About DPA
Who is DPA?
Driven Performance Advisors was founded in 2018 by Arun Coumar when he discovered that his passion for cars married with his skills in finance made for a valuable combination to the business community.
Arun previously worked for PwC, helping companies like Tesla and Uber raise hundreds of millions of dollars through complex deals. Early in his career, Arun found success leveraging his passion for cars into intimate knowledge about the operations of automotive companies, making his financial background much more potent with an operational lens.
Core Values
Roll Up Our Sleeves
We Know Cars
Passion for Success
Team Bios
Arun Coumar, CPA, MBA
Prior to founding DPA, Arun worked for PwC in San Francisco and London helping companies with complex capital raising and partnership transactions. This job involved advanced accounting, financial, legal, and operational expertise to ensure a holistically valuable transaction structure that benefitted all parties involved.
Upon starting Driven Performance Advisors, Arun successfully raised angel investment for his first client, a startup bringing a bespoke social media platform to automotive enthusiasts.
DPA grew to four team members, serving dozens of automotive clients up and down the west coast. From 2018 to 2021, DPA helped clients create over $5,000,000 in value through profitability improvements, fundraising, and operationally-generated growth.
From 2021 to 2024, DPA split into two operating focuses. The company acquired its first automotive service business in 2021, which it then exited in 2022. DPA then invested in Driven Auto Care, which has since grown to two general auto repair locations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Separately, DPA dove deep into automotive aftermarket mergers and acquisitions through partnership with investment banking firm Schwartz Advisors. From 2021 to 2024, DPA assisted in over $500 million in automotive aftermarket M&A transactions.