Valor Equity Partners

Valor Equity Partners is a private equity firm based in Chicago, established in 1995, that specializes in operational growth investments across various sectors, including consumer, infrastructure, industrial services, and manufacturing. The firm focuses on high-growth companies at different stages of development and aims to partner with entrepreneurs who are dedicated to excellence and industry transformation. Valor Equity Partners typically invests between $10 million and $75 million in platform companies with revenues ranging from $30 million to $200 million and EBITDA between $5 million and $20 million. The firm also has a presence in North America and India, targeting investments in a wide array of industries, including healthcare, technology, clean energy, and financial services. With a commitment to solving the challenges of growth and scale, Valor Equity Partners seeks to be a lead investor, emphasizing both control and non-control equity investments.

Sean Costello

Vice President

Manuel Pantelias Garces

Vice President

Antonio Gracias

Founder, CEO and CIO

Bruce Johns

Senior Director

Sealy Laidlaw

Vice President

Chris Murphy

Managing Director

David Obrand

Partner

Harrison Pappas

Vice President

Vivek K. Pattipati

Partner

Taylor Patton

Senior Associate

Bradley Sheftel

Partner

Michael Soenen

Partner

Miki Sofer

Vice President

Slater H. Stich

Vice President

Mark Vardaro

Senior Director

Timothy M. Watkins

Operating Partner

Past deals in Nutrition

Little Spoon

Series B in 2021
Little Spoon, Inc. manufactures and markets baby food, vitamins, and probiotics products. The company offers baby blends and boosters. Its boosters include wiz kid; containing, Iron, Vitamin E, and Omega-3 DHA, sniffle shield; containing zinc, prebiotic, and vitamin C and E, poopie powder; containing prebiotics, probiotics, and prunes boost, and gut feeling; probiotic to help build a healthier and more resilient gut. The company offers baby blends in a range of textures, including smooth, textured, and very textured blends. It sells products online. Little Spoon, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in New York, New York.

Voyage Foods

Seed Round in 2021
Voyage Foods has made sustainable and scalable alternatives to foods that have current obstacles –environmental, social, and health alike. Our breakthrough technology provides endless opportunities to make delicious, nearly identical, versions of beloved foods, without compromising individual health or our planet. We replicated the world’s favorite foods so that we can all enjoy them, forever.

Little Spoon

Series A in 2020
Little Spoon, Inc. manufactures and markets baby food, vitamins, and probiotics products. The company offers baby blends and boosters. Its boosters include wiz kid; containing, Iron, Vitamin E, and Omega-3 DHA, sniffle shield; containing zinc, prebiotic, and vitamin C and E, poopie powder; containing prebiotics, probiotics, and prunes boost, and gut feeling; probiotic to help build a healthier and more resilient gut. The company offers baby blends in a range of textures, including smooth, textured, and very textured blends. It sells products online. Little Spoon, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in New York, New York.