Michael Arougheti

Co-Founder, Director, CEO and President

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Bill Benjamin

Partner and Head of Real Estate Group

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Ryan Berry

Partner, Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer

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Michelle J. Brauner

Principal

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Seth Brufsky

Partner and Co-Head, U.S. Liquid Credit

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Michael Chen

Principal and Relationship Manager, Asia

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Paul Colatrella

MD

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Tyrone Cooney

MD

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Matthew Cwiertnia

Partner, Co-Head of Private Equity Group

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Keith E. Derman

Partner, Co-Head of Ares Infrastructure and Power

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Stephane Etroy

Partner and Head of European Private Equity

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Jonathan Ferguson

Director

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Robert D. Franson

Principal

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David J. Friedman

MD

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Amy Fujimoto

Partner

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Lydia Gaylord

VP, Investor Relations

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Kai Gebauer

MD of Ares Capital Europe

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Carling Giedt

Associate of Private Equity

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Mitchell S. Goldstein

Senior Partner

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Mitch Goldstein

Partner

Scott Graves

Partner, Portfolio Manager and Head of Distressed

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Julie Greenman

Principal of Investor Relations

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Carl Helander

MD

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Jamie Henderson

Partner

Peter Higgins

Partner and Portfolio Manager

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Merritt Hooper

Partner and Head of Product Management and Investor Relations of Private Equity

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Howard Huang

Partner

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Christine Isip

Associate of Investor Relations

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John Jardine

Partner

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Andy Jurkowski

MD

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David B. Kaplan

Co-Founder, Director, Partner and Co-Chairman of Private Equity Group

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Brian Klos

Partner

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Carl H. Lemke

MD of Finance, Accounting and Operations Department

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Mark MacEdo

Principal

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Warren J. MacGillivray

Partner

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Herbert Magid

Partner, Chairman of Ares Infrastructure and Power

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Herb Magid

Partner and Co-Head of Ares EIF

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Christopher Mathewson

Senior Analyst

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Michael Robert McFerran

Partner and CFO and Treasurer

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Shane T. Mengel

Co-Director of Research and Senior Analyst

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Lucas Missong

Principal

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Brian Napoli

VP of Investor Relations

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Lee Stuart Neibart

Senior Partner, Partner and Co-Head of the Real Estate Group

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John Nooney

Partner of Credit Group

AP

Adam Pieczonka

Associate

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Andrew N. Pike

Partner, Co-Head of Ares Infrastructure and Power

AP

Andres Pinter

MD of Credit Group

AP

Antony Peter Ressler

Co-Founder and Executive Chairman

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David Ricanati

Partner

Bennett Rosenthal

Co-Founder, Director, Partner and Co-Chairman of Private Equity Group

DR

David Roth

Partner and Head of U.S. Real Estate Private Equity

KR

Kevin Ryan

Partner

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Shawn Saint

VP

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Andrew Schroeder

Partner and Co-Head of Ares EIF

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Debra Sherman

VP of Ares Management GP LLC

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James Simmons III

Partner

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Daniel Sinclair

Director

MS

Michael Smith

Partner

JS

Julie Solomon

Partner and Head of of Product Management and Investor Relations

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Charles Steel

Partner

MS

Melissa Stephens

VP of Investor Relations

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Oleh Szczupak

MD of Commercial Finance Operations Group

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Matthew Edwards Underwood

Partner

DV

Danielle Vick

MD and Relationship Manager

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Nate Walton

Partner, Head of Energy Group

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Nathan W. Walton

Partner

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Waxman J.D., Eric S.

Partner

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Steven Wolf

Partner

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Raymond L. Wright

Senior VP and Chief Administrative Officer

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Irina Zilbergleyt

VP

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Abraham Zilkha

Partner

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Kipp deVeer

Director, Partner, Head of Credit Group

82 past transactions

Tornado Development

Venture Round in 2000
Tornado Development is a software and services company.

