# Ara Partners: portfolio, investments and team > Ara Partners is a private equity based in United States. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/ara-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Ara Partners No observed cheques in the sources we track. That is a limit of our coverage, not a finding about this organisation. Email Private equity Unknown New fund $60M, Jul 2026 Series A Series B Oil Utilities Batteries Follow Ara Partners and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fara-partners) Cheques on record **No rounds observed yet** A limit of the sources we read, not a finding about the firm. Pitch Ara Partners ## What they do > Ara is a global private equity firm that is decarbonizing the industrial economy. From their own website - **Type:** Private equity (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Series A Series B - **Sectors:** Oil Utilities Batteries - **Based in:** Houston, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record No rounds observed yet. That is a limit of the sources we read, not a finding about the firm. If it has invested, a round will put it here. [Know a round it was in? Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=ara-partners). ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **3 named** CR **Charles Reed Cherington** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed KN **Karthik Narasimhan** Chief Operating Officer, Chief Legal Officer & Chief Compliance Officer i Form ADV TW **Troy William Thacker** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed We also hold **24** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What the register says From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law **$7.7B** assets it manages, 2 advisers combined Oct 2026 **Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC - **Legal name:** ARA GC Partners, LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 298845 Funds on its Form ADV **30** private funds, **$7.2B** in gross assets · filed Mar 2024 - Ara Fund III-A, SCSP *Private equity* 33 investors $1.5B - Ara Fund III, L.P. *Private equity* 26 investors $1.0B - Ara Fund II, L.P. *Private equity* 34 investors $567M - Ara Fund II-A, SCSP *Private equity* 31 investors $547M - Ara Fund I, L.P. *Private equity* 18 investors $547M - Ara VAC Co-Investment, L.P. *Private equity* 12 investors $306M - Ara Fund I Feeder, L.P. *Private equity* 9 investors $305M - Ara Fund II Divert Co-Invest, L.P. *Private equity* 2 investors $296M - Ara Fund III-C, SCSP *Private equity* 5 investors $290M - Ara Fund II-B, L.P. *Private equity* 3 investors $254M And 20 more on the filing. Who backs their funds ## 1 LP on record in Ara Partners's funds - **Committed:** $200M - **Funds:** 1 - **Vintages:** 2023 The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: the pension's own report, latest Mar 2026. - [**Washington State Investment Board** 1 fund *$200M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/washington-state-investment-board) Fund Vintage Committed Ara Fund III 2023 $200M ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **7** of 32 we have independently watched raise [Anesco](https://millionrounds.com/company/anesco)[Bluewhalematerials](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-whale-materials)[Circulus](https://millionrounds.com/company/circulus)[Petainer](https://millionrounds.com/company/petainer)[Sedron](https://millionrounds.com/company/sedron-technologies)[Utilityglobal](https://millionrounds.com/company/utility-global)[Wattstor](https://millionrounds.com/company/wattstor) Aloxe Bioveritas Centricfiber Cf-pathways Continuumpowders Cycle0 Divertinc Fluitron Generainc Gidara-energy Investors Lincolnenergysolutions Microtecdhus Naturalworldproducts Paratusltd Pathenviro Polarpm Prioritypower Puraglobe Pxlimited Repeats-group Soanematerials Transformmaterials Usdcleanfuels Vacuumschmelze Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. New fund on file **$60M** raised in Jul 2026 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. **Pitching Ara Partners?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Quick answers about Ara Partners ### What does Ara Partners invest in? Ara Partners says it invests in Oil, Utilities and Batteries. ### Is Ara Partners investing now? No investments in the last 12 months. ### What kind of investor is Ara Partners? Ara Partners is a private equity firm based in Houston, United States. ### How much does Ara Partners manage? About $7.7B, as regulatory assets under management, 2 advisers added together (Oct 2026). ### Has Ara Partners raised a new fund? Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Jul 2026, reporting $60M raised. ### When was Ara Partners founded? Ara Partners was founded in 2017. ### Where does this information on Ara Partners come from? From public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=ara-partners) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=ara-partners)