Ara Partners Reaches Final Close for Inaugural Infrastructure Fund
Summary
Ara Partners, a Houston, TX-based investment firm dedicated to the decarbonization of the industrial economy, raised over $800M for its Infrastructure strategy, including its debut Fund, Ara Infrastructure Fund I, and associated co-investment vehicles. Led by Partners and Co-Head of Infrastructures Teresa O’Flynn, and George Yong, the vehicle now owns 12 operational assets across North America and Europe. Portfolio companies include: • Lincoln, a terminal services provider with a footprint in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic U.S. • USD Clean Fuels, a developer of renewable fuel feedstock and biofuel logistics infrastructure on the U.S. West Coast. Founded in 2017, Ara Partners is a global private equity and infrastructure firm dedicated to decarbonizing the industrial economy. Ara seeks to build, scale, and optimize companies with significant decarbonization impact across the industrial and manufacturing, chemicals and materials, energy efficiency and fuels, and food and agriculture sectors.