Jeremy Radcliffe

Jeremy Radcliffe is a Houston-based entrepreneur, operating executive, and private-company investor. He is currently Chief Product Officer at Perscient, where his role includes product, business development, marketing, and client relationship management. Perscient’s team profile says he re-joined Ben Hunt and Rusty Guinn in 2025 after previously working with them at Salient Partners.

Radcliffe joined The Redstone Companies, a Houston-based multi-family office, in 1997. According to his Valedor biography, he helped run Redstone’s investment advisory business and was one of two primary managers of a $45 million private equity fund whose investments included building a 100+ location Whataburger franchisee and launching Future Mortgages, a UK subprime mortgage business later sold to Citigroup.

He left Redstone to co-found Salient Partners in 2002. SEC filings describe him as a managing director of Salient responsible for daily operations of the firm’s investments division, and Salient’s 2015 announcement says he had been president since 2013 before being promoted to president and chief strategy officer. Valedor’s biography says he helped grow Salient into a $10+ billion AUM asset and wealth manager and that Salient’s wealth-management business was sold to HighTower in 2018.

In 2018, Radcliffe co-founded Valedor Partners, a Houston private investment firm focused on lower-middle-market companies. Valedor describes itself as a hands-on partner to US-domiciled companies, pursuing growth equity and buyout opportunities and also providing venture capital, co-investment, and advisory support. Radcliffe holds an A.B. in Classics from Princeton University and graduated magna cum laude.

• Valedor’s stated strategy is to pursue “lower middle market growth equity and buyout opportunities” in companies that can “endure industry cycles” and benefit from operational, financial, and technological expertise.
• The firm describes its model as hands-on partnerships with US-domiciled lower-middle-market companies, prioritizing integrity, learning from partners, and long-term legacies over short-term returns.
• Valedor’s venture activity focuses on “boot-strapped, early-stage businesses with product-market fit,” where the firm can provide strategic and operational advice as well as funding.
• Radcliffe’s own background points to a preference for businesses where capital can be paired with operating help, financial-services experience, and a network of family-office, institutional, and founder relationships.
• The firm’s portfolio shows a broad sector range rather than a narrow thesis: ecommerce infrastructure, insurance services, QSR/concession technology, consumer products, digital health/allergy care, packaging, and climate/materials technology.