Behalf

Debt Financing in 2021
Behalf, Inc. operates as a financing provider which facilitates commerce between business to business merchants and their business customers. The company allows merchant partners to offer business customers instant credit and flexible payment terms at the point of sale. It also provides working capital solutions for small businesses and flexible financing for business purchases. Behalf, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, New York. The company has additional offices in Tel Aviv, Israel

Van Hook Gathering System

Acquisition in 2015
Van Hook Gathering System

Fadada.com

Series C in 2019
Fadada.com is an online platform offering services of online electronic contracts signature, electronic documents signature, evidence custody and other related electronic signature SaaS services. The company is third-party electronic contract platform in China, mainly for finance, real estate, automotive, human resources services, education, insurance, third-party payment, tourism, medical, logistics, supply chain, B2B, B2C online trading platform and other industries and government agencies provide electronic contracts, electronic document signing and depositing services, while integrating value-added services such as forensic and lawyer services.

Black Creek Group

Acquisition in 2021
Founded in 1993, Black Creek Group is a Colorado-headquartered real estate firm that specialises in commercial, mixed-use and residential properties across the United States and Mexico.

NueHealth

Private Equity Round in 2018
NueHealth is an expert at bringing health systems and physicians together in partnership with surgical facilities. Joint ventures between physicians and health systems establish both new markets and patient access points. As payment reform continues to develop, joint ventures in surgical facilities provide hospitals with alternative sites of service that result in lower-cost surgical care while maintaining high-quality outcomes. Success is assured when physicians and health systems share objectives and vision. NueHealth gives employers and patients more control over healthcare choices and management through bundled payment options and customized benefits plans. Their network includes highly regarded physicians across a variety of specialties in some of the most recognized hospitals and facilities in the region.

Speakeasy

Series D in 2004
Speakeasy is one of the nation's leading broadband voice (VoIP), data and IT service providers. Speakeasy helps small businesses succeed by offering simplified voice and data solutions that improve the customer experience, increase employee productivity and help cut costs. Based in Seattle, Speakeasy has provided award-winning customer service since 1994 and joined the Best Buy family of companies in April 2007, working with Best Buy For Business to champion technology for small businesses throughout the U.S.

Insight Global

Private Equity Round in 2012
Based in Atlanta, Insight Global is a premier provider of employment and staffing solutions to Fortune 500 customers across the United States and Canada. They provide long-term, short-term, temporary-to-permanent, placement staffing, and enhanced staffing services. Insight Global completes more than 33,000 placements annually in short-term, long-term, contract-to-hire, and direct placement positions through their network of more than 48 regional offices across the U.S. and Canada. Founded in 2001, the company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

TricorBraun

Acquisition in 2021
TricorBraun Design & Innovation is an award-winning, fully integrated design studio, combining package design and development and custom mold building within one organization. TricorBraun has earned a number of package awards including WorldStar, AmeriStar awards as well as American Packaging Design Award and American Graphic Design Awards.

BFS Capital

Debt Financing in 2018
Delivering funding solutions is the reason they're in business They’re experts in the working capital needs of small businesses. Headquartered in South Florida, their technology-enabled financing platform provides up to $2 million in small business loans and merchant cash advances to businesses in all 50 states and Canada, and through their affiliate, Boost Capital, in the United Kingdom. They’ve delivered more than $1 billion in total financing to small- and mid-sized businesses across more than 400 industries, helping entrepreneurs like you to access working capital for any business need. A direct funding source and industry leader since 2002, they have years of experience and firm financial backing from institutional and bank partners, which has helped to solidify their position as the preferred funding source for small businesses. They're proud of their track record of success in supporting the dreams of thousands of customers – 80% of whom are repeat business, resulting in a Better Business Bureau A+ rating.

NEO U

Venture Round in 2020
NEO U is a platform build to help fitness influencers and workouts brands scale to a larger audience. The mission of NEO U is to bring the best of all types of fitness and trainers to anyone in the world, at any time. The NYC production hub is located in midtown Manhattan with 20,000 sq feet of space - including 3 studios, a cafe, and world class amenities. There are three state of the art rooms equipped to live stream and record any type of experience. Each room is designed with interchangeable equipment, atmospheric projectors and cameras to bring the ultimate fitness experience to wherever you are. Everything from boxing to yoga to bootcamp to dancing (and more!) are available to sweat enthusiasts locally to partake physically in the facility - and soon - will be streamed to an audience worldwide. Located at 420 Fifth Ave (@37th Street) www.neoufitness.com

Sharestates

Debt Financing in 2022
Sharestates, LLC operates an online marketplace for real estate investment purposes. The company allows investment in cash flow properties. It enables investors to earn returns on real estate properties, and property developers to fund projects. Sharestates, LLC was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Great Neck, New York.

