Valedor Partners

Valedor Partners is a Texas-based private investment firm engaging in hands-on partnerships with US lower-middle market companies. The firm pursues growth equity and buyout opportunities, targeting resilient businesses across industry cycles. Valedor applies operational and financial expertise, driving growth via enhancements and strategic acquisitions for sustained value.

Led by Shawn Patterson and Barbara Palmquist, Valedor leverages their extensive operational and acquisition backgrounds. Patterson contributes entrepreneurial experience, while Palmquist specializes in operational assessment. Their insight was to build enduring legacies through engaged partnerships, focusing on sustained long-term vision.

Valedor Partners seeks founder-owned businesses ready for strategic monetization and collaborative value creation. They target companies with defensible positions in fragmented industries, typically generating $10-200 million revenue and $3-30 million EBITDA. Valedor’s vision emphasizes a shared future, fostered through partnership, continuous improvement, and challenging market conventions.