Ara Partners

• Ara Partners Acquires Majority Interest in Bryden Wood

  September 17, 2026

  Buyer

  Ara Partners

  Target

  Bryden Wood

  Industry

  Professional Services

  Location

  United Kingdom

  Type

  Buyout

  Ara Partners acquired a majority interest in Bryden Wood, an international integrated design and engineering consultancy headquartered in London. Ara said the deal supports Bryden Wood’s growth and expands its work across the industrial economy and within Ara’s decarbonization portfolio.

• Energy Fuels Acquires VAC for $1.9 Billion Equity Value

  June 23, 2026

  Buyer

  Energy Fuels Inc., Ara Partners

  Target

  Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG, Ara VAC TopCo US LLC

  Seller

  Ara Partners

  Industry

  Manufacturing

  Location

  Germany

  Type

  Buyout

  Energy Fuels entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG and related entities (collectively, VAC) from Ara Partners for approximately $1.9 billion in cash and stock. The deal is expected to close in early 2027, pending regulatory approvals and other customary conditions, and will create a fully integrated “mine-to-magnet” rare earth platform.

• Ara Partners Invests Up to $500M in Sedron Technologies to Scale Upcycling Systems

  April 9, 2026

  Buyer

  Ara Partners

  Target

  Sedron Technologies, LLC

  Industry

  Energy

  Location

  Indiana, United States

  Type

  Growth capital

  Ara Partners announced an investment of up to $500 million in Sedron Technologies to accelerate its waste upcycling projects and expand manufacturing and deployment capabilities across North America. Sedron’s Varcor technology converts municipal biosolids and agricultural manure into reclaimed water, renewable energy, and carbon-negative fertilizer products.

• Ara Energy Acquires Gate City Power, Gate City Renewable Fuels, and Interest in JET Retail Fuel Network (~$875 Million)

  March 12, 2026

  Buyer

  Ara Energy

  Target

  Gate City Power, Gate City Renewable Fuels, JET retail fuel network interest

  Seller

  HF Capital

  Industry

  Energy

  Location

  Texas, United States

  Type

  Buyout

  Ara Partners’ energy platform, Ara Energy, will acquire Gate City Power, Gate City Renewable Fuels, and an interest in the JET retail fuel network for approximately $875 million. The deal is financed with equity from Ara-managed funds and co-investment vehicles and is expected to close in early 2026, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

• Ara Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Centric Fiber

  November 20, 2025

  Buyer

  Ara Partners

  Target

  Centric Fiber

  Industry

  Telecommunications

  Location

  Texas, United States

  Type

  Buyout

  Ara Partners has acquired a majority-controlling stake in Centric Fiber to accelerate the company's fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) expansion across the southern United States. The private investment firm will deploy capital through its Ara Infrastructure platform to grow Centric Fiber's project pipeline and backlog; terms were not disclosed.

• Ara Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Microtec Development & Holdings

  September 16, 2025

  Buyer

  Ara Partners

  Target

  Microtec Development & Holdings LLC

  Industry

  Industrial Services

  Location

  Florida, United States

  Type

  Buyout

  Ara Partners, a private investment firm focused on industrial decarbonization, has acquired a majority stake in Microtec Development & Holdings LLC to accelerate commercialization of Microtec's Turbo Mill technology and AggrePlex's PozzoDyne ground glass pozzolan. The investment will fund rollout of AggrePlex facilities across the United States and internationally to scale low‑carbon, waste‑to‑value construction materials and reduce concrete-related emissions.

• Ara Partners Acquires Majority Interest in Natural World Products

  February 18, 2025

  Buyer

  Ara Partners, Ara Infrastructure (Ara Partners' infrastructure arm)

  Target

  Natural World Products

  Industry

  Environmental Services

  Location

  Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

  Type

  Buyout

  Ara Partners has acquired a majority interest in Natural World Products (NWP), the leading household organics recycler on the Island of Ireland. Ara’s infrastructure fund has committed additional capital to expand NWP’s recycling and decarbonisation capabilities and to pursue waste-to-energy and broader infrastructure growth across NWP’s sites headquartered in Belfast.

• Ara Partners Makes Growth Equity Investment in Paratus to Scale Renewable Power Price‑Risk Insurance

  January 17, 2024

  Buyer

  Ara Partners

  Target

  Paratus Holdings Limited

  Industry

  Renewable Energy

  Location

  Guernsey

  Type

  Growth capital

  Ara Partners completed a growth equity investment in Paratus Holdings Limited to support the commercial expansion and launch of a renewable power price‑risk insurance product. The funding will enable Paratus to scale its proprietary insurance offerings for renewable power, transition fuels and freight price risk globally.

• Ara Partners Acquires Majority Interest in USD Clean Fuels

  January 2, 2024

  Buyer

  Ara Partners

  Target

  USD Clean Fuels (USDCF)

  Industry

  Infrastructure

  Location

  Texas, United States

  Type

  Buyout

  Ara Partners has acquired a majority interest in USD Clean Fuels (USDCF), a Houston-based developer, owner and operator of midstream logistics infrastructure for the renewable fuels value chain. As part of the transaction USDCF also acquired the West Colton Rail Terminal in California, and Ara committed additional capital to expand USDCF's infrastructure footprint across North America.

• Ara Partners Acquires Vacuumschmelze

  October 10, 2023

  Buyer

  Ara Partners

  Target

  Vacuumschmelze

  Seller

  Funds managed by Apollo

  Industry

  Manufacturing

  Location

  Hesse, Germany

  Type

  Buyout

  Ara Partners, a private equity firm focused on industrial decarbonization, has acquired Vacuumschmelze (VAC), a leading global producer of advanced magnetic materials and rare-earth permanent magnets, from funds managed by Apollo. The deal will support VAC's expansion of manufacturing capabilities — including planned North American capacity for EV-grade permanent magnets — to serve automotive, renewable energy and industrial customers.

• Ara Partners Acquires Majority Interest in Wattstor

  February 6, 2023

  Buyer

  Ara Partners

  Target

  Wattstor

  Seller

  janom

  Industry

  Renewable Energy

  Location

  England, United Kingdom

  Type

  Growth capital

  Ara Partners has made a majority growth equity investment in Wattstor, a UK-based provider of automated energy management and battery storage technology. Existing investor janom retains a minority stake; Wattstor will use the funding to expand across Europe, launch an Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) finance offering, boost R&D and grow the team.

• Ara Partners Acquires Majority Interest in Lincoln Terminal Holdings

  November 15, 2022

  Buyer

  Ara Partners

  Target

  Lincoln Terminal Holdings, LP

  Industry

  Energy

  Location

  South Carolina, United States

  Type

  Buyout

  Ara Partners has acquired a majority ownership interest in Lincoln Terminal Holdings, LP, a Greenville, South Carolina-based provider of renewable fuel rail transloading and storage facilities. Ara committed additional capital to support significant expansion of Lincoln's renewable fuel infrastructure footprint across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic United States.

Related Acquisition Pages