Valor Equity Partners

Valor Equity Partners is a private equity firm based in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1995. The firm specializes in operational growth investments, focusing on companies at various stages of development, including seed, early, growth, and later stages. Valor Equity Partners seeks to partner with businesses and entrepreneurs who prioritize excellence and have the ambition to transform their industries. The firm primarily targets investments in the technology sector within North America, providing expertise to help companies address challenges related to growth and scaling. As a Registered Investment Adviser, Valor Equity Partners is committed to fostering the development of its portfolio companies through both control and non-control investments.

Will Baine

Principal of Investment Team

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 Garcés Ph.D

Principal, Operations Team

Antonio Gracias

Founder, Principal

Joe Haslip

Managing Director

David F. Heskett

Principal

Sequoia Johnson

Associate

Philippe El Khazen

Principal

Theo Lederhausen

Principal

Chris Murphy

Partner

Vivek Pattipati

Partner

Juan Sabater

Managing Director

Bradley S. Sheftel

Partner

Jonathan K. Shulkin

Partner

Timothy M. Watkins

Operating Partner

Anni Ylagan

Principal

Past deals in Geospatial

Hidden Level

Series B in 2024
Hidden Level specializes in advanced technologies for passive radar and drone detection, focusing on RF spectrum signal analysis. The company offers a comprehensive Airspace Monitoring Service (AMS) that employs networks of passive sensors to detect and track various aerial vehicles, including drones, across extensive geographical areas. This service is tailored for critical sectors such as infrastructure, defense, and public safety, ensuring compliance with privacy regulations. In addition to drone detection, Hidden Level provides custom-built sensor technology, classical systems engineering, data modeling and analysis, field testing, printed circuit board design, and full product life cycle management. Their solutions aim to enhance safety and productivity in low-altitude air traffic monitoring for aerospace component manufacturers.

Bedrock

Series A in 2023
Bedrock Ocean Exploration specializes in ocean mapping technology that aims to create a comprehensive, publicly available map of the world's oceans. The company develops underwater vehicles that facilitate the collection of seafloor data, enhancing the safety of ocean mapping while minimizing environmental impact and the risk to endangered species. Their innovative technology enables detailed topographical surveys of the seafloor, exploration of geological conditions, and identification of unexploded ordnance. This allows clients across scientific, governmental, and commercial sectors to advance their projects and initiatives at sea.

Pano

Series A in 2023
Pano specializes in providing advanced hardware and software solutions designed to help fire professionals detect and mitigate wildfire threats. The company offers a unified platform that integrates cutting-edge hardware, artificial intelligence, and software to enable real-time monitoring and threat detection. By utilizing proprietary mountaintop camera feeds and satellite imagery, Pano's technology allows government agencies, utilities, insurers, and private landowners to quickly identify potential wildfire risks. This capability facilitates the rapid dissemination of critical information, empowering stakeholders to take timely actions to protect lives, property, and the environment from the dangers posed by wildfires.

Slingshot Aerospace

Series A in 2022
Slingshot Aerospace, Inc. specializes in developing online tools and platforms that provide geospatial information tailored for the aerospace and defense sectors. The company's offerings include Slingshot Earth, Slingshot Orbital, Slingshot Edge, and Slingshot Imagery, which integrate data streams from satellites, airplanes, drones, and ground-based sensors to deliver actionable insights for various industries, including energy, insurance, military, and emergency management. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in El Segundo, California, with an additional office in Austin, Texas, Slingshot Aerospace aims to enhance mission success for government and commercial space organizations by offering space simulation and analytics solutions. These tools help operators design, manage, and secure their assets while mitigating risks to facilitate safe and reliable operations in complex environments.

Slingshot Aerospace

Series A in 2022
Slingshot Aerospace, Inc. specializes in developing online tools and platforms that provide geospatial information tailored for the aerospace and defense sectors. The company's offerings include Slingshot Earth, Slingshot Orbital, Slingshot Edge, and Slingshot Imagery, which integrate data streams from satellites, airplanes, drones, and ground-based sensors to deliver actionable insights for various industries, including energy, insurance, military, and emergency management. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in El Segundo, California, with an additional office in Austin, Texas, Slingshot Aerospace aims to enhance mission success for government and commercial space organizations by offering space simulation and analytics solutions. These tools help operators design, manage, and secure their assets while mitigating risks to facilitate safe and reliable operations in complex environments.

Percipient.ai

Series B in 2019
Percipient.ai Inc. is an artificial intelligence company that specializes in advanced analytics for national security and intelligence missions. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with an additional office in Reston, Virginia, the company offers a platform called Mirage. This platform enhances the analysis of full motion video, geo-spatial intelligence, and multi-source intelligence data, helping professionals make informed decisions in critical situations. Mirage includes a module that identifies and contextualizes individuals, objects, and activities, enabling users to rapidly understand unstructured data. By leveraging computer vision and multi-source intelligence, Percipient.ai provides solutions that support both commercial and government clients in their time-sensitive operations, facilitating the real-time exploitation of complex visual and intelligence data.
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