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222 Berkeley Street, Suite 1270Boston, MA  02116
 
 
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Energy & Clean Tech
Manufacturing & Industrial 
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Ara Partners, formerly known as Argus Energy Managers, is a privately held company with equity interests in boutique investment managers, primarily focused on the energy sector. The firm invests in asset managers that focus on industrial, infrastructure value chain, chemicals & materials, and energy sector. It prefers to invest between $10 million and $100 million. Ara Partners prefers to take ownership interests in the firm. The network of six Ara Affiliate Managers currently manages, in aggregate, approximately $2.2 billion of committed capital.  Ara Partners also includes Teleios Commodities, a commodity services and solutions operating platform.
			 
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                                Investment Firm Key
                                 VC = Venture Capital
 PE = Private Equity
 A = Angel
 I = Incubator
 MB = Merchant Bank
 VD = Venture Debt
 FI = Family Investment Office
 FOF = Fund of Funds
 ED = Economic Development Office
 TT = Technology Transfer Office
 CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
 SEC = Secondary Purchaser
 HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
 
 
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                                | COMPANY STAGE | REVENUE |  
                                | Venture Capital |  |  
                                | Seed Stage (includes "pre-seed," or
 concept stage)
 | No Revenue |  
                                | Early Stage | Minimal Revenue
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                                | Growth Stage (also called Mid-stage)
 | $2M-$7M |  
                                | Expansion Stage (also called Late-stage)
 | $7M and greater |  
                                | Private Equity |  |  
                                | Lower Middle Market | $10M-$249M |  
                                | Middle Market | $250M-$499M |  
                                | Upper Middle Market | $500M-$1B |  
                                | Large Cap | >$1B |  |  
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