Ara Fund II
Managed by Ara Partners
Overview
Ara Fund II is a private equity vehicle within Ara Partners’ industrial decarbonization platform. The fund has invested across North America and Europe in recycling and circular materials, renewable-energy services, food-waste solutions, industrial equipment, and sustainable packaging. The fund’s portfolio includes businesses that commercialize or scale lower-carbon products, processes, and industrial services.
Ara Partners, founded in 2017, is an investment firm focused on decarbonizing the industrial economy. Its private equity strategy targets industrial and manufacturing, chemicals and materials, food and agriculture, and energy efficiency and green fuels. The firm invests in proven process technologies and decarbonization-enabling businesses, generally seeking controlling positions in cash-generative or late-stage growth companies. It works with portfolio companies on operational development, capacity expansion, commercial strategy, and strategic transactions.
Selected investments
- Aloxe — European PET plastics recycling platform focused on recycled polyethylene terephthalate production.
- Anesco — UK renewable-energy business providing development, construction, maintenance, and optimization services for renewable-energy and energy-efficiency projects.
- Blue Whale Materials — Lithium-ion battery recycling company recovering cobalt, nickel, lithium, and manganese for reuse.
- Continuum Powders — U.S. advanced-materials company producing metal powders for aerospace, energy, medical, defense, and industrial applications.
- CycleØ — Developer and operator of European biomethane projects serving agricultural and food-industry feedstocks.
- Divert — Food-waste solutions company that prevents wasted food, recovers edible food, and diverts food waste from landfill.
- Genera — U.S. non-wood agricultural pulp and sustainable-packaging company.
- Petainer — Producer of PET packaging solutions with a focus on circularity.
- Polar Performance Materials — Producer of high-purity alumina for applications including LEDs, lithium-ion batteries, semiconductors, aerospace, and industrial products.
- px Group — Provider of operations and maintenance, engineering, and energy-management services for UK energy and industrial infrastructure.
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