# Paul Black at Escalada Sports Partners > Paul Black, Partner at Escalada Sports Partners. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/paul-black-escalada-sports-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Person # Paul Black Partner at [Escalada Sports Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/escalada-sports-partners) Latest rounds - **Develo** Series A · $14M May 2026 Backs *AI* *Healthcare* Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 1 none observed - **Filings:** - with regulators - **Podcasts:** 6 +5 mentions What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** No round names them yet - **On filings** No filing names them - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Escalada Sports Partners - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=paul-black-escalada-sports-partners)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=paul-black-escalada-sports-partners) ## The firm [**Escalada Sports Partners** Private equity **0** cheques in 12 months **0** all time **0** led unknown](https://millionrounds.com/fund/escalada-sports-partners) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 1 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $14M - **Active:** 2026 2026 - [Develo](https://millionrounds.com/company/develo) *Series A* **$14M** *US* May 2026 Joined · +6 investors By stage - Series A **1** What they backed AI **1** Healthcare **1** Alongside - [Bienville Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bienville) - [Blueprint Equity *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blueprint-equity) - [Chris Barton *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-barton) - [Chris Sullens *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-sullens) - [Villain Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/villain-capital) - [Z21 Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/z21-ventures) Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names. ## Also at Escalada Sports Partners - [**Adam Hage** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/adam-hage) - [**Brandon Belford** Co-Founder, Managing Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/brandon-belford) - [**Chad Rogers** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/chad-rogers) - [**Chris Wyant** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-wyant) - [**Dominic Carr** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/dominic-carr) - [**Elspeth Rollert** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/elspeth-rollert) - [**Geoff Berman** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/geoff-berman) - [**Gillian O'Connell** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/gillian-o-connell) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [Capital Allocators](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/capital-allocators) · 27 Oct 2025 · 1h 5m [REPLAY] Paul Black and Mike Trigg – How to Build a $100B Money Manager (Capital Allocators, EP.227) With [Paul Black](https://millionrounds.com/person/paul-black-escalada-sports-partners) Mentions [WCM Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wcm-investment-management) About this episode Paul Black and Mike Trigg from WCM Investment Management are both past guests on the show who have taken an investment philosophy focused on culture and moat trajectory to turn a once struggling boutique into a $100 billion powerhouse. Paul came on the show a few years ago when WCM had quietly… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Capital Allocators](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/capital-allocators) · 27 Oct 2025 · 56 min [REPLAY] Paul Black - Gratitude, Fun, and Growth Stocks (Capital Allocators, EP.51) With [Paul Black](https://millionrounds.com/person/paul-black-escalada-sports-partners) Mentions [WCM Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wcm-investment-management) About this episode Paul Black is Co-CEO and portfolio manager at WCM Investment Management, a $26 billion manager of global equities that he joined when it was a $200 million boutique in 1989. With so much of the institutional world, including my own training, focused on value investing, I was pleasantly surprised… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Capital Allocators](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/capital-allocators) · 5 Feb 2024 · 1h 4m [REPLAY] Paul Black and Mike Trigg – How to Build a $100B Money Manager (Capital Allocators, EP.227) With [Paul Black](https://millionrounds.com/person/paul-black-escalada-sports-partners) Mentions [WCM Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wcm-investment-management) About this episode Paul Black and Mike Trigg from WCM Investment Management are both past guests on the show who have taken an investment philosophy focused on culture and moat trajectory to turn a once struggling boutique into a $100 billion powerhouse. Paul came on the show a few years ago when WCM had quietly… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Capital Allocators](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/capital-allocators) · 5 Feb 2024 · 56 min [REPLAY] Paul Black - Gratitude, Fun, and Growth Stocks (Capital Allocators, EP.51) With [Paul Black](https://millionrounds.com/person/paul-black-escalada-sports-partners) Mentions [WCM Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wcm-investment-management) About this episode Paul Black is Co-CEO and portfolio manager at WCM Investment