Antonio Gracias
Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer at Valor Equity Partners
About
Antonio Gracias founded Valor Equity Partners in 1995 and serves as its CEO and Chief Investment Officer, with over 25 years in private equity investing. He was a Director of Tesla from 2007 to 2021, serving as Lead Independent Director for eight years. Before Valor, he founded and led MG Capital, acquiring and running manufacturing and technology companies, and earlier worked at Goldman Sachs; he holds degrees from Georgetown University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
Deals · 16
Paragon Biosciences Emalex Capital, Inc.Board seat
via Valor Equity Partners · filed Jul 2025 · $270M raise
Castle Creek BiosciencesBoard seat
via Valor Equity Partners · filed Feb 2025 · $75M raise
MagicSchoolBoard seat
via Valor Equity Partners · filed Jan 2025 · $45M raise
CIRC Biosciences, Inc.Board seat
via Valor Equity Partners · filed Oct 2024 · $250K raise
K HealthBoard seat
via Valor Equity Partners · filed Jul 2024 · $134.2M raise
Evozyne, Inc.Board seat
via Valor Equity Partners · filed Sep 2023 · $100M raise
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPBoard seat
via Valor Equity Partners · filed Aug 2022 · $250M raise
Eight SleepBoard seat
via Valor Equity Partners · filed Jul 2021 · $87.6M raise
Paragon Biosciences Qlarity CapitalBoard seat
via Valor Equity Partners · filed Nov 2019 · $15M raise
Harmony BiosciencesBoard seat
via Valor Equity Partners · filed Aug 2019 · $50M raise
keenwawaBoard seat
via Valor Equity Partners · filed Aug 2019 · $41.7M raise
Tesla PublicBoard seat
via Valor Equity Partners · filed Nov 2018 · $20M raise
Cloud9Board seat
via Valor Equity Partners · filed Oct 2018 · $53.7M raise
Castle Creek PharmaceuticalsBoard seat
via Valor Equity Partners · filed Oct 2016 · $48M raise
PorchBoard seat
via Valor Equity Partners · filed Jan 2015 · $65.9M raise
PremiseLed round
via Valor Equity Partners · filed Sep 2015
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.