Capital is not enough.
Capital
is not
enough.
East Los Capital is a 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.
Latest
Merging Clouds: How Qwinix became 66degrees, and the Value of Google Cloud
While Alphabet’s Q2’22 earnings report missed Wall Street’s expectations on earnings and revenue grew only 13% from the prior year quarter, Google Cloud still showed impressive growth of over 35% year over year. Despite the inflationary and economic headwinds, one of...
Podcast: Enabled by East Los Capital with Monica Erickson, Head of Investment Grade Credit & Portfolio Manager at DoubleLine Capital
In this episode of our podcast series “Enabled”, by East Los Capital, Co-managing Partner Anthony Valencia interviews Monica Erickson, Head of Investment Grade Credit & Portfolio Manager at DoubleLine Capital, about her views on inflation and Federal Reserve rate...
Hispanic Heritage Foundation – Economic and Capital Markets Outlook Interview, Anthony Valencia
In this interview hosted by the Hispanic Heritage Foundation on June 8, 2022, Elizabeth Grier of Cap Table Coalition discusses the state of capital markets in 2022 with East Los Capital's co-founding partner, Anthony Valencia. Under the theme of "Economic and Capital...
Capital is not enough.
Capital
is not
enough.
East Los Capital is a 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 software, services, internet, healthcare, consumer, and media.
Latest
Merging Clouds: How Qwinix became 66degrees, and the Value of Google Cloud
While Alphabet’s Q2’22 earnings report missed Wall Street’s expectations on earnings and revenue grew only 13% from the prior year quarter, Google Cloud still showed impressive growth of over 35% year over year. Despite the inflationary and economic headwinds, one of...
Podcast: Enabled by East Los Capital with Monica Erickson, Head of Investment Grade Credit & Portfolio Manager at DoubleLine Capital
In this episode of our podcast series “Enabled”, by East Los Capital, Co-managing Partner Anthony Valencia interviews Monica Erickson, Head of Investment Grade Credit & Portfolio Manager at DoubleLine Capital, about her views on inflation and Federal Reserve rate...
Hispanic Heritage Foundation – Economic and Capital Markets Outlook Interview, Anthony Valencia
In this interview hosted by the Hispanic Heritage Foundation on June 8, 2022, Elizabeth Grier of Cap Table Coalition discusses the state of capital markets in 2022 with East Los Capital's co-founding partner, Anthony Valencia. Under the theme of "Economic and Capital...
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Managing Partners
Prior to East Los Capital, he was an investor at Sunstone Partners where he focused on lower middle market businesses in cloud and enterprise IT, cybersecurity, edtech, fintech, healthcare IT, and internet and marketing services. Before Sunstone, he served as a Commissioner for the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions and Head Business Development for Qlovi, an edtech startup. Before Qlovi, Emanuel was a candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles and Chief Strategy Officer at Spokeo.
Emanuel’s private sector experience also includes being a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company and a Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs. In the public sector, Emanuel served as Special Assistant to Chairman Paul Volcker in the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Designated Federal Officer of President Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB).
Emanuel is currently a soldier in the U.S. Army Reserve and the Chairman of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation. A Los Angeles native, he holds a B.A. from Stanford University.
As a Managing Director and Senior Analyst at TCW Group, Anthony conducted fundamental equity research on publicly traded securities across the entire range of market capitalizations and investment styles for investment offerings ranging from AUM $500 million to $20 billion. This included writing company specific recommendations and quarterly reports, building proprietary financial models, and presenting industry and sub-sector overviews while interfacing regularly with C-Suite management at portfolio companies. Anthony had responsibility for positions representing investments of up to $2.0 billion per security for companies such as Google, Pixar, Yahoo, Disney, Amazon, Comcast, Lionsgate, Expedia and Time Warner.
