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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6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyVenture CapitalEarly StageSeedPre-SeedEconomic InclusionLos AngelesSMB SoftwareConsumer TechAccelerator

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
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
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Slauson And Co Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube
YouTube

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 About
About
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Instagram
Instagram

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Portfolio
Portfolio

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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.
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