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Valor Equity Partners

Private Equity, Venture Capital · Founded 2001 · Chicago, United States

Operational growth investment firm for technology-enabled companies

210 portfolio companies Private Equity, Venture Capital · $61B invested · 315 investments · Investor rank #55 · Last investment 8/2026
Portfolio companies 210 ↑ 101% 5y
Decacorns 9 ↑ 33% 5y
Thoroughbreds 35 ↑ 26% 5y
01 · Biggest holdings

Valor Equity Partners’ biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Valor Equity Partners still holds — unicorns and thoroughbreds it has backed, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Where a cap table names Valor Equity Partners directly, the stake and its estimated value are shown too.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 xAICenticorn · Enterprise Software · USA $250B
  2. 2 AndurilDecacorn · Security · USA 7.5% $61.0B $4.6B
  3. 3 Base PowerDecacorn · Energy · USA $13.0B
  4. 4 CrusoeDecacorn · Energy · USA 13.5% $10.0B $1.4B
  5. 5 NeuralinkUnicorn · Health · USA $9.7B
  6. 6 GopuffUnicorn · Food · USA 7.5% $8.5B $3.0B
  7. 7 HadrianUnicorn · Robotics · USA $8.0B
  8. 8 ZiplineUnicorn · Robotics · USA $7.6B
  9. 9 The Boring CompanyUnicorn · Real Estate · USA $7.0B
  10. 10 Redwood MaterialsUnicorn · Energy · USA $7.0B
  11. 11 Valar AtomicsUnicorn · Energy · USA $6.0B
  12. 12 CoalitionUnicorn · Security · USA 10.5% $5.0B $525M

Estimated value = Valor Equity Partners’ disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Valor Equity Partners also appears inside investor groups in BlueVoyant, Cerebras Systems, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

02 · Exits

Valor Equity Partners’ biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Valor Equity Partners’ transaction record.

$2.7T IPO · 2026
Entered Series B+Now $1.7TSpace
$1.7B IPO · 2010
Entered Series B+Now $1.3TEnergy
$604M IPO · 2024
Entered Series B+Now $57BSemiconductors
$40B IPO · 2026
Entered Series B+Now $50BSemiconductors
$6.4B IPO · 2024
Now $28BMedia
$584M IPO · 2012
Entered Series B+Now $2.6BEnergy
$2.3B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $145MTransportation
$2.2B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $1.2BTravel
$2.1B IPO · 2026
Entered Series B+Now $903MSecurity
$322M IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $2.0BTelecom
$1.5B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $1.7BHealth
$1.6B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $25MSecurity
03 · Portfolio analysis

Where Valor Equity Partners’ portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 210 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA208
  2. Canada4
  3. India2
  4. Israel2
  5. Switzerland2
  6. Bermuda1
  7. Brazil1
  8. Germany1
  9. Japan1
  10. Nigeria1
  11. UK1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software39
  2. Food32
  3. Fintech31
  4. Health24
  5. Security24
  6. Energy19
  7. Robotics15
  8. Semiconductors15
  9. Transportation14
  10. Media9
  11. Marketing6
  12. Real Estate6
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+88
  2. Series A79
  3. Seed44
By growth stageCount
  1. Late Growth108
  2. Breakout Stage77
  3. Early Growth38
  4. Mature2
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside Valor Equity Partners’ portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 210 tracked.

xAI
Enterprise Software · Centicorn
$250B
Anduril
Security · Decacorn
$61B
SpaceX | xAI
Space · Gigacorn
$1.7T
Gopuff
Food · Unicorn
$8.5B
The Boring Company
Real Estate · Unicorn
$7.0B
Cerebras Systems
Semiconductors · Decacorn
$50B
Redwood Materials
Energy · Unicorn
$7.0B
Crusoe
Energy · Decacorn
$10B
Base Power
Energy · Decacorn
$13B
Zipline
Robotics · Unicorn
$7.6B
Hadrian
Robotics · Unicorn
$8.0B
Valar Atomics
Energy · Unicorn
$6.0B
Neuralink
Health · Unicorn
$9.7B
Reddit
Media · Decacorn
$28B
Bird
Transportation
$145M
Dataminr
Security · Unicorn
$4.1B
Impulse Space
Space · Unicorn
$4.3B
Sonder
Travel · Unicorn
$1.2B
Chaos Industries
Security · Unicorn
$4.5B
Addepar
Fintech · Unicorn
$3.3B
Coalition
Security · Unicorn
$5.0B
BlueVoyant
Security · Unicorn
$1.3B
NewLimit
Health · Unicorn
$3.1B
Misfits Market
Food · Unicorn
$2.0B
WEKA
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.6B
Armada
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$2.2B
Decart
Media · Unicorn
$4.0B
Fair
Transportation
$19M
Lilac Solutions
Energy
$137M
Xsight Labs
Semiconductors · Unicorn
$2.8B
K Health
Health
$900M
SolarCity
Energy · Unicorn
$2.6B
Quora
Media · Unicorn
$2.0B
Bedrock Robotics
Robotics · Unicorn
$1.8B
Electra
Energy
$744M
Zap Energy
Energy
$520M
Harmony Biosciences
Health · Unicorn
$1.7B
Quantifind
Security
$800M
Eight Sleep
Health · Unicorn
$1.5B
Alto Neuroscience
Health
$874M
Carbyne
Security
$400M
Positron
Semiconductors · Unicorn
$1.0B
Nile Secure
Telecom
$700M
Mythic
Semiconductors
$500M
Castle Creek Biosciences
Health
$220M
Emalex Biosciences
Health
$700M
QuEra Computing
Semiconductors
$920M
Quantum Machines
Semiconductors
$700M
AMP Robotics
Energy
$364M
Nirvana Insurance
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.5B
Fundamental
Enterprise Software
$120M
Atmosphere TV
Media · Unicorn
$1.0B
ProteanTecs
Semiconductors
$204M
Enfabrica
Semiconductors
$460M
Tesla
Energy · Gigacorn
$1.3T
Loyal
Health
$400M
Republic
Fintech
$600M
Astera Labs
Semiconductors · Decacorn
$57B
Cameo
Media
$100M
Heron Power
Energy
$560M
05 · Portfolio founders

Where Valor Equity Partners’ portfolio founders come from.

200 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States177
  2. Israel13
  3. Canada4
  4. United Kingdom2
  5. Italy1
  6. Netherlands1
  7. Singapore1
UniversityCount
  1. Stanford University14
  2. Carnegie Mellon University7
  3. Harvard University7
  4. Technion Israel Institute of Technology7
  5. University of California, Berkeley7
  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology6
  7. University of Southern California6
  8. Yale University6
  9. Duke University5
  10. Tel Aviv University4
Previous companyCount
  1. Alphabet | Google11
  2. Microsoft11
  3. IBM7
  4. Modesat6
  5. Google DeepMind4
  6. Intel Corporation4
  7. Stanford University4
  8. AMD Ventures3
  9. Apple3
  10. Carnegie Mellon University3
07 · Key people

Key people at Valor Equity Partners.

Source: Dealroom next-gen API — investor team endpoint.