Anthony Valencia, CFA

IO Connect is a minority-owned, PE-backed software engineering and cloud solutions company. Our LATAM-based engineers function as an extension to startup, SMB, and enterprises engineering teams. With IO Connect, our clients can access top-tier talent to augment their team, engage through flexible delivery PODs, or more structured project for technical or vertical specialties. IO Connect meets the client where they are innovating. We are an AWS Advanced Partner and are backed by East Los Capital, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm that has invested in the top AWS partners in North America. We are also partners with Datadog, MuleSoft®, and Salesforce.

Caylent is a cloud native services company that helps organizations bring the best out of their people and technology using AWS. We are living in a software-defined world where technology is at the core of every business. To thrive in this paradigm, organizations need to empower their people and processes through technology. Caylent is uniquely positioned to fuel that engine of innovation by bringing ambitious ideas to life for our customers.

IO Connect is a minority-owned, PE-backed software engineering and cloud solutions company. Our LATAM-based engineers function as an extension to startup, SMB, and enterprises engineering teams. With IO Connect, our clients can access top-tier talent to augment their team, engage through flexible delivery PODs, or more structured project for technical or vertical specialties. IO Connect meets the client where they are innovating. We are an AWS Advanced Partner and are backed by East Los Capital, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm that has invested in the top AWS partners in North America. We are also partners with Datadog, MuleSoft®, and Salesforce.

Caylent is a cloud native services company that helps organizations bring the best out of their people and technology using AWS. We are living in a software-defined world where technology is at the core of every business. To thrive in this paradigm, organizations need to empower their people and processes through technology. Caylent is uniquely positioned to fuel that engine of innovation by bringing ambitious ideas to life for our customers.

East Los Capital is a tech-enabled lower middle market private equity firm making the world more productive through technology. We are operationally-focused, research-driven, and technology-enabled. We invest in successful companies where our capital, talent, and analytics can drive the most value. We focus on consumer, healthcare, internet, media, services, and software. Team current investments: 66Degrees, Basepaws, BeTheBeast, Breadware, Bump by Ownors, DiDi, dotstudioPRO, Everyset, Fernish, Finix, FLYR Labs, Functional Finance, Glitzi, Lorals, Lynx Biosciences, MagicLinks, myLAB Box, Nadine west, Nevados, Orca Inventory, Ordermark, RealKey, Repurpose, Revry, Rosalind.bio, Sabio, Signalwire, Synctera, Tampon Tribe, Tradewell, TRM Labs, ZenHub Team exited investments: Basepaws (Zoetis acq), Capillary Biomedical (Tandem Diabetes Care acq), Caylent (Gryphon Investors acq), IKizmet (ClubReady acq), Passfolio (SproutFi acq), Pasturebird (Perdue Farms acq) Our investment and operations team has experience at Accenture, Amazon, Disney, Goldman Sachs, Meta (Facebook), Google, IBM, Intel, KKR, McKinsey & Company, Microsoft, Sequoia Capital, Shopify, TCW, and Vista Equity. Team past public investments: Abbot, Amazon, Amgen, Archer Daniels Midland, Baidu, Baxter, Boston Scientific, Boyd Gaming, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cardinal Health, Carnival, CBS, Charter, Clorox, Coca-Cola, Comcast, Conagra, Ctrip, Discovery, Disney, DreamWorks, Lilly, Entravision, Expedia, Facebook, Google, Groupon, Hilton, Home Depot, IAC, IMAX, IGT, JNJ, Kimberly-Clark, Lamar, Las Vegas Sands, LinkedIn, Lionsgate, Marriott, McKesson, Medtronic, Merck, MGM, Netflix, Penn National Gaming, Pepsi, Pixar, Priceline, P&G, QuinStreet, Royal Caribbean, Scientific Games, Sina, SiriusXM, Time Warner, TripAdvisor, Unilever, UnitedHealthcare, Viacom, VistaPrint, Walmart, Weibo, Wynn, Yahoo, Yelp, Youku

The Pasadena Angels Organization was founded in 2000 and is one of the longest-running angel investing groups in Southern California. We have invested over $95 million in 240 companies. Pasadena Angels funded companies have gone on to raise over $1 billion from additional funding sources such as venture capital and private equity. Recent notable exits for the Pasadena Angels are Mind Body Software (NASDAQ:MB) reaching $1 billion and Bluebeam Software, acquired by Nemetschek for $100 million. The Pasadena Angels has been consistently ranked as one of the top ten angel investing groups in the country according to Forbes, CB Insights, and Angel Resource Institute. A nonprofit entity, the Pasadena Angels offers early-stage start-ups capital investments; as well as mentoring from the expertise of more than 100 investor members with over 4,000 years of combined business expertise. Our $1.7 million PA Fund 2, formed in 2021 co-invests exclusively in deals subscribed by Pasadena Angels members. Our members invest individually and directly, without any legal pooling of financial resources. The Pasadena Angels, a nonprofit 501(c)6 organization, does not invest or act as an investment agent in any manner.

TCW is a global asset manager with more than fifty years of experience across fixed income, equities, and alternatives. We invest with intention, applying a disciplined, value-driven approach and deep research across public and private markets to build high-conviction portfolios that deliver enduring results for clients worldwide. For more information, please visit www.TCW.com. TCW is an Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Employer