Slauson & Co.

Slauson & Co. is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, founded in 2020 by Austin Clements and Ajay Relan and named for the South LA avenue where the two first met. Rooted in economic inclusion, the firm invests at the pre-seed and seed stage in SMB software tools for the next generation of small-business owners and in culturally relevant consumer products and services, backing founders who have historically been overlooked by traditional venture capital. Slauson & Co. has raised a $100M Fund II — backed by tech companies including Google, Meta and PayPal — and runs the Friends & Family accelerator that pairs non-dilutive grants with hands-on programming. Portfolio companies include Sienna Naturals, Pressed Roots, A-Frame Brands, Charger Help, Bags and Prado.

Slauson & Co. is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Venture Capital, Early Stage, Seed, and Pre-Seed.

Slauson & Co.’s developer surface includes YouTube channel and 6 more developer resources.

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5.0/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

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Company Venture Capital Early Stage Seed Pre-SeedEconomic InclusionLos AngelesSMB SoftwareConsumer TechAccelerator

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Composite quality — 5.0/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Access Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Learn 1

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YouTube

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Company 4

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Website

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About

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Other 1

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Portfolio

Portfolio

Source (apis.yml)

aid: slauson-and-co
name: Slauson & Co.
description: Slauson & Co. is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, founded in 2020 by Austin Clements
  and Ajay Relan and named for the South LA avenue where the two first met. Rooted in economic inclusion, the firm invests
  at the pre-seed and seed stage in SMB software tools for the next generation of small-business owners and in culturally
  relevant consumer products and services, backing founders who have historically been overlooked by traditional venture capital.
  Slauson & Co. has raised a $100M Fund II — backed by tech companies including Google, Meta and PayPal — and runs the Friends
  & Family accelerator that pairs non-dilutive grants with hands-on programming. Portfolio companies include Sienna Naturals,
  Pressed Roots, A-Frame Brands, Charger Help, Bags and Prado.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fdba5a187214e686bd2acf2/t/61020802478e4578d602da08/1611884155423/SlausonCo-Logo-SqFull.png?format=1500w
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/slauson-and-co/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- foundry-group
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Venture Capital
- Early Stage
- Seed
- Pre-Seed
- Economic Inclusion
- Los Angeles
- SMB Software
- Consumer Tech
- Accelerator
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.slauson.co
- type: About
  url: https://slauson.co/home/#our-story
- type: Portfolio
  url: https://slauson.co/home/#portfolio
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/slausonandco/
- type: Instagram
  url: https://www.instagram.com/slausonandco/
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCil3you9RhttXVLVyKY_5fw
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/slauson-and-co-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 1
  pass: local-v1

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