Valor Equity Partners

Extracted Attributes

• Type

  Private equity investment firm

• Founder

  Antonio Gracias

• Core Values

  Excellence, humility, integrity, responsibility

• Fund VI Target

  $2.0 billion

• Investment Focus

  High-growth companies, technology and technology-enabled companies (biosciences, transportation, food, health and wellness)

• Investment Strategy

  Operational growth, early-stage relationship capital

• Headquarters Location

  Chicago, USA

• Fund VI Closing Amount

  $2.35 billion (as of August 8, 2024)

• Assets Under Management

  $17.5 billion (as of August 8, 2024)

Timeline

• Valor Equity Partners pioneered operational growth and began tech-enabling industrial companies, indicating its founding more than 20 years prior to 2025. (Source: valorep.com)

  2004 (approximate)

• Valor Equity Partners announced the final closing of its flagship fund, Valor Equity Partners VI, at $2.35 billion in commitments, exceeding its $2.0 billion target. (Source: prnewswire.com)

  2024-08-08

• Biobot Analytics announced a new funding round led by Valor Equity Partners. (Source: prnewswire.com)

  2025-06-18

Antonio Gracias

Antonio Gracias is an American billionaire investor and executive who founded Valor Equity Partners. He has served on the boards of directors for several companies in which Valor has invested, including Tesla, Inc. and SpaceX. A longtime ally of Elon Musk, Gracias has received media attention for his participation in the Department of Government Efficiency. Forbes estimates his net worth to be $2.2 billion as of April 2025.

Web Search Results

• Valor Equity Partners Announces Closing of Oversubscribed ...

  Valor Equity Partners is an operational growth investment firm focused on investing in high-growth companies across various stages of development. For decades, Valor has served its companies with unique expertise to solve the challenges of growth and scale. Valor partners with leading companies and entrepreneurs who are committed to the highest standards of excellence and the courage to transform their industries. For more information on Valor Equity Partners, please visit www.valorep.com. [...] CHICAGO, Aug. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Valor Equity Partners (together with its affiliates, "Valor"), an operational growth-focused private equity investment firm with $17.5 billion in assets under management, announced today the final closing of its flagship fund, Valor Equity Partners VI ("Fund VI"). Fund VI closed at $2.35 billion in commitments, substantially oversubscribed the Fund's $2.0 billion target, receiving strong support from existing and new limited partners. Concurrent with the [...] also welcome a new group of U.S. and international limited partners to Fund VI and our other Valor managed funds. We are honored to have the trust and confidence of our investors as we pursue our mission to serve exceptional founders, entrepreneurs, and companies that are making the world a better place."

• Biobot Analytics Announces New Funding Round Led by Valor ...

  CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Biobot Analytics, the leader in wastewater intelligence, today announced a new round of funding led by Valor Equity Partners. Alongside Valor, Biobot is also welcoming new investor Atreides Management, as well as participation from existing investors, including Hyperplane. The investment reflects strong ongoing support for Biobot's mission to build a wastewater intelligence platform for healthcare and national security applications. [...] "Biobot is a category-defining company with a bold vision for the future of healthcare and biosecurity," said Vivek Pattipati, Partner at Valor Equity Partners. "We're excited to support the talented team at Biobot as they bring innovative new products to market." [...] "Biobot is a category-defining company with a bold vision for the future of healthcare and biosecurity," said Vivek Pattipati, Partner at Valor Equity Partners. "We're excited to support the talented team at Biobot as they bring innovative new products to market."

• Valor Equity Partners

  Valor Valor We're Valor — a different kind of private investment firm. We pioneered the idea of operational growth. More than 20 years ago, we got our start tech-enabling industrial companies. We built the fastest connectors in the world — the backbone of the internet. As entrepreneurs, we built our own desks, and we still use them today. [...] We applied that operational growth mindset to tech-enable warehouses, assembly lines, and restaurants. We helped production move faster. We helped people work smarter. We found efficiencies and fine-tuned processes. And we grew our companies dramatically. Today, we continue to invest in technology and technology-enabled companies that innovate and disrupt existing industries — from biosciences to transportation to food to health and wellness. [...] We’ve had the honor of serving some of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs and companies. Today, we work side by side, shoulder to shoulder, to help grow the operations of great companies solving the world's biggest problems. Let’s grow together. Manduka Manduka SpaceX SpaceX Addepar Addepar BitGo BitGo Fooda Fooda Dataminr Dataminr GoPuff GoPuff WowBao WowBao © 2025 Valor Equity Partners | All Rights Reserved

• About - Valor Equity Partners

  In a process that begins before a transaction closes, we begin working directly with the management teams of our portfolio companies. We ask our customers what they want to achieve, and determine the challenges standing in their way. We work with them to develop operational plans where we can add value. We identify deliverables and desired outcomes. And then we do the work alongside them. [...] It starts with the right partnership—entrepreneurs with the courage and commitment to transform their industries. Companies that align with our long-term fundamental demand drivers, with compelling market opportunities. These entrepreneurs and portfolio companies are our customers. [...] In this way, we’re able to identify supply chain problems before they start. We’re able to help companies predict the lifetime value of their customers. We’re able to help great companies grow into world-changing companies. More than 20 years ago, our founder sent a memo to our team outlining our firm’s core values: excellence, humility, integrity, responsibility. We're sharing that memo in full here.

• Early Stage Relationship Capital - Valor Equity Partners

  Valor Valor # Early Stage Relationship Capital Valor makes small investments in early stage companies—“R&D investments”—to build relationships with high potential teams. This enables us to invest alongside some of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs and venture firms while feeding the pipeline for our growth platform. ### 5th Column ### 6Fusion ## Aalo Atomics ### AdhereTech ### Altschool ### Alyce ### American Financial Exchange ### Ando ### Ant International Co. ### Apply Stickers