Ares Management LLC
We support organizations to ideate, implement and scale solutions that help people overcome barriers to economic mobility and well-being.
In the firm's own words, from its website.
5 additional team members, 11 additional co-investors and affiliates, 38 additional investments, funds and LPs, 3 events, 1 verified contact (1 firm phone)
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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What matters now
- 1 companynew in 12 months
1 new company in the last 12 months. Latest round PLL Series D or later ($100M round, led) on 30 Jun 2026.
A firm writing cheques this quarter is one a founder can pitch now.
People to know
View all people- Partner, Head of Credit SecondariesWhy: Heads an investment areaNo route on file yet
- Partner and Vice Chair, Ares Management CorporationWhy: Partner: part of the investment decisionNo route on file yet
- Partner, Global Head of Human ResourcesWhy: Partner: part of the investment decisionNo route on file yet
Relationship network
38 connected entities1 observed roundrounds 2026
From financing rounds and every investor named in them, Form ADV and Form D filings, the firm's funds and team, and disclosed LP commitments in the venture capital graph. A round's amount is the size of the round, not money that moved between two investors.
Some relationships on this record are counted rather than named here. They open with the full profile.
Click any name or line for the rounds and sources behind it. Line weight is rounds together; dashed lines are inferred.
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›How strength and recency are read
Co-investors are read from the rounds: three or more shared rounds is a strong observed relationship, two a repeat co-investor, one a single round. Funds and people are structural. Nothing is scored that a reader cannot check.
Darker lines were active in the last 24 months or are current; lighter lines are older or undated.
How am I connected?
Name your firm, a company or a person, and DFX finds the published routes to Ares Management LLC: a shared portfolio company or board, a prior employer, a co-investor, a shared LP or service provider. Every step is a filed or published record with its source; none is a guess about who knows whom.
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Investing
3 companies on record, 1 new in 12 months
Investments on record
What these amounts mean“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.Acquired, Public, Exited and Active are what the firm’s own portfolio card says, read on the date shown when you hover the chip; they are not deal dates. A company with no chip is one whose card states no outcome: DFX does not assume it is active.| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Impact Partners | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 28, 2026 | Fact Company website |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 26, 2026 | Fact Company website |
| PLL | Series E · Series D+ | lead | unknown | $100M | unknown | Jun 30, 2026 | Fact Press release |
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors
- not stated or not yet read
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- africa, australia, canada, france, germany, global, india, israel
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Team
8 current, 0 departed
Decision makers
- Dave Schwartz · Partner, Head of Credit SecondariesWhy this person: Heads an investment area; Named with investment responsibility
- Gregory Margolies · Partner and Vice Chair, Ares Management CorporationWhy this person: Partner: part of the investment decision; Named with investment responsibility
- Jessica Dosen · Partner, Global Head of Human ResourcesWhy this person: Partner: part of the investment decision; Named with investment responsibility
Ranked by the role the firm or its filing states, a route on file and deals led. Every reason is read from the record, never inferred. Routes are published by the person or the firm (their bio, the team page or a filing) and are revealed on a plan; data bought from a provider is never shown, and a route printed at a firm the person has since left is held back.
Investment team
How the team is orderedPartners who lead rounds first (rounds led, then deals attributed, then seniority), then the rest of the investment team, then investor relations, finance and operations. A person named by two sources under two spellings is shown once.- Partner and Vice Chair, Ares Management Corporation
- Partner, Head of Credit Secondaries
- Partner, Global Head of Human Resources
Contacts
1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
9 vehicles, 4 LPs disclosed
Funds and vehicles
What these amounts meanGAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund VI, L.P | Opportunity fund | 2020 lp reported | Mature | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Bootstraplabs.vc Seed Fund 2016, L.P. | Seed fund | 2016 name year | Harvest | $22.1M Aug 26, 2026 | 46 | unknown | unknown |
| Bootstraplabs.vc Follow-On Fund 2016, L.P | Fund | 2016 name year | Harvest | $8.7M Aug 26, 2026 | 9 | unknown | unknown |
Limited partners
- 2020-06-152 commitments to 2 funds · $500M disclosed
Known LPs and allocators
What these amounts and dates areEach commitment is counted once across the pension tape and the allocator graph. A commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the report date. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value, never a commitment. Rows without a fund on the venture graph are commitments to this manager.| Allocator | Type | Fund | Amount | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Public Employees' Retirement System | STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM | Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund V, L. P | $425M committed | reported as of Dec 31, 2025 | Fact Pension disclosure |
| California Public Employees' Retirement System | STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM | Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund III, L.P | $400M committed | reported as of Dec 31, 2025 | Fact Pension disclosure |
| California State Teachers' Retirement System | STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM | Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund V, L. P | $300M committed | reported as of Jun 30, 2025 | Fact Pension disclosure |
Relationships across DFX
14 co-investors · on 6 other DFX graphs
Co-investors
- 2026-10-011 shared deal · one time
- 2026-09-301 shared deal · one time
- 2026-09-281 shared deal · one time · they led 1
Across DFX and the capital chainon 6 other DFX graphs · 55 capital paths ShowHide
- Sponsor-market profile (matched by same CRD)
- The same institution is held on Independent Sponsors (2 records), Allocators, Private Equity, Real Estate Funds, RIA and Wealth, Private Credit, matched by identifier. See which records
Ares Management LLC is the same institution as 7 records in Independent Sponsors, Allocators, Private Equity, Real Estate Funds, RIA and Wealth and Private Credit.
