Valor Equity Partners, a Chicago, IL-based operational growth-focused private equity investment firm, closed its flagship fund, Valor Equity Partners VI, at $2.35 billion.
Concurrent with the Fund VI fundraise, Valor also received over $1.0 billion in new commitments for other Valor managed funds, including Valor Siren Ventures II, a venture fund strategy, and the Valor Opportunity Fund, a later stage growth fund, bringing total new commitments during the period to $3.4 billion.
Fund VI includes a broad range of U.S. and international limited partners, including public pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, multinational corporations, family offices, endowments, foundations, and high net worth investors.
Led by Antonio J. Gracias, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Office, Valor manages operational growth funds, which seek to identify and select high-growth, “pro-entropic” companies where the transition to a technology-enabled economy is an important accelerant. Valor defines “pro-entropic” companies as businesses demonstrating the ability to perform and grow across economic and market cycles, unexpected developments, and uncertainty.
As in prior operational growth funds, Fund VI will continue to focus on businesses that Valor believes have achieved an inflection point in their ability to scale and are positioned to achieve their market, revenue, and operating goals. Select initial Fund VI investments include SpaceX, WEKA, xAI, and Zipline.
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08/08/2024