Daniel Tellalian

organization overview

The primary mission of the Urban Analysis Project (UAP)(no longer operational) is to catalyze urban infrastructure development by linking community interests and real estate developers. UAP brings community vision to experienced developers by producing site analyses and real estate proposals that make the case for new investment. Specifically, UAP makes proposals for potential industrial, office, retail, and residential developments in the Los Angeles Empowerment Zone—roughly South Central and East LA. By conducting and presenting the same due diligence that real estate developers rely on, UAP hopes to shatter the perception that neglected low-income communities cannot be developed successfully. UAP believes superior market, legal, and financial analysis proves otherwise. By providing free pre-development consulting, UAP eliminates one of the barriers to community-based development.

Personal Bio

Daniel Tellalian is founder and CEO of Angel City Advisors, an impact investment advisory firm that facilitates the flow of capital and expertise to expand opportunity, elevate community-generated ideas, and achieve equity. Placing a premium on market-oriented solutions to social challenges, he brings over two decades of experience in impact investing, entrepreneurship, business mentoring, financial transactions, and place-based economic development to his work. Daniel and Angel City support capital allocators, from public to private to philanthropic, to become more proximate and catalytic. He also supports rising founders to become capital investment-ready. Daniel sits on numerous boards and investment committees, and is a licensed attorney, CPA, and investment advisor.

In kinship with Echoing Green, Daniel is honored to serve as the fund manager for the Signal Fund, a catalytic capital investment pool focused on follow-on funding to seasoned Fellows seeking scale and breakthrough impact.