Management, a $26 billion manager of global equities that he joined when it was a $200 million boutique in 1989. With so much of the institutional world, including my own training, focused on value investing, I was pleasantly surprised… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Capital Allocators](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/capital-allocators) · 20 Dec 2021 · 1h 4m Paul Black and Mike Trigg – How to Build a $100B Money Manager (Capital Allocators, EP.227) With [Paul Black](https://millionrounds.com/person/paul-black-escalada-sports-partners) Mentions [WCM Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wcm-investment-management) About this episode Paul Black and Mike Trigg from WCM Investment Management are both past guests on the show who have taken an investment philosophy focused on culture and moat trajectory to turn a once struggling boutique into a $100 billion powerhouse. Paul came on the show a few years ago when WCM had quietly… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Capital Allocators](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/capital-allocators) · 20 Dec 2021 · 56 min [REPLAY] Paul Black - Gratitude, Fun, and Growth Stocks (Capital Allocators, EP.51) With [Paul Black](https://millionrounds.com/person/paul-black-escalada-sports-partners) Mentions [WCM Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wcm-investment-management) About this episode Paul Black is Co-CEO and portfolio manager at WCM Investment Management, a $26 billion manager of global equities that he joined when it was a $200 million boutique in 1989. With so much of the institutional world, including my own training, focused on value investing, I was pleasantly surprised… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Paul Black in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [Capital Allocators](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/capital-allocators) · 27 Oct 2025 · 58 min Mike Trigg and Sanjay Ayer – The Discipline of Getting Better at WCM (EP.467) Mentions [WCM Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wcm-investment-management)[Paul Black](https://millionrounds.com/person/paul-black-escalada-sports-partners) About this episode Mike Trigg and Sanjay Ayer are Portfolio Managers at WCM Investment Management, a $120 billion investor in growth stocks, where Mike also serves as Co-CEO. I've had the opportunity to chronicle the growth of WCM over the years in conversations with Paul Black, Mike, Sanjay, and other members of the… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Capital Allocators](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/capital-allocators) · 5 Feb 2024 · 1h 3m Sanjay Ayer – Think Different and Get Better at WCM (EP.366) Mentions [WCM Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wcm-investment-management)[Paul Black](https://millionrounds.com/person/paul-black-escalada-sports-partners) About this episode Sanjay Ayer is a portfolio manager at WCM Investment Management, the Laguna-based $80 billion equity manager profiled on three popular past episodes with CEO Paul Black, President Mike Trigg, and emerging market portfolio manager Mike Tian. Sanjay joined WCM in 2007, and alongside Mike Trigg, leads… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Capital Allocators](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/capital-allocators) · 5 Feb 2024 · 53 min [REPLAY] - Mike Trigg – Defying the Fade at WCM (Capital Allocators, EP.162) Mentions [Paul Black](https://millionrounds.com/person/paul-black-escalada-sports-partners) About this episode You may remember my popular first meeting from a few years ago with Paul Black of WCM, then a $25 billion asset manager in Laguna Beach, CA. Since then, WCM has gone up and to the right in every way, they sold a minority piece of the business to Natixis, continue to put big numbers on the board,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Capital Allocators](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/capital-allocators) · 20 Dec 2021 · 58 min [REPLAY] - Mike Trigg – Defying the Fade at WCM (Capital Allocators, EP.162) Mentions [Paul Black](https://millionrounds.com/person/paul-black-escalada-sports-partners) About this episode You may remember my popular first meeting from a few years ago with Paul Black of WCM, then a $25 billion asset manager in Laguna Beach, CA. Since then, WCM has gone up and to the right in every way, they sold a minority piece of the business to Natixis, continue to put big numbers on the board,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Capital Allocators](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/capital-allocators) · 6 Sept 2021 · 52 min Mike Tian – Moat Trajectories and Investing in China at WCM (Capital Allocators, EP.212) Mentions [Visa](https://millionrounds.com/fund/visa)[WCM Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wcm-investment-management)[Paul Black](https://millionrounds.com/person/paul-black-escalada-sports-partners) About this episode Three years ago, Paul Black from WCM Investment Management joined me on the show for a very popular conversation. At the time, WCM managed $25 billion in global growth equities out of the limelight in Laguna Beach, CA. Last year, I had a second conversation with WCM with Mike Trigg, the Portfolio… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=paul-black-escalada-sports-partners). ## Find people like Paul Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)