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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup

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To give visibility to these companies to: Sources of funding (angels / VCs), business development partners, mentors who have themselves built successful companies, the press and potential employees to hire. Sam & Adam will be joined by Josh Webb who I have worked closely with and who formerly worked at Idealab.

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

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Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. Money to be used for hiring and additional product development. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. And it carries no inventory. Competitors: Gowalla. Total Raised: $21.4mm.

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