Slauson

Slauson & Co. is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2020. The firm focuses on investing in software as a service and consumer technology companies located in the United States. Its inaugural fund, Slauson & Co. Fund I, was launched in 2022, emphasizing the firm’s commitment to supporting innovative startups at the beginning of their growth trajectories.

Austin Clements

Managing Partner

Jesús Salas

Principal

35 past transactions

Coblr

Pre Seed Round in 2025
Coblr is the first operating system that powers the entire fashion repair ecosystem—connecting repair shops, brands, and consumers in one streamlined platform—to unlock the $700B circular fashion opportunity. Join us in making repair mainstream, the first choice over buying new, and contributing to a more sustainable future.

FCTRY LAb

Series A in 2025
Fctry lab combine traditional manufacturing methods with modern technology, allowing us to redefine techniques and invent new construction methods

Tumoni

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Tumoni is a fintech company that provides digital banking services focused on facilitating free remittances. Its platform enables users to open digital accounts and send money across borders effortlessly. In addition to seamless remittances, Tumoni offers features such as bill payments, recharges, and a points system, allowing users to manage their finances efficiently. The service is designed to be accessible, with no fixed costs, monthly fees, or minimum balance requirements, making it an attractive option for individuals seeking to simplify their financial transactions.

BoxedUp

Seed Round in 2024
BoxedUp is a subscription-based software platform designed to assist equipment rental companies in establishing online stores efficiently. Founded by three former Amazon employees, the platform leverages APIs and rental-specific features to enhance equipment quoting, logistics, and inventory management, facilitating business growth for B2B suppliers. Additionally, BoxedUp operates an on-demand equipment rental marketplace that enables equipment owners to ship their products directly to customers. Through this platform, clients can choose rental dates, calculate pricing, check product availability, and arrange shipping, thereby fostering connections between customers and equipment owners.

The Folklore

Seed Round in 2024
The Folklore Connect operates as a business-to-business marketplace focused on the fashion, beauty, and homeware sectors. It provides a software platform that equips suppliers with essential tools for order management, payments, communication, and logistics, facilitating the growth of their wholesale operations. Additionally, retailers, ranging from small to large businesses, benefit from a curated marketplace where they can discover and purchase products from diverse and sustainable brands. This dual approach enhances the connection between suppliers and retailers, promoting a streamlined and efficient wholesale experience.

EngineEars

Seed Round in 2024
EngineEars is a music-tech platform that functions as a marketplace for audio engineers. It aims to reinvent the sound mixing process by allowing users to schedule mixing sessions tailored to different musical genres such as Jazz, Rock, Pop, and EDM. The platform streamlines the mixing workflow by facilitating pricing negotiations, storing and archiving project files, and connecting audio engineers with independent artists. This structure enables engineers to optimize their time, allowing them to concentrate on their creative work while enhancing collaboration within the music industry.

Gigs

Seed Round in 2023
Gigs connects companies to job seekers looking for full-time or part-time hourly roles in their neighborhood. It matches businesses and workers based on the indicators of reliability, geographic location, and shift availability with an image-based feed organized by neighborhoods to help employers discover and compare all kinds of hourly gigs in one place.

Penele Retirement

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Penelope builds affordable and easy-to-manage 401(k) retirement plans

Lex

Seed Round in 2023
Lex is a mobile application that provides a text-based social platform specifically designed for womxn, transgender, genderqueer, two spirit, and non-binary individuals seeking to form meaningful connections. Founded in 2019 and based in New York, the app allows users to create profiles, post pictures, and engage in group chats, fostering communities and facilitating the search for friends and romantic partners. By focusing on underrepresented demographics, Lex aims to create a safe and inclusive space for users to connect and build relationships.