Wellem

Series B in 2017
Wellem is an operator of pediatric clinic franchise. United Wellness Pediatric Gubei Clinic (Wellem) is a private clinic that provides care for babies, children, and young adults. They believe in leveraging competition and innovation to create better care, and base their service on the American service standard. They offer general pediatrics, pediatric dental care, specialized childcare, and imported vaccines. And can help children with any issue from physical growth, to nutrition, and language to vision, and even academic skills. Parents can also bring their children for preventative check ups, with little waiting time and simple registration.

AXiomatic Gaming

Venture Round in 2022
AXiomatic powers unforgettable esports experiences through sports and entertainment expertise. Its mission is to build a portfolio of dynamic company holdings in the esports and video gaming industry. Through strategic partnerships, investments, and acquisitions, the team connects esports groups with valuable resources including venues, technologies, media content, distribution partners, and investment capital. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Heelstone Energy Holdings, LLC

Private Equity Round in 2019
Heelstone Energy Holdings, LLC develops, owns, and operates solar power projects. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Landmark Partners

Acquisition in 2021
Founded in 1989, Landmark Partners is an investment firm based in the United States. The firm operates through private equity and real estate investments.

Altico Capital

Acquisition in 2021
Altico Capital India Limited, a non-banking financial company, engages in the advancing loans and financing business. The company focuses on real estate asset backed lending, senior secured lending, mid-income residential projects, and commercial real estate projects across Mumbai, National Capital Region, Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune, and Hyderabad, India. It also provides structured finance solutions to the infrastructure and other adjacent sectors. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Mumbai, India.

The Wunder Company

Private Equity Round in 2020
The Wunder Company provides construction and term financing for commercial solar projects. It offers financing for projects, ranging from traditional commercial solar PPAs to feed-in-tariffs, community solar developments, and unrated credit offtakers. The company also develops software and partners with solar organizations and financial institutions to build solar projects for businesses, municipalities, nonprofits, and communities across the USA. The Wunder Company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

Outfront Media

Post in 2020
Outfront Media is an integrated platform to connect brands to their desired audiences, as they live their lives. They are famous for the unrivaled impact and creativity of their medium. They champion the power of the largest canvases across North America to grow advertisers’ businesses through driving engagement, fame, and trust. Intelligent OOH makes brand’s messaging more relevant and their digital investments work harder.

Kyte

Debt Financing in 2022
Kyte’s mission is to offer the most compelling and most customer-centric way to get a car for consumers on top of fully virtualized cloud fleet ecosystem.

Farrow & Ball Ltd

Acquisition in 2014
Farrow & Ball Ltd manufactures and sells paints and wallpapers for homes. The company offers paint colors, color cards and books, primers and undercoats, brushes and rollers, and wallpaper patterns; books; and sample paints and wallpaper samples. It offers its products online; and through a network of showrooms and stockiest worldwide. The company was formerly known as Farrow & Ball (Southern) Limited and changed its name to Farrow & Ball Ltd in May 1992. Farrow & Ball Ltd was founded in 1946 and is based in Wimborne, United Kingdom. It has showrooms worldwide.

Convergint Technologies

Acquisition in 2018
Convergint Technologies is a service-based global integrator of Electronic Security, Fire Alarm and Life Safety, Healthcare Technologies, Communications, and Building Automation. They provide professional services that seamlessly combine both their systems and enterprise integration skills to integrate disparate facility systems to meet customer's evolving business requirements. From day one, delivering value through unparalleled customer service and consistent operational excellence has been foundational at Convergint Technologies. Their promise and their number one objective, is to be their customers' best service provider.

Apex Clean Energy, Inc.

Acquisition in 2021
Apex Clean Energy is an independent renewable energy company based in Charlottesville, VA. Since its founding in 2009, Apex has become one of the fastest-growing companies in the industry. In December 2012, Apex completed the development and construction of the 300 MW Canadian Hills Wind project outside Oklahoma City. The company has a diversified portfolio of wind energy facilities in development around the country and owns several operating solar PV assets. The company’s management team comprises experts from throughout the industry whose collective prior experience includes the development, financing, construction and operation of over $10 billion in wind and solar energy facilities now operating in the United States.

