HOUSTON – Valedor Partners has closed a fund to invest in seed-stage consumer brands and adjacent service offerings. The fund will also invest with Willow Growth Partners, led by Deborah Benton and Amanda Schutzbank, which provides capital to entrepreneurs building the next generation of powerful consumer brands and the disruptive technologies that power them. Valedor’s new fund has already invested in three growing brands founded and led by women: Top, which sells premium,