Clara DuPont

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 leading global asset management firm with a broad range of products across fixed income, equities, emerging markets and alternative investments. With more than four decades of investment experience, TCW today manages $204 billion in client assets. Through MetWest Funds, and TCW Funds, TCW manages one of the largest mutual fund complexes in the U.S. TCW’s clients include many of the world’s largest corporate and public pension plans, financial institutions, endowments and foundations, as well as financial advisors and high net worth individuals. For more information, please visit www.TCW.com.