LendingPoint

Debt Financing in 2015
LendingPoint LLC provides direct lending services. The company owns and operates a cloud-based lending platform to offer personal loans based on its predictive risk algorithms. It provides loans in the areas of debt consolidation, home improvement, credit card refinancing, vacations, medical bills, buying or repairing automobile, moving expenses, wedding, and home appliances. The company also owns and operates LendingPoint Merchant Solutions, a platform that offers financing options to merchants, service providers, and medical institutions. LendingPoint LLC was founded in 2014 and is based in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Resource Label Group, LLC

Acquisition in 2021
Resource Label Group, LLC is a full-service label company providing custom label design and printing for a wide range of industries. In addition to complete label printing capabilities, our label company offers specialty label customizations. Our experienced team walks you through the label process and ensures you get the right designs, materials and printing methods for your label.

Johnnie-O, Inc.

Venture Round in 2022
Johnnie-O, Inc. designs and sells apparel for men, women, and children. It offers polos, button-downs, bottoms, T-shirts, outerwear, swimwear, and accessories. The company sells its products through stores in the United States, as well as offers products online. Johnnie-O, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is based in Santa Monica, California.

Mclaren Racing Limited

Venture Round in 2022
McLaren Technology Group is a high-technology brand that has been pioneering and innovating in the competitive world of Formula 1. The Group has built on its successful racing expertise and diversified to include a global, high-performance sports car business, McLaren Automotive, and a game-changing technology and innovation business, McLaren Applied Technologies.

Infobip

Debt Financing in 2021
Infobip D.o.o. provides an omnichannel communications platform. It offers various solutions, such as messaging channels, tools for advanced customer engagement, authentication, security, support, and retention. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Vodnjan, Croatia. It has additional offices across Africa, Asia Pacific, Australia, Eurasia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East and North Africa, and North America. Infobip D.o.o. operates as a subsidiary of Infobip Ltd.

Amryt Pharma

Post in 2022
Amryt Pharma is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the developing and delivering innovative new treatments to help improve the lives of patients with rare and orphan diseases. Amryt’s lead product, Episalvan, received marketing approval for the treatment of partial-thickness wounds from the European Commission in January 2016. Amryt intends to further develop Episalvan as a new treatment for a hereditary skin disorder called Epidermolysis Bullosa in both Europe and the U.S. Amryt’s earlier stage products are focussed on developing novel, next generation somatostatin analogue (“SSA”) peptide medicines for patients with rare neuroendocrine diseases, where there is high unmet medical needs. These include acromegaly and Cushing's disease.

mValue.com

Series B in 2000
Los Angeles-based MVALUE.com, Inc. (www.MVALUE.com) was founded in 1999 to give web surfers privacy, control and cash while offering web retailers access to targeted customers in a privacy-protected environment. The Company's primary application the MVALUE Panel, serves as an on-line companion to consumers—protecting their privacy and enabling them to earn cash when they surf the Net. Consumers are becoming more and more concerned with maintaining their personal privacy and controlling their personal information on the web. MVALUE.com has created a consumer-to-business marketplace where the consumer decides which companies get their data and what value they receive for exchanging it. Marketers are able to obtain online profiles of their actual customers, and their competitor's customers, in a permission based way.

LaserAway

Private Equity Round in 2021
LaserAway is a medical practice offering tattoo removal and skin rejuvenation services.

Nuula

Debt Financing in 2021
Nuula is a mobile application that gives small business owners instant access to critical business metrics anytime, anywhere. It allows real-time monitoring of cash flow, personal and business credit activity, and social ratings and reviews. Small business owners know immediately if there’s an issue with their cash, credit, or reputation that requires action. With Nuula, the things that matter most to a small business’s success are always at their fingertips.

Ryan, LLC

Private Equity Round in 2022
Ryan is an award-winning global tax services firm, with the largest indirect tax practice in North America and the sixth largest corporate tax practice in the United States. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the Firm provides a comprehensive range of state, local, federal, and international tax advisory and consulting services on a multi-jurisdictional basis, including audit defense, tax recovery, credits and incentives, tax process improvement and automation, tax appeals, tax compliance, and strategic planning.

Honor Technology, Inc.

