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Investor profile

Austin Clements

Managing Partner, Slauson & Co

About

Austin Clements brings an unusual combination of experiences to venture capital, having worked as a private wealth manager at AllianceBernstein, founded a web development company for small businesses, and invested at TenOneTen Ventures before launching Slauson & Co—a fund literally named after the South LA street he grew up near. He frames economic inclusion as an alpha source rather than an impact side-effect, developing specific frameworks like Pattern Breakers to identify founders whose lived experience gives them structural advantages with overlooked customer segments. Austin Clements brings an unusual combination of experiences to venture capital, having worked as a private wealth manager at AllianceBernstein, founded a web development company for small businesses, and invested at TenOneTen Ventures before launching Slauson & Co—a fund literally named after the South LA street he grew up near. He frames economic inclusion as an alpha source rather than an impact side-effect, developing specific frameworks like Pattern Breakers to identify founders whose lived experience gives them structural advantages with overlooked customer segments.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Sectors
SaaS
Consumer
FinTech
CPG / D2C
Diversity focus
Under-represented founders

Investment details

Avg check size$100K - $5M
Can lead rounds
No
Geographies
USA