# ValueAct Capital

> ValueAct Capital is a VC fund backing Education and Manufacturing. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 58%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/valueact-capital/
- Website: http://www.valueact.com

ValueAct Capital is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Education and Manufacturing. When ValueAct Capital Partners sees untapped value, it acts. The firm, known for its activist slant, buys large stakes in undervalued companies and works with their management to boost performance. Founded in 2000, ValueAct manages some $1.5 billion on behalf of institutional and wealthy individual investors. ValueAct's current portfolioincludes stakes in Advanced Medical Optics Inc. (contact lenses; nearly 15%). The company successfully thwarted Advanced Medical Optics' proposed acquisition of Bausch & Lomb in 2008, saying Advanced Medical could not successfully absorb its rival.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 2 | 17% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 17% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 17% |
| News | 1 | 8% |
| Audio | 1 | 8% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Post-IPO Equity | 6 | 50% |
| Series B | 3 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 58% |
| Japan | 1 | 8% |
| Canada | 1 | 8% |
| Sweden | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bradley Singer | Partner | 0 | — |
| Garrison Morfit | President; President | 0 | — |
| Jake Welch | Partner | 0 | — |
| Kelly Barlow | Partner | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Big Shot Pictures | Big Shot Pictures is an animation and live-action production company that combines storytelling expertise with cutting-edge technology. | $55.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| Takara Holdings | Takara Holdings is a manufacturer and seller of alcohol beverages, food seasonings, and other businesses. They also produce research reagents, scientific instruments, and functional foods. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Aug 13, 2025 |  |
| Meta | At Meta, they work on landmark AI challenges that have the power to transform how scientific knowledge is experienced and consumed. Meta provides innovators throughout the scientific ecosystem with powerful views of the current and future trajectories of science and technology with the goal of making all scientific knowledge computable. Meta’smission is to unlock all of the world’s scientific and technical insights using artificial intelligence. | $1B | Post-IPO Equity | Nov 12, 2024 |  |
| Spotify | Spotify is a commercial music streaming service that provides restricted digital content from a range of record labels and artists. Users can browse through the interface by artist, album, genre, playlist, record label, and direct searches.It also enables individuals to create, share, and edit playlists with other users. If users wantrecommendations, they can integrate their system with Last.fm, an application that provides music recommendations based on listening history. The radio feature installed in Spotify creates random playlists for its users that are related to preferred artists.Spotify is available for mobile device platforms such as Android, Blackberry, Boxee, iOS, Linux, MeeGo, Squeezebox, Windows mobile, and more. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Feb 10, 2023 |  |
| The New York Times | The New York Times creates, collects, and distributes news, information, and entertainment through a daily newspaper and a website.The New York Times has more than 50 websites and publishes 18 newspapers, including the The company previously owned The New York Times newspaper has won 98 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper, and it is organized into sections: News, Opinions, Business, Arts, Science, Sports, Style, and Features. The New York Times website is rated as one of the most popular websites online, receiving over 14 million unique visitors in August 2008.The New York Times is headquartered in New York. | $350.2M | Post-IPO Equity | Aug 11, 2022 |  |
| Altus Power | Altus Power is a commercial-scale clean electrification company that serves commercial, industrial, muni, and community solar customers. Its America Management deploys capital to build, own, and operate clean energy systems on commercial buildings, properties, schools, and municipal buildings (“Hosts”). The electricity generated from these systemsis then sold to the Host, utility, or other third party at a discount to the price paid to the grid. The Host makes no upfront investment and can receive discounted energy and a roof/land lease stream. | $275M | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 10, 2021 |  |
| AppHarvest | AppHarvest is an ag-tech company that specializes in the fields of agriculture, farming, and technology. The company is currently combining conventional agriculture techniques with today’s technology to grow non-GMO, chemical-free produce. AppHarvest was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Morehead, Kentucky. | $28M | Series C | Aug 07, 2020 |  |
| Noodle | Noodle Partners creates innovative online and hybrid programs while improving traditional classroom models. Noodle Partners has the capability to work with universities on every aspect of building a certificate or degree program that they choose—marketing, student recruitment, enrollment, curriculum design, student engagement, support services,graduate placement, and alumni engagement—and provides a high level of fit and finish. | $16M | Series B | Jun 09, 2020 |  |
| Noodle | Noodle is a U.S.-based organization that helps students make decisions about education. Through unbiased data and real-world advice, Noodle connects students with schools, programs, resources, experts, and more. Noodle Education was founded in 2010 by John Katzman, the founder of The Princeton Review and 2U. | $16M | Series B | Jun 09, 2020 |  |
| Nikola Motor Company | Nikola Motor Company is an electric vehicle manufacturer that develops hydrogen fuel cells, battery electric trucks, and energy solutions. Nikola Motor Company aims to transform and disrupt the transportation industry globally. The company gained attention for its plans to revolutionize the trucking industry with electric and hydrogen fuel celltechnologies.Nikola initially focused on developing zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell trucks to offer long-haul commercial vehicles ranging up to 1,200 miles. They also had plans for building hydrogen refueling infrastructure to support their vehicles. | $525M | Post-IPO Equity | Jun 04, 2020 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Equilibrium Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/equilibrium-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rise-of-the-rest) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Lumina Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luminafoundation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Black Capital — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blackstone](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackstone) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bossa Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bossanova-investimentos) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does ValueAct Capital invest in?

ValueAct Capital invests primarily in Education, Manufacturing and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Post-IPO Equity and Series B stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact ValueAct Capital?

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### Who are the partners at ValueAct Capital?

The team at ValueAct Capital includes Bradley Singer (Partner), Garrison Morfit (President; President) and Jake Welch (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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