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Valor Equity Partners

Chicago, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 160014

Filed as VALOR EQUITY PARTNERS · Legal name Valor Management LLC

Valor Equity Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 2012, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 29, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$59,316,626,010
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Valor Equity Partners compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Valor Equity Partners reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees; other.

Where is Valor Equity Partners located?

Valor Equity Partners' principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV; the May 2026 filing also lists 5 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Valor Equity Partners registered with the SEC or a state?

Valor Equity Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 160014.

How much does Valor Equity Partners manage?

Valor Equity Partners reports $59,316,626,010 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 29, 2026 (95% discretionary).

How have Valor Equity Partners' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Valor Equity Partners: Regulatory assets under management: $7,272,063,700 in the October 2021 data and $59,316,626,010 in the October 2026 data, up 716%. Total employees: 53 in October 2021 and 104 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Valor Equity Partners serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (57).

Does Valor Equity Partners report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/160014

What changed in Valor Equity Partners' recent Form ADV filings?

In the May 2026 filing data: No longer lists an office in Miami, FL.

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees
  • Other

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$59,316,626,010

$59,316,626,010 as of October 2026, filing dated April 29, 2026.

Discretionary: $56,091,299,379.Non-discretionary: $3,225,326,631.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 57 Assets $59,316,626,010 (100%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other
Clients 0 Assets Not reported

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Valor Management LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 104. Performing investment advisory functions: 68.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
5 other offices, as of the May 2026 filing
Austin, TXMiami, FLNew York, NYPalo Alto, CASeattle, WA
States registered or notice-filed
6 states or jurisdictions
CAFLILNYTXWA

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$7.27B 2021 $11.2B 2022 $14.2B 2023 $17B 2024 $26.1B 2025 $59.3B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$59,316,626,010104April 29, 2026
October 2025$26,076,132,87899March 31, 2025
October 2024$16,987,823,51289September 4, 2024
October 2023$14,201,475,53682October 2, 2023
October 2022$11,223,673,94364June 9, 2022
October 2021$7,272,063,70053September 10, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $7,272,063,700 in the October 2021 data and $59,316,626,010 in the October 2026 data, up 716%.

Total employees: 53 in October 2021 and 104 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. May 2026
    • No longer lists an office in Miami, FL.
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 70 to 68.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $26,076,132,878 to $59,316,626,010 (+127%).
    • Added an office in Austin, TX.
    • Registered or notice-filed in TX.
  3. March 2026
    • Added an office in Miami, FL.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
valorep.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Valor Equity Partners (CRD 160014): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/valor-equity-partners-chicago-il-160014