Investor profile
David Ells
Private equity, Venture debt & Partner and Portfolio Manager, Alternative Credit at Ares Management
David Ells is a Partner and Portfolio Manager, Alternative Credit at Ares Management, whose known portfolio counts 18 companies.
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Investment focus
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- GrowthLate-Stage
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Affiliated funds' portfolios
Partner and Portfolio Manager, Alternative Credit at Ares Management, whose known portfolio counts 18 companies
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Investor Profile
The listing covers sectors Climate, FinTech, Healthcare and Real Estate, and focus areas Clean Energy, Credit, Data Centers and Digital Health. Startups operating in these areas may find David Ells relevant.
Ares Management appears in Growth and Late-Stage rounds across its known deals.
The firm portfolio and the focus above give founders context on whether David Ells matches their raise.
Colleagues at Ares Management
Showing 20 of 100
Nicolai Wadstrom
Partner
San Francisco, United States
Bennett Rosenthal
Co-Founder
Los Angeles, United States
Will Smalley
Partner - Infrastructure Secondaries
Dallas, United States
David Kaplan
Co-Founder
Los Angeles, United States
Lorenzo Donati
Vice President
San Francisco, United States
Michael Arougheti
Chief Executive Officer
New York, United States
Brian Lindenberg
Principal
Denver, United States
Keith Derman
Partner and Co-Head, Infrastructure Opportunities
New York, United States
Tom Gillis
Managing Director
Boston, United States
Benjamin Levy
Co-Head of Venture Capital
San Francisco, United States
Takahiro Hasunuma
VP of Investment
Tokyo, Japan
Shuichiro Choshi
Vice President, Venture Capital Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Bill DeMars
Managing Director
Chicago, United States
Fabio F.
Managing Director
San Francisco, United States
Alex Khein
Head of Systematic Credit
London, United Kingdom
Nate Walton
Head of Private Equity Secondaries
United States
Connor Neumann
Principal
New York, United States
David Kilpatrick
Managing Director
Boston, United States
Mark Mavroudis
Managing Director
San Francisco, United States
Jason Rosenblatt
Partner
Singapore
Frequently asked questions
Who is David Ells?
David Ells is a private equity investor and venture debt investor based in New York City, United States, listed as Partner and Portfolio Manager, Alternative Credit at Ares Management. The known portfolio of that firm counts 18 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to David Ells personally.
What does David Ells invest in?
Listed sectors include Climate, FinTech, Healthcare and Real Estate; listed focus areas include Clean Energy, Credit, Data Centers and Digital Health. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does David Ells invest at?
Ares Management appears in Growth and Late-Stage rounds across its known deals, and David Ells is listed there as Partner and Portfolio Manager, Alternative Credit. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is David Ells listed at?
David Ells is listed as Partner and Portfolio Manager, Alternative Credit at Ares Management. 100 other people in the database share a firm with David Ells.
How do I contact David Ells?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for David Ells. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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