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

Jake Benedict

Vice President

Jonah Cader

Vice President

Neil Crumpton

Vice President

Quincy Darbyshire

Vice President

Julie Fisher

Managing Director

Alli Folk

Principal on the Investment Team

Chandler Foster

Vice President Operations Team

Douglas Fumagalli

Managing Director

Manuel Pantelias Garces

Principal, Operations Team

Anna Gurevich

Vice President

Joseph Haslip

Managing Director

David F. Heskett

Principal

Philippe El Khazen

Principal

Solange Levy

Vice President

Chris Murphy

Partner

Modit Ohri

Vice President

Vivek Pattipati

Partner

Bradley Sheftel

Partner

Jonathan K. Shulkin

Partner

Michael Soenen

Partner

Anni Ylagan

Principal

Past deals in Generation Z

Xage Security

Series B in 2022
Xage Security, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing a blockchain-protected security platform specifically designed for industrial Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Founded in 2016 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company offers a range of products including the Xage Gateway, which connects to various IIoT edge devices, and the Xage Broker, which synchronizes credentials and policies between edge devices and central systems. Additional offerings include the Xage Client Agent for direct participation in the blockchain, the Xage Security Cloud for management and monitoring, and various management tools. Xage Security focuses on solutions such as tamper-proofing, edge authentication, role-based access control, and device lifecycle management. Its services cater to multiple industries, including energy, transportation, utilities, manufacturing, healthcare, and logistics, aiming to enhance data security and access control while mitigating advanced threats and ensuring a zero-trust security model.

Genvid Technologies

Series C in 2021
Genvid Technologies develops innovative software tools for interactive streaming specifically tailored for the eSports industry. Founded in 2016 and based in New York City, the company focuses on providing a unique streaming engine that integrates seamlessly with game engines, allowing game developers and broadcasting companies to enhance the viewer experience. Genvid's technology enables users to create custom camera angles, develop interactive viewer interfaces, and analyze player statistics in real-time. By offering a software development kit (SDK), the company empowers game developers to integrate its tools into their games, facilitating premium interactive broadcasts across multiple streaming platforms.

Genvid Technologies

Series B in 2019
Genvid Technologies develops innovative software tools for interactive streaming specifically tailored for the eSports industry. Founded in 2016 and based in New York City, the company focuses on providing a unique streaming engine that integrates seamlessly with game engines, allowing game developers and broadcasting companies to enhance the viewer experience. Genvid's technology enables users to create custom camera angles, develop interactive viewer interfaces, and analyze player statistics in real-time. By offering a software development kit (SDK), the company empowers game developers to integrate its tools into their games, facilitating premium interactive broadcasts across multiple streaming platforms.
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