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What does Valor Equity Partners invest in?
Valor Equity Partners invests most often at Venture and Series B (46% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Technology, Biosciences and Transportation.
Valor Equity Partners highlights
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67 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Venture and Series B: 46% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 10 rounds, median $11M
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2 exits from the portfolio
What they do
We're Valor, a different kind of private investment firm.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- TechnologyBiosciencesTransportation
- Based in
- Chicago, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first260 appearances
- 2026
60 rounds
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- MarproteanTecsVentureUndisclosedWith 3 others
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration19 named
AMAnne Marie DeanMs. Dean is the Chief Financial Officer of the Co-Investment ManageriFiling they signed
AMAnne Marie MorleyExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
AJAntonio Jose GraciasMr. Gracias is the Chief Executive Officer of the Co-Investment ManageriFiling they signed
CHCassie Hyun Chung PetersonChief Compliance OfficeriForm ADV
DFDavid FinnMr. Finn is the Chief Financial Officer and an authorized signatory of the Co-Investment ManageriFiling they signed
DJDavid J. ObrandExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
DFDouglas FumagalliExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
GBGavin BakerMr. Baker is the Chief Investment Officer of the Co-Investment ManageriFiling they signed
JKJonathan Kiefer ShulkinMr. Shulkin is a Co-President of the Co-Investment ManageriFiling they signed
JAJuan Alfonso SabaterMr. Sabater is a Co-President of the Co-Investment ManageriFiling they signed
LMLaura MaloneMs. Malone is the General Counsel and an authorized signatory of the Co-Investment ManageriFiling they signed
MJMichael J. SoenenExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
NJNancy J. KowalczykExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
RTRichard TaitExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
STSam TellerExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
SWStephen William SwansonMr. Swanson is the Chief Legal Officer of the Co-Investment ManageriFiling they signed
SJSusan J. HassanExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
TJTimothy J. WatkinsExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
VJVivek J. PattipatiExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
We also hold 32 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$59Bassets it managesOct 2026
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
- Legal name
- Valor Management LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 160014
Funds on its Form ADV
46 private funds, $18B in gross assets · filed Sept 2024
Private equity 44Venture 2
- Valor Equity Partners IV L.P.Private equity142 investors$2.2B
- Valor Space Holdings, LLCPrivate equity17 investors$1.9B
- Valor M33 V L.P.Private equity277 investors$1.5B
- Valor Equity Partners VI L.P.Private equity400 investors$1.5B
- Valor Equity Partners V L.P.Private equity201 investors$1.5B
- Valor M33 III L.P.Private equity218 investors$1.2B
- Valor M33 L.P.Private equity29 investors$1.0B
- Valor Equity Partners V-B L.P.Private equity113 investors$990M
- Valor Equity Partners VI-B L.P.Private equity129 investors$792M
- Valor M33 II L.P.Private equity38 investors$788M
And 36 more on the filing.
Who backs their funds
2 LPs on record in Valor Equity Partners's funds
- Committed
- $2.5B
- Funds
- 4
- Vintages
- 2017 to 2023
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: the pension's own report, latest Mar 2026.
California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)3 funds$2.4B
Fund Vintage Committed CV Consortio Fund 2023 $2.0B Valor Equity Partners VI 2023 $300M Valor Equity Partners IV 2017 $75M - California State Teachers Retirement System3 funds$120M
Fund Vintage Committed Valor Equity Partners VI 2023 $40M Valor Equity Partners V 2021 $40M Valor Equity Partners IV 2018 $40M
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
22 of 35 we have independently watched raise
AMP RoboticsAddeparAgentSyncAndurilBase PowerBrightloomCastle Creek BiosciencesCruseo EnergyDataminrFoodaHarmony BiosciencesK HealthPremiseRedwood MaterialsSolinkSonderThe Boring CompanyUnchainedWEKAZ LeagueZeitviewhackeroneARMADABenchmarkCoalitionInvestorsMandukaMythicRedditRemoraRepublicRotiWow BaoXsight LabsZipline
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed2 in all
SolarCityListedUndisclosedDec 2012
Tesla MotorsListed$1.0BJul 2010
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.
Companies it bought
Acquisitions by the firm itself
Rocky Mountain Forest ProductsUndisclosedApr 2005