# Ares Capital: portfolio, investments and team > Ares Capital is a growth equity based in United States. 2 investments on record, latest Sept 2025. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/ares-capital (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Ares Capital Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Dec 2023, closing $8,673M. Last cheque observed Sep 2025. Email Growth equity Quiet Last fund $8.7B, Dec 2023 Series E Follow Ares Capital and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fares-capital) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 2 on record Since the last cheque **428** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$205M** Rounds led **0 of 2** Pitch Ares Capital ## Ares Capital highlights - 01 2 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series E: 100% of its rounds ## What they do > Filed 2 private fund offerings with the SEC, the most recent in 2016-11 From their own website - **Type:** Growth equity (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Based in:** United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **2 appearances** - **2025** 1 round - **Sept** **[ID.me](https://millionrounds.com/company/id-me)** Series E · US · TechStartups **$340M** With 3 others - **2017** 1 round - **Mar** **[Soundcloud](https://millionrounds.com/company/soundcloud)** DE · TechCrunch **$70M** With 2 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **24 named** AP **Antony P. Ressler** President of APMC EE Participation Manager LLC i Filing they signed BF **Bennett F. Rosenthal** Vice President of APMC EE Participation Manager LLC i Filing they signed BK **Blair Kipp Jacobson** Executive Officer i Filing they signed CK **Carl Kipp Helander** Executive Officer i Filing they signed DM **Dan M. Nguyen** Executive Officer i Filing they signed DF **Daniel F. Nguyen** Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of APMC EE Participation Manager LLC i Filing they signed DJ **Daniel J. Hall** Executive Officer i Filing they signed DK **Daniel Kipp Sinclair** Executive Officer i Filing they signed DL **Darryl L. Schall** Executive Officer i Filing they signed DB **David B. Kaplan** Vice President of APMC EE Participation Manager LLC i Filing they signed DD **David D. Sachs** Director of the Issuer's subsidiaries, ACE UK Holdco Limited and Ares Capital Europe Limited i Filing they signed EK **Eric Kipp Vimont** Executive Officer i Filing they signed GD **Gordon D. Watters** Director of the Issuer's subsidiaries, ACE UK Holdco Limited and Ares Capital Europe Limited i Filing they signed GA **Gregory A. Margolies** Vice President of APMC EE Participation Manager LLC i Filing they signed JM **Jeff M. Moore** Executive Officer i Filing they signed JM **Joshua M. Bloomstein** Vice President and Assistant Secretary of APMC EE Participation Manager LLC i Filing they signed KK **Kai Kipp Gebauer** Executive Officer i Filing they signed MK **Matthew Kipp Theodorakis** Executive Officer i Filing they signed MK **Michael Kipp Arougheti** Also a Director of the Issuer's subsidiaries, ACE UK Holdco Limited and Ares Capital Europe Limited i Filing they signed MK **Michael Kipp Dennis** Executive Officer i Filing they signed MD **Michael D. Weiner** Also a Director of the Issuer's subsidiaries, ACE UK Holdco Limited and Ares Capital Europe Limited i Filing they signed MP **Mohan P. Thomas** Mr. Thomas is the Vice President i Filing they signed RS **Richard S. Davis** Vice President of APMC EE Participation Manager LLC i Filing they signed RM **Rick M. Davis** Executive Officer i Filing they signed We also hold **29** 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. Latest fund on file **$8.7B** raised in Dec 2023 From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet. ## The cheque Series E Median round joined **$205M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 2 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Sept 2025 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series E *1* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 **Pitching Ares Capital?** 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 *→* ## Recently backed The latest companies Ares Capital put money into. [**Soundcloud** $70M · Mar 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/soundcloud) ## Quick answers about Ares Capital ### What does Ares Capital invest in? Ares Capital invests most often at Series E (100% of the rounds on record). ### How active is Ares Capital? 2 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2025. ### What has Ares Capital invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: ID.me (Series E, Sept 2025) and Soundcloud (Undisclosed round, Mar 2017). ### How big are Ares Capital's cheques? The median round it joins is $205M. ### Is Ares Capital investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2025. ### What kind of investor is Ares Capital? Ares Capital is a growth equity firm based in United States. ### Has Ares Capital raised a new fund? Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Dec 2023, reporting $8.7B raised. ### When was Ares Capital founded? Ares Capital was founded in 2011. ## 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=ares-capital) · [Is this your firm? 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