | | | | | 22,399,900 | |
Electrical Equipment (6.5%) | | | | | | | | |
Generac Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 20,000 | | | | 2,179,200 | |
Vicor Corp. (a) | | | 120,000 | | | | 7,066,800 | |
| | | | | | | 9,246,000 | |
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (13.4%) | | | | | | | | |
Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 500,000 | | | | 376,450 | |
Cognex Corp. | | | 10,000 | | | | 424,400 | |
Coherent Corp. (a) | | | 5,000 | | | | 163,200 | |
Frequency Electronics, Inc. (d) | | | 465,000 | | | | 3,227,100 | |
nLight, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 550,000 | | | | 5,720,000 | |
Rogers Corp. (a) | | | 4,000 | | | | 525,880 | |
TTM Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 650,000 | | | | 8,372,000 | |
Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (a) | | | 11,450 | | | | 384,491 | |
| | | | | | | 19,193,521 | |
IT Services (2.7%) | | | | | | | | |
BigCommerce Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 300,000 | | | | 2,961,000 | |
Unisys Corp. (a) | | | 250,000 | | | | 862,500 | |
| | | | | | | 3,823,500 | |
Life Sciences Tools & Services (2.6%) | | | | | | | | |
CryoPort, Inc. (a) | | | 15,000 | | | | 205,650 | |
Standard BioTools, Inc. (a) | | | 1,190,000 | | | | 3,451,000 | |
| | | | | | | 3,656,650 | |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (13.9%) | | | | | | | | |
AXT, Inc. (a) | | | 1,500,000 | | | | 3,600,000 | |
FormFactor, Inc. (a)(b) | | | 90,000 | | | | 3,144,600 | |
MaxLinear, Inc. (a) | | | 250,000 | | | | 5,562,500 | |
MKS Instruments, Inc. | | | 58,000 | | | | 5,019,320 | |
PDF Solutions, Inc. (a) | | | 40,000 | | | | 1,296,000 | |
Photronics, Inc. (a) | | | 2,500 | | | | 50,525 | |
SiTime Corp. (a) | | | 1,150 | | | | 131,387 | |
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 7,500 | | | | 222,525 | |
Veeco Instruments, Inc. (a) | | | 30,000 | | | | 843,300 | |
| | | | | | | 19,870,157 | |
Software (12.1%) | | | | | | | | |
8x8, Inc. (a) | | | 400,000 | | | | 1,008,000 | |
Alteryx, Inc. - Class A (a) | | | 135,000 | | | | 5,088,150 | |
Arteris, Inc. (a) | | | 150,000 | | | | 976,500 | |
New Relic, Inc. (a) | | | 47,500 | | | | 4,066,950 | |
Telos Corp. (a) | | | 50,000 | | | | 119,500 | |
Yext, Inc. (a) | | | 100,000 | | | | 633,000 | |
Zuora, Inc. - Class A (a) | | | 660,000 | | | | 5,438,400 | |
| | | | | | | 17,330,500 | |
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (0.3%) | | | | | | | | |
Intevac, Inc. (a) | | | 153,850 | | | | 478,474 | |
Total Common Stocks | | | | | | | | |
(Cost $129,979,745) | | | | | | $ | 108,320,952 | |
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Warrants (0.0%) | | | | | | | | |
Agile Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 88 | | | | 29 | |
Total Warrants | | | | | | | | |
(Cost $1,750) | | | | | | | 29 | |
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Short-Term Investments (26.8%) | | | | | | | | |
Money Market Fund (26.8%) | | | | | | | | |
Dreyfus Treasury Securities Cash Management - Institutional Class, 5.24% (c) | | | | | | | | |
(Cost $38,387,372) | | | 38,387,372 | | | $ | 38,387,372 | |
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Total Investments (102.5%) | | | | | | | | |
(Cost $168,368,867) | | | | | | | 146,708,353 | |
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets (-2.5%) | | | | | | | (3,568,180 | ) |
Net Assets (100.0%) | | | | | | $ | 143,140,173 | |
| Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets. | | | |
| Industry classifications may be different than those used for compliance purposes. | | | |
(a)
| Non-income producing security. | | | |
(b)
| Security position is either entirely or partially held in a segregated account as collateral for securities sold short, aggregating a total market value of $4,537,100. | | | |
(c)
| Rate shown is the seven day yield as of September 30, 2023 | | | |
(d)
| Affiliated security. Needham Small Cap Growth Fund owned 5% or more of the voting securities of the following company during the three months ended September 30, 2023. As a result, this company is deemed to be an affiliate of Needham Small Cap Growth Fund as defined by the 1940 Act. | | | |
| The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) was developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC (“S&P”). | | | |
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Distribution of investments by country or territory of incorporation, as a percentage of Total Investments, is as follows (Unaudited): |
| Country | Long | | |
| United States^ | 100.0% | | |
| Total | 100.0% | | |
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^ | United States allocation includes Short-Term Investment-Money Market Fund of 26.8% | | | |