Ares Sports, Media & Entertainment Finance (Offshore) II LP updates its Form D — $270.3M sold
How this compares
- Across 240 other fund sponsors with more than one launch on EDGAR, the median gap between consecutive funds is 4 months.
- This is the sponsor's 4th fund launch on EDGAR; the previous one, Ares Sports, Media & Entertainment Opportunities LP, was filed 7 months earlier.
Computed from every Form D fund launch on EDGAR since late 2024, not sampled. Amounts are the stated offering size; indefinite offerings are excluded.
Raise progress
Sold rose to $270.3M (+$270.3M, +3 investors) in 363 days since the previous filing.
| Filed | Form | Sold | Investors | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-20 | D | $0 | 0 | |
| 2025-12-18 | D/A | $270.3M | 3 | +$270.3M |
Amount sold and investor count as restated on each of the issuer's Form D filings. A rise since the previous filing is capital closed in between.
Ares Sports Media on EDGAR
Earlier and related filings by the same issuer and sponsor. All Ares Sports Media vehicles →
Ares Sports, Media & Entertainment Opportunities LP updates its Form D — $575.4M sold
Sold rose to $NaN (+$575.4M, +2880 investors) in 368 days since the previous filing.
Ares Sports, Media & Entertainment Finance II LP updates its Form D — $1.27B sold
Sold rose to $NaN (+$1.27B, +6 investors) in 363 days since the previous filing.
Ares Sports, Media & Entertainment Opportunities LP files an open-ended opportunistic / special situations fund
Ares Sports, Media & Entertainment Finance II LP files an open-ended other fund fund
People on the filing
| Bennett Rosenthal | Executive Officer |
| Blair Jacobson | Executive Officer |
| Jim Miller | Executive Officer |
| Kort Schnabel | Executive Officer |
| Antony Ressler | Executive Officer |
| Nate Walton | Executive Officer |
| Mark Affolter | Executive Officer |
| N/A Ares SME Management GP II LLC | Director |
| Tyrone Cooney | Executive Officer |
| N/A Ares SME Management II LP | Director |
| Matthew Jill | Executive Officer |
| Michael Arougheti | Executive Officer |
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Signed by Matthew Jill, Vice President of the GP of the GP.
Placement agents / sales compensation: Ares Management Capital Markets LLC; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Why now — by persona
Relevant to: Fund audit & tax, Fund administrator, Placement agent / capital introduction, Custodian / prime broker.
Filing contact
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