Dallas technology and management services firm Valent Partners has landed an investment from RLH Equity Partners, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm that invests in tech-driven B2B services companies.

Founded in 2019, Valent provides strategic support using data, analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to fuel a tangible return on investment for clients wanting to establish or maintain market leadership, the company said.

“Enterprise AI transformation is the challenge of our time, and Valent Partners is uniquely positioned to solve it through our tailored strategies and disciplined execution,” Jeff Hilliard, founder and CEO of Valent, said in a statement. “We chose to partner with RLH because they share our mindset: the way to build a market leader is obsession over culture, investment in top talent, and relentless focus on client outcomes.”

Serving markets that include financial services, insurance, consumer, industrials, energy, and professional services, Valent said it provides a “commercial understanding of mission-critical business challenges and a proven ability to deliver technology-enabled solutions” that empower ongoing innovation. 

Valent’s leadership team brings extensive subject-matter expertise in technology and transformation consulting and has developed an exceptional employee experience, the company said, resulting in an outstanding culture and extraordinary depth of talent throughout the organization. 

Valent is the first platform investment of RLH’s Fifth institutional fund, aligning closely with RLH’s multi-decade focus on “founder-owned, knowledge-led B2B services firms benefiting from technology-driven change.”

Mark Gartner, managing director at RLH Equity Partners, and VP Sam Merriam said in a joint statement that they “were immediately impressed by Valent’s capabilities, unusually high client satisfaction and inspiring culture.”

“We knew that this team had the vision and wherewithal to scale a premier technology services firm and that we were well aligned in how we could help Valent reach its full potential,” they added. “We’re proud to partner with this courageous group of individuals and excited about what we will accomplish together.” 

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