Ara Partners

Ara Partners is a private equity and infrastructure investment firm that focuses on decarbonizing the industrial economy. The company focuses on energy efficiency, renewable energy, industrial process electrification, waste management, and sustainable chemicals. Ara Partners puts money into businesses and initiatives that help lower carbon emissions and promote sustainability in these industrial fields. Their investment approach usually involves providing growth capital and support and facilitating buyout proceedings to assist portfolio companies in expanding and making meaningful environmental advancements.

Michael Aguilar

Associate

Jay Bhanushali

Associate

Katy Boettcher

Principal

Katharine Boettcher

Principal

Robert Bond

Senior Associate

Ross Casey

Associate, Infrastructure

Charles Cherington

Co-Founder, Managing Partner and Member of Investment Committee

Ari David

Principal

Manuel Ferreira Gomes

Vice President

Huilai Gu

Associate, Infrastructure

Gina Hadam

Senior Associate, Infrastructure

Grant Haddix

Operating Partner

Alyssa Hooper

Managing Director, Infrastructure

Ashley Knight

Senior Associate

David Lynch

Principal

Irina Markina

Chief Decarbonization Officer and Managing Director

Karthik Narasimhan

COO and Chief Legal Officer

Myles O'Shaughnessy

Managing Director

Teresa O'Flynn

Co - Partner, Founder and Co-Head Ara Infrastructure

Cillian Ryan

Senior Associate

Peter Saldarriaga

Managing Director

Schmidtke, Johanna

Managing Director

Chris Seenan

Principal

Kevin Sonneveld

Principal, Infrastructure

Benjamin Sun

Vice President, Infrastructure

Troy Thacker

Co-Founder, Managing Partner and Member of Investment Committee

Tran, Tuan D.

Managing Director and Investment Committee Member

Muhammad Usman

Associate

Sean Wang

Associate

James Wang

Managing Director

Matt Welper

Associate

Churchill Yong

Co-Founder, Partner and Co-Head of Infrastructure

9 past transactions

Utility Global

Series B in 2022
Utility Global is the develops of eXERO™, a gas production technology, aimed at achieving an affordable, beyond-net-zero, low-carbon future. The company has created a proprietary reactor that converts variable industrial process gases into high-purity hydrogen and a concentrated CO2 stream, all without the need for electricity. This system enables on-site carbon capture from a single cost-effective location. In the steelmaking industry, the hydrogen generated can be reused to replace coke, while the concentrated CO2 stream's purity makes carbon capture simpler and more economical—a key step in decarbonizing steel production.

Blue Whale Materials

Private Equity Round in 2022
Blue Whale Materials provides li-ion recycling solutions to safely reclaim and responsibly supply valuable critical materials like cobalt, nickel, and lithium for the growing electrified economy.

Repeats Group

Private Equity Round in 2022
Repeats Group is a plastics recycling platform focused on producing high-quality recycled low-density polyethylene.

Anesco

Acquisition in 2021
Anesco is a national company dedicated to helping businesses, local authorities, housing associations and homeowners to reduce their carbon emissions. They provide comprehensive energy services, from audits through to recommendations, installations and capital funding plans. Their specialist team has managed some of the UK’s largest and most complex energy efficiency projects.

Polar Sapphire

Acquisition in 2021
Polar Sapphire has developed a proprietary method of producing low-cost high-purity alumina. Alumina is used to make artificial sapphires, a key component of the LED lighting manufacturing process.

Path Environmental Technology

Acquisition in 2020
Path offers tank cleaning and tank life cycle services. They create a custom-tailored solution that fits the tank and solves the problems with limited environmental impact. They provides heat exchange, nitrogen generation, in-service video, volume reduction/separation, sampling, gauging, sludge mapping, gas monitoring, and coldtapping services.

Priority Power Management

Private Equity Round in 2019
PPM is an independent energy management and consulting services firm whose sole purpose is to act as an extension of their clients’ staff to mitigate the risk and overcome the challenges associated with energy supply, information, and demand management. By leveraging their unsurpassed commitment, experience, and resources, PPM will deliver on their promise of substantial positive results to their customers’ bottom line.

Centric Gas Services

Acquisition in 2018
Centric Gas Services is a Gas utilities service.

Puralube

Private Equity Round in 2018
PURAGLOBE, which is headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania, currently operates a facility in Zeitz, Germany and is developing another facility in Tampa, Florida. PURAGLOBE is uniquely situated to be able to produce Group III base oils using its proprietary technology.
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