Ara Partners

About The Fund

Ara Partners is a private equity firm specializing in industrial decarbonization. They focus on investing in companies and technologies that actively contribute to the transition to a net-zero carbon economy. Ara Partners utilizes their expertise in equity to commercialize and scale businesses that are pivotal in reducing emissions and waste in high-polluting sectors of the industrial economy, ensuring that these products and services are more sustainable while maintaining cost parity or improvement. Their investment strategies encompass Private Equity, Infrastructure, and Energy Decarbonization. In the Private Equity domain, they target technologies displacing polluting industrial processes and businesses providing products and services to decarbonization platforms, with key sector focuses including industrial and manufacturing, chemicals and materials, food and agriculture, energy efficiency, and green fuels. For Infrastructure, Ara Partners aims to build and repurpose assets essential for a lower-carbon economy. They invest in themes such as low-carbon molecules production, storage, distribution, waste-to-X infrastructure, and decarbonization solutions for the infrastructure value chain. Under Energy Decarbonization, investments are made in conventional energy assets to align with global energy requirements while promoting sustainable practices. These investments span the energy value chain, including power generation, biofuels, and distribution. Ara Partners differentiates themselves through the 'Ara Advantage', leveraging their operational expertise and investment experience to enhance value and accelerate growth and decarbonization in their portfolio companies. They offer support in establishing best-in-class operational practices and long-term decarbonization plans. Ara Partners holds a track record of reducing 10.8 million metric tonnes of CO2e in 2023 and brings over 175 cumulative years of partner experience. The firm's team embodies a breadth of industry expertise, maintaining a nimble approach to collaborating with portfolio companies and delivering large-scale industrial projects. They engage in strategic partnerships and government affairs to navigate regulatory changes and foster growth opportunities.