Prior to his tenure at Trust Company of the West, Anthony held positions at Van Deventer & Hoch Investment Counsel, Merrill Lynch Real Estate, and Drexel Burnham Lambert. More recently, Anthony was the co-managing member for the Pasadena Angel PA Fund I, which provides venture capital to early stage start-ups. A Los Angeles native, he holds a B.A. from UCLA in Economics and an MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business.
Prior to East Los Capital, he was an investor at Sunstone Partners where he focused on lower middle market businesses in cloud and enterprise IT, cybersecurity, edtech, fintech, healthcare IT, and internet and marketing services. Before Sunstone, he served as a Commissioner for the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions and Head Business Development for Qlovi, an edtech startup. Before Qlovi, Emanuel was a candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles and Chief Strategy Officer at Spokeo.
Emanuel’s private sector experience also includes being a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company and a Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs. In the public sector, Emanuel served as Special Assistant to Chairman Paul Volcker in the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Designated Federal Officer of President Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB).
Emanuel is currently a soldier in the U.S. Army Reserve and the Chairman of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation. A Los Angeles native, he holds a B.A. from Stanford University.
As a Managing Director and Senior Analyst at TCW Group, Anthony conducted fundamental equity research on publicly traded securities across the entire range of market capitalizations and investment styles for investment offerings ranging from AUM $500 million to $20 billion. This included writing company specific recommendations and quarterly reports, building proprietary financial models, and presenting industry and sub-sector overviews while interfacing regularly with C-Suite management at portfolio companies. Anthony had responsibility for positions representing investments of up to $2.0 billion per security for companies such as Google, Pixar, Yahoo, Disney, Amazon, Comcast, Lionsgate, Expedia and Time Warner.
Prior to his tenure at Trust Company of the West, Anthony held positions at Van Deventer & Hoch Investment Counsel, Merrill Lynch Real Estate, and Drexel Burnham Lambert. More recently, Anthony was the co-managing member for the Pasadena Angel PA Fund I, which provides venture capital to early stage start-ups. A Los Angeles native, he holds a B.A. from UCLA in Economics and an MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business.
Investment Partners
Family of Operating Advisors
Who we are and how we invest
Experience
Companies below reflect the team’s industry expertise in consumer, internet, media, healthcare, services, and software. For each company, at least one of the East Los Capital Partners had prior institutional research coverage or has a current/prior ownership interest either through direct investment or a fund investment.
Private companies
Public companies
Blog
Merging Clouds: How Qwinix became 66degrees, and the Value of Google Cloud
While Alphabet’s Q2’22 earnings report missed Wall Street’s expectations on earnings and revenue grew only 13% from the prior year quarter, Google Cloud still showed impressive growth of over 35% year over year. Despite the inflationary and economic headwinds, one of...
Hispanic Heritage Foundation – Economic and Capital Markets Outlook Interview, Anthony Valencia
In this interview hosted by the Hispanic Heritage Foundation on June 8, 2022, Elizabeth Grier of Cap Table Coalition discusses the state of capital markets in 2022 with East Los Capital's co-founding partner, Anthony Valencia. Under the theme of "Economic and Capital...
East Los research and tech-enabled value proposition
East Los Capital was recently featured in the monthly interview that Trivest Partners conducts with one of its independent sponsor affiliates. Trivest Partners is a leading Private Equity firm and the oldest in the Southeastern United States. As such, we were...
Podcast
Podcast: Enabled by East Los Cap feat. Christina Mendez, CEO and Founder of Ellie Rose
Sally Gao, host of “Enabled, by East Los Capital” podcast, interviews Christina Mendez, CEO and Founder of Ellie Rose, a fashion-forward tech and lifestyle accessories brand. In this episode, Christina shares her story of launching Ellie Rose, her experiences at...
Podcast: Enabled by East Los Cap feat. David Gobaud, CEO and Founder of Passfolio
Sally Gao, host of “Enabled, by East Los Capital” podcast, interviews David Gobaud, CEO and Founder of Passfolio, a San Francisco-based fintech company democratizing investment opportunities worldwide. Passfolio opens the US stock market to 170+ countries around the...
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