Debt Financing in 2021
Honor Technology, Inc. owns and operates an online portal which connects in-home caregivers, seniors, and their families in California, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Ohio, and Michigan. The company offers seniors an Honor Frame, which lets them know who the caregiver is and when he or she is arriving. It screens and matches caregivers to seniors based on their expertise, and families are shown who took care of their family and what activities they did, and how long the caregiver was at the home. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Gotham Greens

Series E in 2022
Gotham Greens designs, builds and operates commercial scale greenhouse facilities in urban areas for fresh vegetable production. Since commencing production in early 2011, Gotham Greens has quickly become a worldwide pioneer in the field of urban agriculture and one of New York State’s leading producers of premium-quality, greenhouse-grown vegetables, and herbs. Local cultivation and regional distribution help Gotham Greens deliver their products quickly after being harvested to ensure they are fresh tasting, nutritionally dense, and long-lasting. Their farms are unconventional. But so is their commitment to taste, quality, and sustainability.

Swell Energy

Series A in 2019
Swell Energy Inc. provides energy storage services in Southern California. It offers EnergyShield, an off-grid energy plan that offers a bundled package of solar panels and a compact lithium-ion home battery to store and supply backup power to homeowners. It installs a fleet of home batteries that act as buffer between homes and the power grids, as well as provide backup power during a grid failure. Swell Energy Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Santa Monica, California.

Distributed Solar Development, LLC

Private Equity Round in 2022
Distributed Solar Development (DSD), a business backed by BlackRock Real Assets’ Global Renewable Power platform and GE Renewable Energy.

Neiman Marcus Group

Acquisition in 2013
Shop fashion's top names for women, men, and kids. Plus, check out beauty's best brands, designer jewelry, luxurious decor, and distinctive gifts for any occasion.

Faraday Future

Debt Financing in 2021
Faraday Future is a design and technology company developing global solutions that re-imagine transportation, content, and ownership. At Faraday Future, we believe that today’s cars do not meet today’s needs. Technological innovations, energy constraints, urban crowding, and demanding lifestyles have each contributed to a fundamental shift in our relationships with our cars.

Infovista

Debt Financing in 2014
InfoVista provides a unified platform for network performance management, application performance management and SLA management that empowers service providers and enterprise IT organizations to holistically and cost-effectively monitor and ensure availability and quality of service on the infrastructure, services and applications they deliver.

Paradigm Energy Partners

Acquisition in 2018
Paradigm Energy Partners, a midstream company, designs, builds, and operates gathering, storage, and transport solutions for the Bakken Shale in the Williston Basin of North Dakota and the Eagle Ford Shale of South Texas. It focuses on the development of custom gathering, storage, and long-haul solutions, which provide crude oil and gas producers with take-away capacity, flow assurance, and multi-market optionality; and access to class one rail facilities and connection to Enbridge’s pipeline system north of Lake Sacagawea.

Volery Capital Partners

Private Equity Round in 2019
Volery Capital Partners is a private equity firm that invests in asset managers that generate positive environmental and social impact. They provide growth equity and strategic support to best-in-class investment managers, and will also selectively pursue direct, co-investment and other opportunistic transactions. Their goal is to back top-performing management teams and to accelerate their efforts to achieve new levels of performance, growth and impact.

CoolSys

Acquisition in 2019
CoolSys is the parent company of market-leading operating businesses that provide a full spectrum of best-in-class service experiences and solutions to the retail, commercial, and industrial refrigeration and HVAC industries. The CoolSys corporate brand was developed to unite a growing family of refrigeration & HVAC operating brands into one family while providing strategic guidance and leadership, ensuring that collectively, the CoolSys operating brands are providing great value and a best-in-class experience to each of their customers.

Crazy Dog

Series A in 2018
Crazy Dog began operation in 2014 with the principle of serving the goods at an excellent price and the concept of "making dogs happy, owners reassuring, society assured" to provide the best quality, healthy and reliable product experience for the pet friends, with many brands such as Crazy Puppy, Mai Shi, Van Kec, Beauty (Cat). Products include pet food, pet entertainment, pet clothing, pet health care products, pet daily necessities, etc. After three years of rapid development, the company's "crazy puppy" dog food brand has full coverage of Tmall, Taobao, Jingdong and other online sales platforms and offline pet hospitals, pet stores, etc. It has become the leader in Internet dog food sales. In 2016, the sales exceeded 100 million yuan. In 2017, 618 sales reached 9 million. It is estimated that the annual sales will exceed 350 million yuan, and the average annual growth rate will reach 300%. In the future, they will take the vision of building an Internet pet ecosystem as a vision to lead the brand in the whole network of dog food sales. By 2020, the first brand of pet food category with annual sales of over 1 billion will be formed.

