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Ares Sports, Media & Entertainment Finance II LP updates its Form D — $1.27B sold

Fund raise update · Other fund · Open-ended · LOS ANGELES, CA · Form D/A filed 2025-12-18 · all Ares Sports Media vehicles
$100M+ sold3(c)(7) — qualified purchasersCapital closing now

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 $1.27B (+$1.27B, +6 investors) in 363 days since the previous filing.

FiledFormSoldInvestorsChange
2024-12-20D$00
2025-12-18D/A$1.27B6+$1.27B

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 →

People on the filing

Kort SchnabelExecutive Officer
Nate WaltonExecutive Officer
Blair JacobsonExecutive Officer
Michael AroughetiExecutive Officer
Tyrone CooneyExecutive Officer
Jim MillerExecutive Officer
Mark AffolterExecutive Officer
Matthew JillExecutive Officer
Bennett RosenthalExecutive Officer
N/A Ares SME Management II LPDirector
N/A Ares SME Management GP II LLCDirector
Antony ResslerExecutive Officer

[email protected] · observed Work emails for the people on the filing, labelled by confidence — subscribers

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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