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Lisa Calhoun

Founding Managing Partner at Valor Ventures

Atlanta, Georgia

Overview 

Lisa Calhoun is the Founding Managing Partner at Valor VC, leading seed rounds in AI-driven B2B SaaS software companies in the South. She has invested in a range of successful startups such as Sailes, SHO.ai, and The Gathering Spot, showcasing her expertise in venture capital and entrepreneurship. With a strong background in board development and a track record of investing in diverse founders, Lisa has made significant contributions to the growth of companies like ecoText and CapWay. Her leadership at Valor VC has solidified her reputation as a key player in the venture capital industry.

Work Experience 

  • Founding Managing Partner

    2015 - Current

    I am the founder and managing partner of Valor Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm headquartered in Atlanta. We are investing out of our third fund. Learn more at valor.vc or follow the firm on LinkedIn.

Valor Ventures is a venture capital firm that prefers to invest in seed rounds.

  • Seed Lead Investor - Board Director

    2025

    As board director and lead seed investor at RueData, I support the CEO and leadership team in their North American expansion delivering AI-powered optimization for major fleets and logistics providers.

  • Seed Lead Investor

    2025

    Valor VC is proud to have led the seed round of Visalaw and serve on its board of directors.

  • Lead Seed Investor

    2024

    Autonoma is the leading AI/synthetic data platform for autonomous driving.

  • Lead Seed Investor

    2023

    Valor is lead investor at FirmPilot, a B2B SaaS AI platform that manages, monitors and optimizes customer acquisition online.

FirmPilot develops an AI-driven marketing engine designed for law firms.

Raised $9,000,000.00 from Connexa Capital, Blumberg Capital, DoubleVerify, SaaS Ventures, FJ Labs and Valor Ventures.

  • Seed Co-Lead Investor - Board Observer

    2025

    As investor and board observer with Goodfynd, I support the CEO and leadership team in expanding their offering across North America, with a particular emphasis on AI and go to market strategy. Valor co-led the initial round for Goodfynd in 2021 with Artemis Ventures.

The premier marketplace for mobile businesses

Raised $1,170,000.00 from Black Tech Nation Ventures, Aperture Venture Capital, The Artemis Fund, Valor Ventures and The Artemis Fund.

  • Lead Seed Investor

    2022

    Saile is the leading AI prospecting platform, using generative AI and each client's CRM-driven sales data to triple and quadruple sales.

Sailes is a sales enablement software that helps increase revenue opportunities.

Raised $8,449,999.00 from KCRise Fund, Tenzing.vc, Lewis & Clark Ventures, Acronym Venture Capital and Valor Ventures.

  • Seed Lead Investor

    2025

    Valor VC is proud to have led the seed round of Acuity Behavioral Health and serve on the company's board of directors.

  • Seed Lead Investor / VC

    2022

    Valor is co-lead investor in STEMULI, an AI and augmented reality platform currently serving public schools in Texas, Maryland, and Georgia, backed by GoogleForStartups and other well known private organizations. STEMuli serves K-12 students with a leading analytics and AI optimized platform for personalized learning.

Stemuli combines education and career pathways into an AI-powered video game.

Raised $11,700,000.00 from Stride.

  • Lead Seed VC

    2021

    Allellca empowers the next generation of clinical genomics with an AI-engine focused on personalized treatment solutions, equipping health systems and clinical laboratories with cutting-edge tools to reduce the impact of chronic diseases through genomic medicine.

Allelica is a genomics software company driving the transition of Polygenic Risk Score from Genomic research to clinical application.

Raised $1,750,000.00 from Valor Ventures and Pi Campus.

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