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.
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Podcast: Enabled by East Los Cap with Darshan Puttannaiah, CTO of 66degrees
Sally Gao, host of “Enabled, by East Los Capital” podcast, interviews Darshan Puttannaiah, CTO of 66degrees, a Premier Google Cloud Partner and provider of cloud technologies designed to serve healthcare, financial services, technology, media, and public sectors....
Podcast: Enabled by East Los Cap with Harrison Tang, CEO, President, and Co-Founder of Spokeo
In this episode of our podcast series “Enabled”, by East Los Capital, Sally Gao interviews Harrison Tang, CEO, President, and Co-Founder of Spokeo. Harrison discusses Spokeo and its evolution since its founding in 2006, how Spokeo distinguishes itself from the...
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...
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
Podcast: Enabled by East Los Cap with Darshan Puttannaiah, CTO of 66degrees
Sally Gao, host of “Enabled, by East Los Capital” podcast, interviews Darshan Puttannaiah, CTO of 66degrees, a Premier Google Cloud Partner and provider of cloud technologies designed to serve healthcare, financial services, technology, media, and public sectors....
Podcast: Enabled by East Los Cap with Harrison Tang, CEO, President, and Co-Founder of Spokeo
In this episode of our podcast series “Enabled”, by East Los Capital, Sally Gao interviews Harrison Tang, CEO, President, and Co-Founder of Spokeo. Harrison discusses Spokeo and its evolution since its founding in 2006, how Spokeo distinguishes itself from the...
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...
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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.
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Public companies
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Change through Crisis: Highlights from the Hispanic Heritage Foundation Investors Forum
Article by Samaria O’Brien, Summer MBA Associate at East Los Capital. The Hispanic Heritage Foundation was founded by Emanuel Pleitez, East Los Capital Co-Founder.
East Los Capital’s Thoughts & Perspectives on Markets
That we live in interesting times cannot be understated. On Monday, the VIX recorded its highest level (83.56) since the 2008 crises. The VIX is widely known as the “fear gauge” and reflects market volatility and the general cost of hedging using options. A VIX that...
Quarterly results from the mega cloud providers: Not as “cloudy” as thought
Over the past several quarters, Wall Street has been laser focused on signs of slowing growth amongst the hyperscale cloud providers. In recent quarters, these tech giants represented by Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have provided just enough uncertainty in their...
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