DFX found 7 relationships across 6 datasets
Which record it is in each graph, what it is called there, and how the two were matched.
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Checking your plan…
Ares Management LLC sits on 55 traced paths of capital across the graphs.
DFX traced 55 paths of capital through this record
Every record on each path, what it committed or lent, and as of when.
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Evidence and history
8 dated events, 44 observations from 3 sources
Timeline
- Aug 26, 2026Bootstraplabs Applied Ai Fund III, LP first reported on Form ADV by Ares Management LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $33,741,728
- Aug 26, 2026Bootstraplabs.vc Seed Fund 2016, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Ares Management LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $22,084,009
- Aug 26, 2026Bootstraplabs.vc Follow-On Fund 2016, L.P first reported on Form ADV by Ares Management LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $8,741,335
- Aug 26, 2026Monoful Venture Partners 1 LP first reported on Form ADV by Ares Management LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $89,621,268
- Dec 31, 2025Colorado PERA reports Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund: $45,000,000 committed, vintage 2004
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Aug 26, 2026 · 682 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- aresfoundation.org
- SEC adviser type
- Registered investment adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- unknown
- Latest Form ADV
- Aug 26, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 682 (5 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $418Badviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Regulatory AUM
- $459Bthe adviser's RAUM, a regulatory measure, never a fund size
- Employees
- 3,990
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried1 on recordShowHide
- Sep 12, 2026Private equity with venture activity (probable, 75%)Registered adviser; venture funds are 1% of 682 private funds
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why admitted | VC funds reported | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Registered investment adviser | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Registered investment adviser | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2012-03-30 | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-30 | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-29 | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-25 | Sep 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-23 | Sep 24, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-21 | Sep 23, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1+panel:2026-09-22 | Sep 23, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-08-26 | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-08-26 | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv pdf loaded | adv-pdf-1 | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status | Approved | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC status effective | 2005-01-31 | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 0 | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Contact page url | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Employees | 3,990 | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, CA | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Other funds reported | 54 | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| PE funds reported | 157 | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 682 | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private funds reported | 682 | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $418B | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $418B | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Regulatory AUM (adviser, not fund size) | $459B | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Schedule a diff | sadiff-1 | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated geography | Africa, australia, canada, france, germany, global, india, israel “geography words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated geography | Africa, australia, canada, france, germany, global, india, israel “geography words on the home page” | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | |
| Team page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Team page | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Venture funds reported | 5 | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture funds reported | 5 | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Aug 26, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Website resolved domain | ares.com | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Website resolved domain | ares.com | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | |
| Website resolved domain | ares.com | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact | |
| Site title | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersPrivate equity with venture activity, probableShowHide
Registered adviser; venture funds are 1% of 682 private funds
- importance
- gav: 0.36 · funds: 0.33 · people: 0.24 · investments: 0.18 · scale basis: Venture-typed funds only (Private equity with venture activity): 4 funds, $154M of $154M reported · co investors: 0.46
- active deployment
- investments 12m: 0.13 · fund raising 18m: 0 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 0 · latest investment at: 2026-06-30
- emerging manager
- fund count: 9 · reported gav: $154M · first adv filing: 2005-01-31 · years since first filing: 21.7
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Fits
- score 30.6confidence 90%Why: stage fit; activity; cap table
Scored by DFX match engines from the record's observed portfolio, stage, geography and recent activity. A fit is a reason to look, not a mandate; the blockers say what the model could not confirm. Names and the evidence sentences show with the names on this page.
Record history
- LP commitment disclosed2025-12-31source on record
- LP commitment made2020-06-15source on record
- LP commitment made2016-04-21source on record
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