SimpleCar

Seed Round in 2023
SimpleCar offers a month-to-month car subscription service designed as a convenient alternative to traditional vehicle ownership. By providing a fixed monthly fee, the service includes everything necessary for driving, such as insurance, maintenance, and roadside assistance, along with the vehicle itself. This comprehensive approach simplifies the process of obtaining and maintaining a car, allowing customers to meet their transportation needs without the financial burdens of ownership.

Crate

Seed Round in 2023
Crate is an AI-driven platform that transforms content consumption and sharing. Founded in 2021 and based in Los Angeles, California, the company offers a solution that allows users to collect and save content from various apps and websites. Its platform enables individuals to organize, group, label, and annotate articles, podcasts, videos, and tweets. By streamlining the process of importing content from other platforms, Crate empowers content creators to customize, curate, and share their work effortlessly. The company aims to enhance how users interact with digital content, making it more accessible and engaging.

COHART

Seed Round in 2023
Cohart operates a global platform designed to connect creators with their collectors, fostering a vibrant community around art. The platform offers tools that enhance the experience of discovering, collecting, and sharing art, making it more engaging and communal. Users can interact with artists through chats, live-streams, and intimate conversations, which facilitates relationship-building and enhances their collection journey. Additionally, Cohart provides creators with a comprehensive marketplace that includes storefronts, sales analytics, customer relationship management, and inventory management tools. This enables creators to effectively manage their audience and monetize their work. Users can confidently purchase art directly from their favorite artists and showcase their collections, with features that allow for sharing, managing, and reselling pieces, thereby enriching their overall engagement with the art community.

Sienna Naturals

Venture Round in 2023
Sienna Naturals is a clean beauty company dedicated to promoting the health of textured hair through a range of hair care products. Their offerings include hair cleansers, shampoos, conditioners, and oils, all formulated with lightweight natural ingredients that avoid harsh chemicals and synthetics. Sienna Naturals emphasizes the importance of hair and scalp health, aiming to transform the hair care routine into an indulgent self-care experience. The brand's products are designed to nurture and strengthen textured hair, allowing women to embrace their kinks, curls, frizz, and waves while ensuring that the ingredients used are safe for both personal health and the environment.

Gigs

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Gigs connects companies to job seekers looking for full-time or part-time hourly roles in their neighborhood. It matches businesses and workers based on the indicators of reliability, geographic location, and shift availability with an image-based feed organized by neighborhoods to help employers discover and compare all kinds of hourly gigs in one place.

El Camino Travel

Pre Seed Round in 2023
El Camino Travel is a travel platform focused on women travelers, offering resources and organizing small group trips. The company aims to connect solo travelers, encouraging them to become advocates for group travel. It enhances family and friend getaways by providing immersive experiences and facilitates connections among like-minded individuals both online and in real life. Through its services, El Camino Travel enables travelers to explore new cultures in ways that might be challenging to achieve independently.

Tourus

Seed Round in 2023
Tourus is a mobile-first software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed for leasing teams in the real estate sector. By centralizing communication, it allows renters to reach out through their preferred methods while enabling leasing teams to manage interactions via text, email, and phone calls within a single application. This streamlined approach enhances visibility into communication, aiding strategic decision-making related to property leasing. Additionally, Tourus leverages data intelligence to bridge the gap between renters and property owners, facilitating marketing efforts, accelerating leasing processes, and supporting data-driven capital expenditure decisions. Ultimately, Tourus aims to improve the renter experience in apartment communities through its innovative technology.

FCTRY LAb

Seed Round in 2022
Fctry lab combine traditional manufacturing methods with modern technology, allowing us to redefine techniques and invent new construction methods

Prado

Seed Round in 2022
Prado is a technology company specializing in a customizable software platform tailored for local meal prep delivery businesses. The platform enables entrepreneurs in the food and beverage industry to effectively manage their supply chains, facilitating the online marketing, sales, fulfillment, and shipping of perishable products. By offering an economical and reliable solution, Prado empowers chefs to focus on culinary creativity while allowing health-conscious consumers to enjoy their meals without the hassle of preparation. The platform also supports various business models, including online ordering, subscriptions, and delivery services, helping clients to scale their operations, increase revenues, and reduce waste.

