Valor Equity Partners

Valor Equity Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Chicago, established in 1995. The firm specializes in making investments across various stages of company development, including seed-stage, early-stage, growth-stage, and late-stage investments. Valor primarily focuses on sectors such as industrial products, manufacturing, infrastructure services, healthcare, food technology, retail technology, fintech, and clean energy. The firm seeks to partner with high-growth companies and entrepreneurs who demonstrate a commitment to excellence and industry transformation. Investment sizes typically range from $10 million to $75 million for new platforms, while add-on investments do not have a minimum size requirement. Valor Equity Partners primarily invests in North America and India, aiming to support companies with revenues between $30 million and $200 million. The firm prefers to take a leading role in investments, pursuing both control and non-control equity opportunities.

Will Baine

Principal of Investment Team

Sean Costello

Vice President

Alli Folk

VP

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

Juan Sabater

Partner, Co-President and Member of Investment Committee

Bradley Sheftel

Partner

Jonathan K. Shulkin

Partner & Co-President

Michael Soenen

Partner

Miki Sofer

Vice President

Slater H. Stich

Vice President

Mark Vardaro

Senior Director

Timothy Watkins

Operating Partner

Past deals in Texas

Atmosphere

Series D in 2023
Atmosphere is a streaming TV platform designed specifically for businesses, featuring 21 original and partner channels that provide audio-optional programming suitable for various venues, including restaurants, gyms, and hotels. The platform is built on proprietary content, technology, and data, allowing businesses to enhance customer experience without the need for sound. Additionally, Atmosphere offers a digital signage feature, enabling businesses to display their own promotions alongside the entertainment content. Incubated within Chive Media Group, Atmosphere was established as an independent entity in 2019, focusing on delivering engaging and refreshed programming weekly to help businesses create an inviting atmosphere for their patrons.

Slingshot Aerospace

Series A in 2022
Slingshot Aerospace, Inc. is a company that develops innovative online tools and platforms aimed at providing geospatial information for the aerospace and defense sectors. Incorporated in 2016 and headquartered in El Segundo, California, with an additional office in Austin, Texas, Slingshot Aerospace offers a suite of platforms—Slingshot Earth, Slingshot Orbital, Slingshot Edge, and Slingshot Imagery—that integrate data from a variety of sources, including satellites, airplanes, drones, and ground-based sensors. This integration enables organizations in industries such as energy, military, government, and emergency management to access critical insights and analytics. By leveraging advanced technologies, including signal processing AI, the company helps clients make informed decisions based on Earth Observation data and other data sources, ultimately improving operational efficiency, reducing risks, and lowering costs.

Atmosphere

Series C in 2022
Atmosphere is a streaming TV platform designed specifically for businesses, featuring 21 original and partner channels that provide audio-optional programming suitable for various venues, including restaurants, gyms, and hotels. The platform is built on proprietary content, technology, and data, allowing businesses to enhance customer experience without the need for sound. Additionally, Atmosphere offers a digital signage feature, enabling businesses to display their own promotions alongside the entertainment content. Incubated within Chive Media Group, Atmosphere was established as an independent entity in 2019, focusing on delivering engaging and refreshed programming weekly to help businesses create an inviting atmosphere for their patrons.

Project Venkman

Seed Round in 2021
Project Venkman is an NFT production studio that specializes in Web3 technology and partnerships, focusing on creating innovative biographical NFT initiatives. These initiatives allow renowned creators to connect with their dedicated audiences by sharing their personal stories and passions. In addition to producing NFTs, Project Venkman operates a loyalty platform that aims to reinvent rewards programs by integrating blockchain and non-fungible token technologies. This platform enhances customer loyalty by offering targeted rewards that facilitate progression through loyalty tiers, thereby assisting brands in improving customer acquisition and retention. Overall, Project Venkman combines creative NFT production with practical loyalty solutions to engage audiences and elevate brand experiences.

Atmosphere

Series B in 2021
Atmosphere is a streaming TV platform designed specifically for businesses, featuring 21 original and partner channels that provide audio-optional programming suitable for various venues, including restaurants, gyms, and hotels. The platform is built on proprietary content, technology, and data, allowing businesses to enhance customer experience without the need for sound. Additionally, Atmosphere offers a digital signage feature, enabling businesses to display their own promotions alongside the entertainment content. Incubated within Chive Media Group, Atmosphere was established as an independent entity in 2019, focusing on delivering engaging and refreshed programming weekly to help businesses create an inviting atmosphere for their patrons.

Atmosphere

Series A in 2020
Atmosphere is a streaming TV platform designed specifically for businesses, featuring 21 original and partner channels that provide audio-optional programming suitable for various venues, including restaurants, gyms, and hotels. The platform is built on proprietary content, technology, and data, allowing businesses to enhance customer experience without the need for sound. Additionally, Atmosphere offers a digital signage feature, enabling businesses to display their own promotions alongside the entertainment content. Incubated within Chive Media Group, Atmosphere was established as an independent entity in 2019, focusing on delivering engaging and refreshed programming weekly to help businesses create an inviting atmosphere for their patrons.

Mythic

Series B in 2019
Mythic Inc. is a technology company that specializes in the design and development of silicon chips and artificial intelligence (AI) processing units. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, with an additional office in Austin, Texas, Mythic focuses on creating advanced analog matrix processors that incorporate unique compute-in-memory technology. Their product lineup includes the M1076 Analog Matrix Processor, MP10304 Quad-AMP PCIe Card, and MM1076 M.2 M Key Card, which facilitate AI deployment across various platforms, from data centers to edge devices. The company caters to a diverse range of applications, including fitness trackers, hearing aids, self-driving vehicles, and robotic drones. With a team of experts in neural networks, device physics, software design, and processor architecture, Mythic is committed to advancing AI capabilities for practical use in real-world environments.