DuPage Medical Group, Ltd.

Private Equity Round in 2017
DuPage Medical Group (DMG) was formed in 1999 when three healthcare groups serving the western suburbs of Chicago since the 1960s joined together. Today, DMG has grown into one of the largest and most successful independent multi-specialty physician groups in Illinois. This success is largely based on the informed direction it receives through a physician-governed board. DMG is led by experienced physicians who continually seek innovations through a model of QEA: Quality, Efficiency and Access. Managing such a proactive model of medicine allows DMG to provide quality care, construct the most advanced facilities and implement the latest technology. Through secure access of an electronic health record and our patient portal, MyChart, our physicians and patients stay closely connected on the care that forms the bigger picture of each patient’s health. DMG promotes strong collaboration among its medical staff and solicits helpful feedback from patients. Strong administrative support creates stability for DMG physicians, empowering them to help drive the group forward.

London Square

Acquisition in 2014
London Square is a residential developer and house builder.

House of Blues Entertainment

Venture Round in 2004
The House of Blues grew out of founder Isaac Tigrett's love for the unique American art form known as the "the Blues". Weaned on this music during his early childhood in Tennessee, one of Isaac's goals was to introduce the world to the music of the rural south, including the Blues, Rhythm and Blues, Gospel, Jazz and Roots-based Rock & Roll. The very first House of Blues opened its doors in a converted historical house in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1992 and is home to live music, original folk art, and delta-inspired cuisine. The House of Blues is dedicated to educating and celebrating the history of Southern Culture and African American artistic contributions to music and art.

PhiSkin

Series B in 2017
PhiSkin operates as a skin and laser clinic. The company is based in China.

Creative Planet

Venture Round in 2000
Creative Planet is the leading provider of business-to-business Internet services and resources for creative professionals. With its suite of project management applications, production databases, information services and Internet resources, Creative Planet offers a powerful, comprehensive service enabling the creative process. Creative Planet has focused significant resources on improving efficiencies in the film, television, music video and commercial production process. The company is leveraging its industry-standard applications to create an end-to-end Internet-based production management solution and marketplace.

Smart & Final Stores, Inc.

Acquisition in 2012
Smart & Final is a truly unique company, for it combines today's state-of-the-art technologies and management practices with the historical perspective of one of the West's pioneer companies.
Floor and Decor Outlets of America, Inc. retails hard surface flooring products in the United States. The company offers tiles, stone, wood, laminate and vinyl, decoratives, and installation materials for backsplashes, walls, bathrooms, kitchen, living rooms, and patios applications. It serves homeowners and professional contractors. The company sells products through its stores in Arizona, Louisiana, California, Nevada, Colorado, Ohio, Tennessee, Florida, Texas, Georgia, Illinois, and Virginia. It also sells products online. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Floor and Decor Outlets of America, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc.

Tikin Media

Series B in 2019
Tikin Media is a forward-looking advertising company that innovates building elevator media. The shareholders are composed of the world's top 500 and well-known media groups. They were successively invested by Baidu Venture Capital, Sequoia China and IDG within one year. Since its inception, the company has positioned itself to be a “high-end commercial building effect media operator”. The company's self-developed and possessed intellectual property elevator projection equipment is a new media form that subverts existing planar communication media, realizes mobile interconnection, and has programmatic ordering and big data analysis functions.

BFMA Holding Corporation

Acquisition in 2004
BFMA Holding Corporation operates as a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, manufactures soap, detergent.

BlackBrush

Acquisition in 2014
BlackBrush, founded in 2004, is an independent oil and gas exploration and development company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas with over 75 employees. BlackBrush currently operates over 160,000 net (360,000 gross) acres extensively throughout South Texas and is active in the Eagle Ford and other shale formations.

SSG Capital Management

Acquisition in 2020
Ares SSG is a private equity arm of Ares Holdings L.P., specializing in middle market, credit and special situations investments. The firm seeks to invest in Asia Pacific excluding Japan with a focus on Greater China, India, Indonesia, and South-East Asia. It was formerly known as SSG Capital Management Limited. Ares SSG was founded on February 2009 and is based in Hong Kong with additional offices in Cayman Islands, Singapore, China, Mauritius, and India.