Bags

Seed Round in 2022
Bags is a loan discovery and management platform, built by and for the culture.

Finli

Seed Round in 2022
Finli, Inc. is a digital financial platform that simplifies payment management for family-oriented businesses, including daycare centers, preschools, and afterschool programs. Founded in 2018 and based in San Marino, California, Finli provides a comprehensive application that facilitates invoicing, tuition collection, and payment-related communications. The platform enables families to manage their bills and allows users to invite others to contribute towards their children's educational expenses. By streamlining administrative tasks such as billing, payment collection, and customer management, Finli helps small business owners, freelancers, and service providers improve their financial operations and enhance their community engagement.

Fêtefully

Seed Round in 2022
Fêtefully is an online platform designed to facilitate affordable and personalized wedding and event planning services for couples. By integrating human talent with AI-driven functionalities, Fêtefully offers a membership model that grants users access to a personal wedding planner, professional advice, and day-of coordination. This innovative approach allows couples to save money on professional planning while enabling planners to monetize their skills during their spare time. The platform aims to simplify the wedding planning process, ensuring that customers can navigate their planning concerns efficiently and without stress.

Stemuli

Seed Round in 2022
Stemuli is a company that integrates education and career development through an innovative AI-powered video game platform. This platform is designed to enhance college and career readiness by equipping students with essential skills and experiences needed for various industries. Key features include virtual mentorship, career exploration, and the facilitation of virtual job fairs, allowing students to connect with potential employers. Additionally, the platform enables the creation of digital portfolios that showcase students' achievements, thereby improving their employability. By merging education with practical career pathways, Stemuli aims to improve the quality and accessibility of workforce development while reducing associated costs.

BoxedUp

Seed Round in 2022
BoxedUp is a subscription-based software platform designed to assist equipment rental companies in establishing online stores efficiently. Founded by three former Amazon employees, the platform leverages APIs and rental-specific features to enhance equipment quoting, logistics, and inventory management, facilitating business growth for B2B suppliers. Additionally, BoxedUp operates an on-demand equipment rental marketplace that enables equipment owners to ship their products directly to customers. Through this platform, clients can choose rental dates, calculate pricing, check product availability, and arrange shipping, thereby fostering connections between customers and equipment owners.

Penelope

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Penelope is a self-service retirement platform aimed at small and micro businesses. It provides a comprehensive solution that simplifies the process of offering retirement plans, catering specifically to the needs of busy business owners and entrepreneurs. The platform automates employee investing, reduces administrative costs, and minimizes paperwork, making it easier for small businesses to manage retirement savings. Additionally, Penelope includes educational tools for employees, enhancing their understanding of retirement options and encouraging informed decision-making. Through its technology-driven approach, Penelope seeks to empower small businesses to effectively provide retirement benefits to their employees.

Chipper

Seed Round in 2022
Chipper, Inc. is a company that develops a student loan management application designed to help students analyze, manage, and repay their student debt. Founded in 2017 and based in Austin, Texas, Chipper's platform aims to lower payments, assist users in qualifying for loan forgiveness, and facilitate faster debt repayment. The company focuses on creating modern financial products tailored to address the challenges faced by individuals burdened by student loans.

ComplYant

Seed Round in 2022
ComplYant is a digital tax assistant tool designed to support small business owners and entrepreneurs in managing their tax obligations. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, the platform offers a straightforward and accurate method for tracking tax deadlines and ensuring compliance with various business tax requirements. It provides features such as tax budgeting, deciphering notices, and sending payment reminders through an intuitive dashboard, allowing clients to efficiently manage their tax responsibilities and streamline their financial processes.

