Ares Management is a Los Angeles, California-based venture capital firm. Value Add VC tracks 2 companies Ares Management has invested in and 1 venture round it took part in (1 as lead).
Ares Management key facts (as of )
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, USA | SEC Form ADV (IAPD), September 16, 2026 |
| Type | Venture capital firm | Value Add VC classification |
| Assets under management | $458.8B | SEC Form ADV (IAPD), September 16, 2026 |
| Venture rounds tracked | 1 (led 1, joined 0) 1 in the last 12 months | Recent deals table on this page (each round cites its source) |
| Portfolio companies tracked | 2 | Portfolio list on this page |
Recent deals we track
1Track record: led 1 and participated in 0 of 1 tracked venture round · 1 in the last 12 months · led 1 Series E
| Date | Company | Event | Role | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2026 | Premier Lacrosse League | Series E | Led | $100M | — | Ares ManagementLeadunverifiedJoe Tsai | Crunchbase News |
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Latest Pulse
- Sep 10, 2026VC Firms Are Buying Sports Teams And CardsThrive Capital, Collaborative Fund and a Griffin Gaming managing director are all redirecting venture money and personal capital into sports franchises and trading cards as a hedge against startup-market froth.→
- Jul 2, 2026Crunchbase: The Week's 10 Biggest Funding Rounds, Led by Joulent's $1.75B Energy RaiseCrunchbase News' roundup of the week's 10 biggest funding rounds (June 27-July 2) was led by Houston-based energy infrastructure provider Joulent's $1.75 billion raise from National Grid Ventures, aimed squarely at AI and compute-intensive industries' power needs. Together AI's $800M Series C and Venice AI's $65M unicorn round both placed inside the top 10, alongside biotech, legal-tech, sports and video-AI rounds spanning a genuinely broad set of categories beyond pure frontier-model AI.→
Ares Management FAQ
What stage does Ares Management invest at?
In the rounds Value Add VC tracks, Ares Management's deals were most often Series E (1); it led 1 Series E.
What companies has Ares Management backed?
Companies Value Add VC tracks as Ares Management investments include SB Energy and Premier Lacrosse League.
Where is Ares Management based?
Ares Management is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, according to SEC Form ADV (IAPD).
Who does Ares Management co-invest with most?
In the rounds Value Add tracks, Ares Management most often invests alongside Nvidia (1 shared deal), OpenAI (1 shared deal), SoftBank Group (1 shared deal).
Sources & methodologyshow
- Crunchbase Newsresearch database1 fact
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