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Ara Partners

Ara Partners is a private equity manager in Houston, TX. It is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser with $6.8B in regulatory assets and 95 staff. It has 14 funds on file, the latest reported in December 2025.

Funds on file
14
Raised, all funds
$2.1B
Regulatory assets
$6.8B
Staff
95
Pension investors
4
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Latest fund filing

Funds

DateFundTypeRaisedTarget
Dec 2025 Ara Energy Fund I-A, SCSp Private equity $0 Not given
Dec 2025 Ara Energy Fund I, LP Private equity $0 Not given
Sep 2025 Ara Puraglobe Co-lnvest II, LP Private equity $0 Not given
May 2025 Ara Fund I Annex, LP Private equity $0 Not given
May 2025 Ara Builders Fund, LP Private equity $0 Not given
Sep 2024 Ara Infrastructure Fund I-A, SCSp Private equity $102M Not given
Sep 2024 Ara Infrastructure Fund I, LP Private equity $83.2M Not given
Oct 2023 Ara Fund III-A, SCSp Private equity $1.3B Not given
Oct 2023 Ara Fund III, LP Private equity $678.9M Not given
Jul 2023 Ara Fund III-C, SCSp Private equity $0 Not given
Apr 2023 Ara Fund III-B, LP Private equity $0 Not given
Aug 2021 Ara Fund II-B, LP Private equity $0 Not given
Mar 2021 Ara Fund II-A, SCSp Private equity $0 Not given
Mar 2021 Ara Fund II, LP Private equity $0 Not given

Adviser record

RegistrationRegistered with the SEC as an investment adviser.
Regulatory assets$6.8B
Employees95
Clients41 private funds.
Control personsCharles, Reed Cherington, Karthik Narasimhan, Troy, William Thacker.
Private funds30 private funds holding $7.2B in gross assets.

Private funds it reports

FundTypeGross assets
Ara Fund Iii-a, Scsp Private equity $1.5B
Ara Fund Iii Private equity $1B
Ara Fund II Private equity $567.5M
Ara Fund Ii-a, Scsp Private equity $546.7M
Ara Fund I Private equity $546.7M
Ara Vac Co-investment Private equity $306.5M
Ara Fund I Feeder Private equity $304.6M
Ara Fund II Divert Co-invest Private equity $295.8M
Ara Fund Iii-c, Scsp Private equity $289.6M
Ara Fund Ii-b Private equity $254.2M
AP Fund Holdings Private equity $249.5M
Ara Priority Power Holdings Private equity $194.3M
Ara Fund Iii Aiv Private equity $123M
Ara AG Fiber Co-investment Private equity $98.5M
Ara Fund Iii-b Private equity $97.4M