# Ares Capital

> Ares Capital is a VC fund in Los Angeles backing Software and Medical. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aris-capital-limited
- Website: http://www.arescapitalcorp.com

Ares Capital is a VC fund in Los Angeles focused on Software and Medical. Ares Capital Corporation is a finance company that caters to private middle-market companies with debt capital.Ares Capital Corporation focuses on corporate, and project and venture finance. And its investments includes revolver, first and second lien, stretch senior, unitranche, subordinated debt, private and public high yield, and non-controlequity.Ares Capital Corporation was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in New York. And they have offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 22% |
| Medical | 3 | 13% |
| Health Care | 3 | 13% |
| Medical Device | 3 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 13% |

45 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 11 | 48% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 17% |
| Series A | 3 | 13% |
| Series D | 2 | 9% |
| Series B | 1 | 4% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 17 | 74% |
| Germany | 1 | 4% |
| Ireland | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bennett Rosenthal | Co-Chairman | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bennett-rosenthal |
| Robert Rosen | Member of the Board of Directors | 2 | — |
| Scott Lem | Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer | 0 | — |
| Antony Ressler | Co-Founder | 0 | — |
| Brian Moncrief | Managing Director | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| High Street Insurance Partners | High Street Insurance Partners provides specialty business and personal insurance solutions to a wide range of industries. High Street Insurance Partners distinguishes itself through the specialization of its practice groups, leveraging the collective expertise of its partners to provide tailored solutions to its customers. | $550M | Debt Financing | Aug 06, 2025 |  |
| Paragon 28 | Paragon 28, Inc. provides forefoot, midfoot, and hindfoot plates; and screws, allograft bone systems, and interference screws and staples for use in foot and ankle surgery. The company’s products also serve arthrodesis needs. Paragon 28, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Englewood, Colorado. | $150M | Post-IPO Debt | Nov 07, 2023 |  |
| Meadowlark Media | Meadowlark Media is a content company focused on sports. | $12.6M | Series A | Apr 01, 2021 |  |
| Professional Fighters League | Professional Fighters League is a mixed martial arts league. | $65M |  | Feb 18, 2021 |  |
| Professional Fighters League | Professional Fighters League is a mixed martial arts league. | $65M | Series D | Feb 18, 2021 |  |
| Culligan International | Culligan works to provide better water for their customers in their homes, offices, restaurants, and industrial facilities around the world. Their complete line of water softeners, water filtration systems, commercial and industrial water treatment solutions, drinking water systems, whole-house filtration systems, and bottled water delivery set thestandard in the water treatment industry. Culligan was established in 1936 as a provider of water softening solutions for residences and has since grown to become a worldwide leader in water treatment needs, from the simplest filtration system to complex industrial water solutions. You can count on your local Culligan Man. | $500M | Debt Financing | Mar 30, 2020 |  |
| SoundCloud | SoundCloud is a social sound platform where anyone can create and share sounds. It allows people to discover and enjoy the largest selection of music from the world’s most diverse creator community. This is made possible by an open platform that directly connects creators and their fans across the globe. Sound creators can use the platform toinstantly record, upload, and share sounds across the internet, as well as receive detailed stats and feedback from the SoundCloud community.SoundCloud was launched in 2008 by Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss. | $70M | Debt Financing | Mar 23, 2017 |  |
| Regent Education | Regent is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of financial aid management software solutions for higher education institutions. SaaS solutions are designed to inter-operate with and enhance existing ERP systems, while enabling institutions to realize a positive, quantifiable ROI in the same fiscal period in which they are deployed. | $8.5M |  | Feb 28, 2017 |  |
| Faction | Faction (formerly Peak), started in 2006 as an inspired, Cloud IAAS collective, populated by some of the most award-winning IT engineers and thought leaders in the cloud computing industry. Determined to revolutionize a smarter, uncompromised way for IT pros to reliably work in the cloud, Faction is gaining rapid momentum and attractingimpressive numbers of progressive, forward-thinking customers and channel partners nationwide – all undeterred in their shared pursuit of extreme performance, deep control and broad customization. | $6M | Debt Financing | Jan 25, 2017 |  |
| Pyramid Hotel Group | Pyramid's key activities include investment, asset management, and operations for branded and non-branded properties in full-service, select-service, and luxury/resort lifestyle categories. Pyramid invests in the technologies necessary to change the hotel experience while also delivering dynamic financial results to partners and hotelowners across verticals. | $1M |  | Nov 04, 2016 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Apollo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apollo-global-management-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Chrysalis Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chrysalis-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Elysian Park Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elysian-park-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Knighthead Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/knighthead-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Texas Instruments — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The Carlyle Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-carlyle-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Ares Capital invest in?

Ares Capital invests primarily in Software, Medical and Health Care startups, most often at Debt Financing and Funding Round stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Ares Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Ares Capital?

The team at Ares Capital includes Bennett Rosenthal (Co-Chairman), Robert Rosen (Member of the Board of Directors) and Scott Lem (Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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