Groupshop

Seed Round in 2022
Groupshop is an affiliate marketing platform designed to enhance word-of-mouth sales campaigns. It allows businesses to decentralize their advertising by enabling customers to share brands and earn rewards for their efforts. Through its platform, companies can add products from their stores, manage cashback and discount incentives, and create campaigns that motivate customers to shop and share their experiences with others. This approach helps businesses achieve a return on investment that is competitive with their other sales channels, ultimately increasing sales and generating additional revenue.

A-Frame Brands

Series A in 2021
A-Frame Brands LLC is a Los Angeles-based company that specializes in developing plant-based personal care products. Founded in 2019, it focuses on creating a portfolio of sustainable brands that cater to everyday needs through partnerships with leading celebrities. The company's product range includes soaps, foaming soap refills, hand sanitizers, and cleansing hand sprays, all of which are sold online. A-Frame Brands aims to address the needs of underserved communities by providing mission-driven solutions that tackle unaddressed challenges related to ethnicity, gender identity, age, and accessibility. The company is committed to demonstrating that businesses can achieve both financial success and positive social impact.

Ease

Seed Round in 2021
Ease is building the clinical practice and fintech infrastructure to power the future of private practices. Ease is a corporate card that helps clinician entrepreneurs start, grow, and manage private practices. We provide everything clinicians need to form new tech-enabled businesses, from automating business entities, licensing, credentialing, and banking to customizing practice management workflows that are end-to-end HIPAA-compliant.

Somewhere Good

Seed Round in 2021
Somewhere Good is a social platform centered around identity and community.

EngineEars

Pre Seed Round in 2021
EngineEars is a music-tech platform that functions as a marketplace for audio engineers. It aims to reinvent the sound mixing process by allowing users to schedule mixing sessions tailored to different musical genres such as Jazz, Rock, Pop, and EDM. The platform streamlines the mixing workflow by facilitating pricing negotiations, storing and archiving project files, and connecting audio engineers with independent artists. This structure enables engineers to optimize their time, allowing them to concentrate on their creative work while enhancing collaboration within the music industry.

Pressed Roots

Seed Round in 2021
Pressed Roots Inc. operates a beauty salon chain that specializes in caring for and styling textured hair, particularly for women with curly hair. Founded by Piersten Gaines in 2018 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the salon aims to make luxury hair care accessible while offering a salon experience tailored to the unique needs of customers with textured hair. Pressed Roots provides a range of services, education, and products, focusing on personalized diagnosis and custom treatment plans to ensure clients achieve smooth and healthy hair. The company is dedicated to enhancing the beauty and confidence of women with curly hair through expert care and specialized solutions.

Fêtefully

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Fêtefully is an online platform designed to facilitate affordable and personalized wedding and event planning services for couples. By integrating human talent with AI-driven functionalities, Fêtefully offers a membership model that grants users access to a personal wedding planner, professional advice, and day-of coordination. This innovative approach allows couples to save money on professional planning while enabling planners to monetize their skills during their spare time. The platform aims to simplify the wedding planning process, ensuring that customers can navigate their planning concerns efficiently and without stress.

Valence Community

Series A in 2020
Valence Community operates an online platform dedicated to connecting, showcasing, and empowering the global black professional community. Founded in 2019 and based in Los Angeles, the platform facilitates career opportunities and venture creation by linking users with companies and resources. Valence also offers mentorship options, enabling members to serve as coaches for one another, thereby fostering a supportive environment for professional development. Through inspirational storytelling and structured community engagement, Valence aims to demystify advancement pathways and promote economic and social progress among black professionals worldwide.

The Folklore

The Folklore Connect operates as a business-to-business marketplace focused on the fashion, beauty, and homeware sectors. It provides a software platform that equips suppliers with essential tools for order management, payments, communication, and logistics, facilitating the growth of their wholesale operations. Additionally, retailers, ranging from small to large businesses, benefit from a curated marketplace where they can discover and purchase products from diverse and sustainable brands. This dual approach enhances the connection between suppliers and retailers, promoting a streamlined and efficient wholesale experience.
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