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        <balance>77530.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>31309715.20000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>16.61193427910</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Veracyte Inc</name>
        <lei>529900ESWZRHXOW27Z37</lei>
        <title>Veracyte, Inc.</title>
        <cusip>92337F107</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US92337F1075"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>86018.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>3406312.80000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>1.807280711632</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>DraftKings Inc</name>
        <lei>2549006G33IUL6IVOD83</lei>
        <title>DraftKings, Inc.</title>
        <cusip>26142V105</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US26142V1052"/>
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        <balance>101399.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>3772042.80000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>2.001325361514</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Meta Platforms Inc</name>
        <lei>BQ4BKCS1HXDV9HN80Z93</lei>
        <title>Meta Platforms, Inc.</title>
        <cusip>30303M102</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US30303M1027"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>8231.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>4819332.81000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>2.556983971187</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Gitlab Inc</name>
        <lei>9845004Y40FACG81ED49</lei>
        <title>Gitlab, Inc.</title>
        <cusip>37637K108</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US37637K1088"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>17592.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>991309.20000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>0.525956980939</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Prime Medicine Inc</name>
        <lei>N/A</lei>
        <title>Prime Medicine, Inc.</title>
        <cusip>74168J101</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US74168J1016"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>67892.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>198244.64000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>0.105182270417</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <loanByFundCondition isLoanByFund="Y" loanVal="188331.24000000"/>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Natera Inc</name>
        <lei>N/A</lei>
        <title>Natera, Inc.</title>
        <cusip>632307104</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US6323071042"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>13710.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>2170293.00000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>1.151488106873</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Shopify Inc</name>
        <lei>549300HGQ43STJLLP808</lei>
        <title>Shopify, Inc.</title>
        <cusip>82509L107</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="CA82509L1076"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>81663.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>8683226.79000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>4.607042633400</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>CA</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Pinterest Inc</name>
        <lei>N/A</lei>
        <title>Pinterest, Inc.</title>
        <cusip>72352L106</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US72352L1061"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>77119.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>2236451.00000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>1.186589427374</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>ROBLOX Corp</name>
        <lei>N/A</lei>
        <title>ROBLOX Corp.</title>
        <cusip>771049103</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US7710491033"/>
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        <balance>220553.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>12761196.58000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>6.770683078895</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Roku Inc</name>
        <lei>549300KR6ITU0YIR1T71</lei>
        <title>Roku, Inc.</title>
        <cusip>77543R102</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US77543R1023"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>243959.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>18135912.06000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>9.622335345686</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Cerus Corp</name>
        <lei>254900BIEY9XIDA04Q21</lei>
        <title>Cerus Corp.</title>
        <cusip>157085101</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US1570851014"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>384239.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>591728.06000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>0.313951997999</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>American Beacon U.S. Government Money Market</name>
        <lei>549300EXCES9V5RWB620</lei>
        <title>American Beacon U.S. Government Money Market</title>
        <cusip>02368W200</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US02368W2008"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>3825205.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>3825205.00000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>2.029531525860</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>STIV</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>RF</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>N/A</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <cashCollateralCondition cashCollateralVal="3825205.00000000" isCashCollateral="Y"/>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Amazon.com Inc</name>
        <lei>ZXTILKJKG63JELOEG630</lei>
        <title>Amazon.com, Inc.</title>
        <cusip>023135106</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US0231351067"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>15875.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>3482816.25000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>1.847870997280</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>UiPath Inc</name>
        <lei>5493000YP61KBELDHT53</lei>
        <title>UiPath, Inc.</title>
        <cusip>90364P105</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US90364P1057"/>
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        <balance>388987.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>4944024.77000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>2.623141540217</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Coinbase Global Inc</name>
        <lei>5493004G3J2SC154DU06</lei>
        <title>Coinbase Global, Inc.</title>
        <cusip>19260Q107</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US19260Q1076"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>64583.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>16035958.90000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>8.508167309973</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
    </invstOrSecs>
    <explntrNotes>
      <explntrNote note="Monthly returns presented in Item B.5(a) have been calculated without deducting any applicable sales loads or redemption fees." noteItem="B.5.a"/>
    </explntrNotes>
    <signature>
      <ncom:dateSigned>2025-01-24</ncom:dateSigned>
      <ncom:nameOfApplicant>AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS</ncom:nameOfApplicant>
      <ncom:signature>Sonia Bates</ncom:signature>
      <ncom:signerName>Sonia Bates</ncom:signerName>
      <ncom:title>Treasurer</ncom:title>
    </signature>
  </formData>
</edgarSubmission>