Energy Investors Fund

Acquisition in 2014
Energy Investors Fund is a private equity fund manager focused on the independent power and electric utility industry.

Maidenform

Acquisition in 2004
In 1922, Ida Rosenthal and Enid Bisset created the original Maidenform® brassiere. It was the first brassiere to give women a natural appearance by shaping the natural contours of the bust. Since then, Maidenform® Brands, Inc. has become a global intimate apparel company with a portfolio of established and well-known brands, top-selling products and an iconic heritage. We design, source and market an extensive range of intimate apparel products, including bras, panties and shapewear. For over 90 years, we have built strong equity for our brands and established a platform for growth through a combination of innovative, first-to-market designs and creative advertising campaigns focused on increasing brand awareness with generations of women.

Exemplar Health Care Limited

Acquisition in 2020
Exemplar Health Care Limited operates care homes that provide care services for younger adults with physical disabilities, mental health issues, challenging behavior, or learning disabilities. The company offers care for individuals with physical disabilities, such as Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, stroke, motor neurone disease, muscular dystrophy/atrophy, acquired brain injury through accident or illness, spinal injury, sensory impairment, high dependency care, and ventilatory care. It also provides care for early onset dementia, schizophrenia, personality disorder, bipolar affective disorder, and dual diagnosis. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Rotherham, United Kingdom. Exemplar Health Care Limited operates as a subsidiary of Exemplar Limited.

Speakeasy

Series C in 2002
Speakeasy is one of the nation's leading broadband voice (VoIP), data and IT service providers. Speakeasy helps small businesses succeed by offering simplified voice and data solutions that improve the customer experience, increase employee productivity and help cut costs. Based in Seattle, Speakeasy has provided award-winning customer service since 1994 and joined the Best Buy family of companies in April 2007, working with Best Buy For Business to champion technology for small businesses throughout the U.S.
National Veterinary Associates, Inc. owns and operates companion animal veterinary hospitals and boarding facilities in the United States and Canada. It offers a range of medical and surgical services. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Agoura Hills, California. It has locations Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and West Virginia; and British Columbia, Canada. National Veterinary Associates, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of NVA Holdings, Inc.

BC Partners

Debt Financing in 2018
BC Partners is a private equity fund manager founded in 1986. The firm, with offices in London, Hamburg, Paris and New York, has a key focus on seven industry sectors: media, retail, technology, healthcare, banking, business services and utilities.

OZNER

Series B in 2011
Ozner Water International Holding Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the water purification, air sanitization, supply chain, and other businesses in the People’s Republic of China. The company’s Water Purification segment sells and leases water purification machines; and provides training services to distributors. The Air Sanitisation segment engages in the provision of air sanitization construction, and related consulting and training services; and sale of air sanitization products. The Supply Chain segment sells micro motor products. The Other segment provides financing services in lending loans to distributors. It is also involved in the development and manufacture of water purification and air sanitization products, as well as micro motor products; and provision of finance leasing/leasing/factoring, and water purifying services. Ozner Water International Holding Limited was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China.

DevaCurl

Acquisition in 2017
After launching over a decade ago at the trendy Devachan salon in New York City, DevaCurl quickly became the most popular curl care products among curly girls seeking to free their inner curl naturally. With the introduction of DevaCurl No-Poo®, the Original Non-Lathering Conditioning Cleanser came the beginning of a CURLvolution! DevaCurl was one of the first hair care brands to replace harsh, damaging detergents with gentle, hydrating ingredients and botanical extracts. Today, DevaCurl offers a complete line of sulfate-, silicone- and paraben-free cleansers, conditioners and styling products that deliver healthy, naturally gorgeous, frizz free curls.
LightPoint Financial Technology, Inc. develops and provides SaaS based trading, risk, and analytics technology. Its platform supports clients’ entire workflow, including portfolio management, trade execution, settlement, compliance, reconciliation, finance, risk, administration, and client reporting. LightPoint Financial Technology, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Tarrytown, New York.

HuangXiaoDi

Series A in 2019
HuangXiaoDi is a new scene of new catering aggregation platform.

Creative Planet

Series B in 1999
Creative Planet is the leading provider of business-to-business Internet services and resources for creative professionals. With its suite of project management applications, production databases, information services and Internet resources, Creative Planet offers a powerful, comprehensive service enabling the creative process. Creative Planet has focused significant resources on improving efficiencies in the film, television, music video and commercial production process. The company is leveraging its industry-standard applications to create an end-to-end Internet-based production management solution and marketplace.

