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Zag Raises $11.1M More

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Santa Monica-based Zag , the online auto buying software firm headed by Scott Painter, has raised $11.1M Source and details on the funding have not yet been announced by the company. Zag said in March that it had sold 100,000 cars, and has been profitable since August of 2009. Tags: automotive venture capital auto.

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Zag Spins Out TrueCar

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Santa Monica-based Zag, the online car buying software firm headed by former CarsDirect CEO Scott Painter, has spun out a new company called TrueCar, the firm said late Wednesday. All of the venture funders in TrueCar are investors in Zag, and amount of the investment was not disclosed.

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

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He calls it his “Tom Sawyer&# company. Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. Scott left the company, which eventually IPO’d and became Internet Brands. And it carries no inventory. a fbFund winner.

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Zag Raises Funding

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Santa Monica-based Zag , which has developed an automobile configuration and buying service for affinity organizations like credit unions and automobile organizations, has a funding round of undisclosed size. The spokesperson for Zag said that the firm is "not quite ready to make that announcement" and would not releas details until later.

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Zag Raises $32.4M

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Santa Monica-based Zag , which has developed an automobile configuration and buying service for affinity organizations like credit unions and automobile organizations, has raised around $32.4M A spokesperson for Zag told socalTECH that a round had closed, but would not confirm the investors or details of the round. in a funding round.

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What Mattered in 2010: Greg Martin, Archer Venture Capital

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This morning, we're sharing the insights of Greg Martin , a venture capitalist at Archer Venture Capital. I left a great firm, Redpoint Ventures (after 11 years), to start a new firm, Archer Venture Capital. These companies have all experienced growth and we're expecting substantial value creation in 2011.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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I was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. But we have a great city for building technology companies.

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