At our annual meeting last week, Carta Head of Insights Peter Walker shared a master class on #seed VC deal dynamics with a special focus on the South. Carta is Valor's fund administrator, and we sure enjoyed having Peter come out from SFO to join our community of courage in person. Listening to his talk, founders and investors will learn: 1) How #valuations and amounts raised play out for founders right now--including the perceived (but not that meaningful) differential between the South and Silicon Valley 💰 2) Where #SAFE dilutions are trending, and why stacking SAFEs is more dangerous than ever ⚠️ 3) How #M&A in the South has recovered, even surpassing the Northeast in the most recent quarter 📈 Here are some highlights and a video for those who want to dive in. https://lnkd.in/gYwsQ6Jv Please share with smart founders and investors you care about. CC: Steve George Catherine Abely Megan McDougall Gary Peat Jean-Luc Vanhulst Cliff Baker Sean Cook
Valor VC
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Atlanta, Georgia 3,439 followers
Valor leads seed rounds in category-defining software companies anchored in the South.
About us
Valor Ventures leads seed rounds in category-defining software firms built in the South.
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http://valor.vc
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- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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- 2-10 employees
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- Atlanta, Georgia
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- Partnership
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- 2016
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- venture capital, startups, entrepreneurship, fintech, healthcare, equity, AI, and artificial intelligence
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Employees at Valor VC
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Gary Peat
General Partner @ Valor VC | Seed-lead investor in B2B SaaS and Fintech.
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Jean-Luc Vanhulst
Building AI back office for Valor Ventures, evaluating AI SaaS startups and support growing the ones we've invested in. Python/NextJS/OpenAI/Pinecone
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Brian Fox
Managing Partner of Rockmont Partners, Founder of Confirmation.com & Rivio.com
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Sean Cook
Board Member / Advisor / Entrepreneur / Founder / CEO / CMO / Consultant / Global Growth Strategist / Early & Growth-Stage Companies / $12 Billion…
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In this panel with Alaina Percival, Cameron Spek and Andrew Cheng delivered a rapid fire review of how big companies source, diligence and acquire startups. Look to see a podcast coming soon on Atlanta Startup Podcast!
Board member | Venture Investor | YC16 | Tech CEO | Co-founder of Women Who Code | Strategic Growth
Intimate conferences have a unique way of encouraging speakers—even the most senior—to go beyond surface-level talking points and share truly valuable insights. That’s why Valor VC Day stood out as one of my favorite conferences this year. It was inspiring to hear from founders, investors, and corporate CEOs, and I especially appreciated the chance to join the stage and help our founders gain valuable knowledge from M&A experts Andrew Cheng of LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Cameron Spek of CRH Ventures. Thanks Lisa Marie Calhoun and Gary Peat for all you do to contribute to the #atlanta #tech ecosystem. Also, the space at NCR Voyix was beautiful.
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Congratulations to Dr. K and the KareRx Platform, myphysician360 and CEO Michael Muchnicki , and the leadership of these fast growing rural healthcare visionaries!
myphysician360 inks strategic partnership with KARE PharmTech to flood rural care deserts with access to care from the community pharmacy and telemedicine via myphysician360! Congratulations Michael Muchnicki and the whole myphysician360 team! The hockey-stick growth myphysician360 can continue for many years now with this partnership! Valor VC Lisa Marie Calhoun Lynne Laube William L. Startup Runway Foundation, Inc.
Empowering Community Pharmacies: myphysician360 and KARE PharmTech Announce Strategic Partnership
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Proud of this early Valor portfolio founder and his well deserved recognition in Georgia’s most prominent business magazine. ❤️🔥
Founder & CEO- Accomplished Entrepreneur, Innovative Marketer, Featured Moderator & Speaker, Community Builder & Advocate.
Honored to be named as one of Georgia Trend's 500 Most Influential Leaders of 2024! With over 11 million residents in Georgia, this recognition reminds me that true leadership isn’t about power—it’s a reflection of community. I’m proud to stand alongside so many remarkable leaders, both named and unnamed, from The Gathering Spot and beyond, who are shaping the future of our state. #whywegather
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On the journey toward peak value, we're excited to welcome so many of our friends and partners to Atlanta for VC DAY, our annual meeting. The CEOs and Founders of many of our top-performing startups--the "Value Drivers"--are sharing insights from the frontier of innovation in #AI and #SaaS, including George Azih FinQuery, Formerly LeaseQuery, 🚀 Nick Smith Sailes, 🚀 Connor Offutt Aetos Imaging, 🚀Taylor Shead Stemuli, 🚀Sebastian Baquero Ruedata 🚀, Michael Muchnicki myphysician360, Jake Soffer FirmPilot, and Will Bryan Autonoma, Inc. We're grateful to have Peter Walker sharing Carta insights on #venturecapital and seed, corporate leaders including Cameron Spek and Andrew Cheng, as well as our team of talent recapping the many successes of 2024 and charting a clear path to even higher peaks in 2025. Thank you Insperity Brock Cline, CBPA, Baker Donelson Chris Sloan, Reed Smith LLP Siddesh Bale for supporting our community of courage! Gary Peat Lynne Laube Jean-Luc Vanhulst Lisa Marie Calhoun Nwanyinma Dike Francheska Villalpando-Vizcarra Kirk Somers Craig Snodgrass Sean Cook David Cummings David McMullen William L. Donald Knight
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Super insightful from general partner Gary Peat:
According to Pitchbook: We are in a deep down cycle in early stage venture, Seed and Series A. The graph below shows that the number of funds raised, in the size range of fund size of $10 million and $500 million, peaked at 450 funds in 2019. In 2024, there will be <100. That is a decrease of about 80%! The amount of capital available in the <100 funds raised (the AUM) in 2024 is also down more than 80%. There is a history of funds raised in down cycles doing quite well, generating great returns. Why? In part because entry investment valuations at Seed and Series A are down to rational valuations, approaching what one might even call bargain valuations (excepting genAI like ChstGPT of course, where valuations are the highest multiples in software valuation history). Secondly, we are in a technology "Super Cycle" with ML/AI infusing all corners of technology, whether disrupting traditional B2B SaaS markets worldwide or growing foundational layer large language models like ChatGPT available to use by anyone WW, at reasonable cost, even for startups! Valor VC is pleased to be one of the few with a new institutional funds, seed lead investing in AI-augmented B2B SaaS. Got a great B2B SaaS company that is ready to scale the team and customer base? Let us know at Valor VC! Lisa Marie Calhoun Lynne Laube William L. Startup Runway Foundation, Inc. Atlanta Startup Podcast
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Important and timely share for investors and founders —
According to Pitchbook: We are in a deep down cycle in early stage venture, Seed and Series A. The graph below shows that the number of funds raised, in the size range of fund size of $10 million and $500 million, peaked at 450 funds in 2019. In 2024, there will be <100. That is a decrease of about 80%! The amount of capital available in the <100 funds raised (the AUM) in 2024 is also down more than 80%. There is a history of funds raised in down cycles doing quite well, generating great returns. Why? In part because entry investment valuations at Seed and Series A are down to rational valuations, approaching what one might even call bargain valuations (excepting genAI like ChstGPT of course, where valuations are the highest multiples in software valuation history). Secondly, we are in a technology "Super Cycle" with ML/AI infusing all corners of technology, whether disrupting traditional B2B SaaS markets worldwide or growing foundational layer large language models like ChatGPT available to use by anyone WW, at reasonable cost, even for startups! Valor VC is pleased to be one of the few with a new institutional funds, seed lead investing in AI-augmented B2B SaaS. Got a great B2B SaaS company that is ready to scale the team and customer base? Let us know at Valor VC! Lisa Marie Calhoun Lynne Laube William L. Startup Runway Foundation, Inc. Atlanta Startup Podcast
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Big announcement: Today at the ASHG Annual Meeting, Allelica will present a new method to model human genetic diversity to calculate polygenic risk score in diverse populations. Moving beyond labeling individuals into predefined categories.
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