Valor Equity Partners

Venture capital firm
Chicago, Illinois, USA$59.3B AUMwww.valorep.com

Private investment firm investing in technology and technology-enabled industrial companies across growth and early stages.

Strategy

Stages
Early StageGrowth
Sectors
BiosciencesTransportationFoodHealth and WellnessTechnology
Geographies
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Open Roles

1
Senior Software Engineer (Machine Learning)Chicago

Recent changes

  1. Sep 10, 2026Invested in The Boring Company (Series D, $3B) TechCrunch
  2. Sep 10, 2026Invested in Positron AI (Series C, $875M) PR Newswire (company announcement)
  3. Sep 5, 2026Stages updated: Early Stage, Growth valorep.com
  4. Sep 5, 2026Sectors updated: Biosciences, Transportation, Food, Health and Wellness, Technology valorep.com
  5. Sep 3, 2026Invested in Crusoe (Growth, $3B)Rumored TechCrunch
Earlier changes (13)
  1. Sep 3, 2026Follow-on: Invested in Crusoe (Series F, $3B) Bloomberg
  2. Sep 2, 2026Invested in Medici Brands (Series B, $250M) Pulse2
  3. Aug 6, 2026Invested in Hadrian ($1.37B) CNBC
  4. Aug 5, 2026Invested in MagicSchool AI (Series B, $63M) Crunchbase News
  5. Aug 3, 2026Invested in Base Power (Series D, $1B) TechCrunch
  6. Jun 24, 2026Valor Equity Partners Looks to Raise a $2.5B Fund VII on Its SpaceX and Anduril Marks Pulse story
  7. Nov 3, 2025New fund: Valor Equity Partners Fund VII SEC EDGAR Form D
  8. Nov 3, 2025New fund: Valor Equity Partners Opportunity Fund II SEC EDGAR Form D
  9. Mar 7, 2024New fund: Valor Equity Partners Fund VI ($2.21B) SEC EDGAR Form D
  10. Oct 11, 2022New fund: Valor Equity Partners Opportunity Fund I (target $750M) SEC EDGAR Form D
  11. Jul 10, 2020New fund: VALOR EQUITY PARTNERS V (target $1.3B) SEC EDGAR Form D
  12. May 4, 2018New fund: Valor Equity Partners Fund IV (target $1.1B) SEC EDGAR Form D
  13. Jun 2, 2015New fund: Valor Equity Partners Fund III ($477.225M) SEC EDGAR Form D

Funds

7
FundVintageSizeStrategySource
Valor Equity Partners Fund VII2025—Flagship
As of Nov 3, 2025SEC EDGAR Form D
Valor Equity Partners Opportunity Fund II2025—Opportunity
As of Nov 3, 2025SEC EDGAR Form D
Valor Equity Partners Fund VI2024$2.21BFlagship
As of Mar 7, 2024SEC EDGAR Form D
Valor Equity Partners Opportunity Fund I2022target $750MOpportunity
As of Oct 11, 2022SEC EDGAR Form D
VALOR EQUITY PARTNERS V2020target $1.3BFlagship
As of Jul 10, 2020SEC EDGAR Form D
Show 2 earlier funds
FundVintageSizeStrategySource
Valor Equity Partners Fund IV2018target $1.1BFlagship
As of May 4, 2018SEC EDGAR Form D
Valor Equity Partners Fund III2015$477.225MFlagship
As of Jun 2, 2015SEC EDGAR Form D

Portfolio

14 total
The Boring CompanyPositron AICrusoeMedici BrandsPolymarketRiverSpaceXHadrianMagicSchool AIBase PowerAnduril IndustriesxAIRedditZipline

Recent Investment Activity

8
DateCompanyEventAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Sep 10, 2026Positron AISeries C$875M$5B
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Atreides ManagementValor Equity PartnersAndra CapitalSemiAnalysis CapitalJim Clark
outlined = lead
PR Newswire (company announcement)
Sep 10, 2026The Boring CompanySeries D$3B$23B
Sequoia CapitalAndreessen HorowitzTemasekValor Equity PartnersVy CapitalUAE sovereign investment entities
TechCrunch
Sep 3, 2026CrusoeGrowthRumored$3B$30B
Atreides ManagementValor Equity PartnersMubadala Capital
outlined = lead
TechCrunch
Sep 3, 2026CrusoeSeries F$3B$30B
Atreides ManagementValor Equity PartnersMubadala Capital
outlined = lead
Pulse story
Sep 2, 2026Medici BrandsSeries B$250M—
GreenoaksValor Equity PartnersIconiq CapitalImaginary VenturesPeter Rahal
outlined = lead
Pulse story
Aug 6, 2026Hadrianfunding round$1.37B$7.9B
Baillie GiffordJPMorganChase Strategic Investment GroupWashington Harbour PartnersValor Equity Partners137 VenturesWCM Investment Management
outlined = lead
Pulse story
Aug 5, 2026MagicSchool AISeries B$63M—
Valor Equity PartnersBain Capital VenturesAdobe VenturesAtreides ManagementSmash Capital
outlined = lead
Pulse story
Aug 3, 2026Base PowerSeries D$1B$13B
Ribbit CapitalAdditionValor Equity PartnersJPMorgan Chase's Strategic Investment Group
outlined = lead
Pulse story

Sector / Stage Activity

By sector (portfolio)
Defense
2 · 14%
AI infra
2 · 14%
Consumer
2 · 14%
Energy/Grid
1 · 7%
Edtech
1 · 7%
Crypto
1 · 7%
Semiconductors
1 · 7%
EV/Mobility
1 · 7%
Space
1 · 7%
Infrastructure
1 · 7%
By stage (tracked rounds)
Series D
2 · 25%
Series B
2 · 25%
Series C
1 · 13%
Growth
1 · 13%
Series F
1 · 13%

Co-Investors

12
Founders Fund · 6 sharedAndreessen Horowitz · 4 sharedSV Angel · 3 sharedAtreides Management · 3 sharedFidelity Investments · 3 shared8VC · 2 sharedCraft Ventures · 2 sharedFriends & Family Capital · 2 sharedGeneral Catalyst · 2 sharedShrug Capital · 2 sharedThrive Capital · 2 sharedTribe Capital · 2 shared

Latest Pulse

Pulse coverage →
  1. Crusoe Triples to $30B Valuation on $3B Series FThe Denver AI data-center builder raised over $3 billion co-led by Atreides Management and Valor Equity Partners, tripling its valuation in ten months on the strength of a $13 billion Jane Street compute contract.→
  2. General Intuition Hits $6B Valuation on Robotics PushValor Equity Partners and Point72 are backing General Intuition at a $6 billion valuation as the spatial-reasoning AI startup extends from video-game agents into physical robotics.→
  3. Valor Equity Partners Looks to Raise a $2.5B Fund VII on Its SpaceX and Anduril MarksAntonio Gracias's Valor Equity Partners is raising a $2.5 billion Fund VII, per Bloomberg -- a step up from the $2.35 billion Fund VI it closed in 2024. A long-time backer of Elon Musk's companies, Valor has reserved part of the new fund for additional SpaceX investment, where it owns roughly 4% of the now-public rocket maker.→
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