Post-effective Amendment (investment Company, Rule 485(b)) (485bpos)

1933 Act Reg. No. 33-88316

1940 Act File No. 811-8932

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2014

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER


		*THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933*		x
		POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 79		x

and

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER


		*THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940*		x
		AMENDMENT NO. 81		x

Artisan Partners Funds, Inc.

(Registrant)

875 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 800

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

Telephone Number: (414) 390-6100


Sarah A. Johnson		Rajib Chanda
Artisan Partners Funds, Inc.		Ropes & Gray LLP
875 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 800		One Metro Center, 700 12th Street, N.W., Suite 900
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202		Washington, D.C. 20005
(Agents for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

immediately upon filing pursuant to rule 485(b)

on pursuant to rule 485(b)

60 days after filing pursuant to rule 485(a)(1)

on pursuant to rule 485(a)(1)

75 days after filing pursuant to rule 485(a)(2)

on pursuant to rule 485(a)(2)

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this post-effective amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco, and the State of California on the 7 ^th day of March, 2014.


		ARTISAN PARTNERS FUNDS, INC.

By:		/s/ Eric R. Colson
		Eric R. Colson
		President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.


Name	Title	Date
/s/ Eric R. Colson Eric R. Colson	President, Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and Director	March 7, 2014

/s/ David A. Erne David A. Erne	Director	March 7, 2014

/s/ Gail L. Hanson Gail L. Hanson	Director	March 7, 2014

/s/ Thomas R. Hefty Thomas R. Hefty	Director	March 7, 2014

/s/ Patrick S. Pittard Patrick S. Pittard	Director	March 7, 2014

/s/ R. Scott Trumbull R. Scott Trumbull	Director	March 7, 2014

/s/ Gregory K. Ramirez Gregory K. Ramirez	Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and Treasurer (principal financial and accounting officer)	March 7, 2014



By:		/s/ Rajib Chanda
		Rajib Chanda
* By Rajib Chanda, Attorney-in-Fact, pursuant to powers of attorney filed herewith

Index of Exhibits Filed with this Registration Statement



Exhibit Number		Description

(99)(a)		Powers of Attorney for the Directors of Artisan Partners Funds, Inc.
101.INS		XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
101.DEF		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
101.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
101.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase