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Ares Sports, Media & Entertainment Opportunities LP updates its Form D — $575.4M sold

Fund raise update · Opportunistic / special situations · Open-ended · LOS ANGELES, CA · Form D/A filed 2026-06-02 · all Ares Sports Media vehicles
$100M+ sold3(c)(7) — qualified purchasersCapital closing now

How this compares

  • Across 43 opportunistic / special situations sponsors with more than one launch on EDGAR, the median gap between consecutive funds is 3 months.
  • This is the sponsor's 4th fund launch on EDGAR; the previous one, Ares Sports, Media & Entertainment Opportunities LP, was filed 12 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 $575.4M (+$575.4M, +2880 investors) in 368 days since the previous filing.

FiledFormSoldInvestorsChange
2025-05-30D$00
2026-06-02D/A$575.4M2880+$575.4M

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, Director
Mark AffolterExecutive Officer, Director
Jim MillerExecutive Officer, Director
Jana MarkowiczExecutive Officer
Patrick HardimanDirector
n/a Ares SME Management O GP LLCPromoter
Kimberly ZaccagninoExecutive Officer
James BabcockDirector
Paul ChoExecutive Officer
Scott LemExecutive Officer

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Signed by Matthew Jill, Vice President and Assistant Secretary of the GP.

Placement agents / sales compensation: Ares Management Capital Markets 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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