Chowsing Live

Series A in 2018
Chowsing Live retails online pet products and accessories. It offers pet jumbo wipes, cat collars with bell, and flushable cat litters. The company sells its products online. Chowsing Live is based in Shanghai, China.

Baseline StudioSystems

Series B in 1999
Studio Systems operates an online entertainment industry database and offers information services to the entertainment and media industries on a subscription basis. It offers Studio System, an online information system that allows retrieval of television and film information, including talent, representation, below and above the line credits, projects in various stages of development, contact information, box office, and ratings. The system also provides reports such as client rosters, literary sales, and location start/wrap dates. It offers its information system for international publicity, agency, production, film commission, studio, distributor, and third party vendor clients. It also offers ScriptLog, a script management system to manage the story department; and In Hollywood, which provides film industry professionals with information on films in development, relevant contact information, and the production scenes. In addition, it develops tools that facilitate entertainment companies to manage internal research. Based in Santa Monica, California, Studio Systems, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of The New York Times Company.
Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the exploration for and production of oil and natural gas primarily in Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana. At December 31, 2014, our estimated proved reserves were 75.4 MMBOE, of which 56% were proved developed. Our portfolio of oil and natural gas reserves is weighted in favor of oil, with approximately 83% of our proved reserves at December 31, 2014 consisting of oil and natural gas liquids and approximately 17% consisting of natural gas.

Baseline StudioSystems

Series C in 2000
Studio Systems operates an online entertainment industry database and offers information services to the entertainment and media industries on a subscription basis. It offers Studio System, an online information system that allows retrieval of television and film information, including talent, representation, below and above the line credits, projects in various stages of development, contact information, box office, and ratings. The system also provides reports such as client rosters, literary sales, and location start/wrap dates. It offers its information system for international publicity, agency, production, film commission, studio, distributor, and third party vendor clients. It also offers ScriptLog, a script management system to manage the story department; and In Hollywood, which provides film industry professionals with information on films in development, relevant contact information, and the production scenes. In addition, it develops tools that facilitate entertainment companies to manage internal research. Based in Santa Monica, California, Studio Systems, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of The New York Times Company.

Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant, LLC

Private Equity Round in 2019
Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurants features wineries and tasting rooms in the United States. Founded in 2005, the company is headquartered in Countryside, Illinois.

Ob Hospitalist Group, Inc.

Acquisition in 2013
Ob Hospitalist Group, Inc. provides on-site board certified obstetrics (OB) and gynecology (GYN) physician support services to its hospital partners in the United States. The company develops and manages on-site OB/GYN hospitalist programs for women’s health. It also provides emergent care in times of crisis or routine care in the absence of a patient’s private physician. Ob Hospitalist Group, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Mauldin, South Carolina with additional locations in Greenville, South Carolina and Houston, Texas.

Conti Solar

Acquisition in 2018
CS Energy (formerly Conti Solar) is a national EPC, O&M, and energy storage company. CS Energy’s attention to detail, flawless execution and collaborative culture has enabled them to successfully develop and install over 650 MW of solar projects since their early initiatives in 2004. CS Energy’s leverage established partnerships with solar developers, IPPs, utilities, off-takers, suppliers and landowners to streamline project development, design, construction and operations, driving down project costs and creating value across all project stakeholders. Majority-owned by the Ares Infrastructure and Power Group (AIPG) with a minority position retained by the Conti Group, CS Energy is well positioned with a diversified network of industry experts and the financial resources to be a trusted, long-term partner. Learn more at http://www.csenergy.com.

99 Cents Only Stores

Acquisition in 2011
99 Cents Only Stores is a premier deep-discount retailer that primarily carries name-brand consumable and general merchandise. They are an exciting shopping destination—often the first stop—for price-sensitive consumers, and a fun treasure-hunt shopping experience for other value conscious consumers. Their stores are attractively merchandised, clean, full-service shopping destinations that offer customers significant value on a wide selection of quality products from everyday household items to fresh produce to an exciting assortment of seasonal and party merchandise including decorations, costumes and gifts. Merchandise encompasses name-brand closeouts and regularly available food and beverage products such as produce, deli, and other basic grocery items.