socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Los Angeles-based automotive marketplace operator TrueCar released a highlight of its results last night, saying that the firm's revenues were down 28.8% TrueCar said it had a net loss of $6.8 million compared to net income of $11.6M year-over-year, and 16.4% in the third quarter of 2020.

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socalTECH

JULY 21, 2014

One of Southern California''s big success stories -- from startup, to venture funding, and a recent IPO--is Los Angeles-based TrueCar , which had its IPO in May. But, net-net, being a public company is a threshold moment for use. What''s been the hardest part of getting TrueCar to where it is today?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. Has it begun to mature or is it just better marketed than in was say 5 years ago? Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

The speaks to the continued confidence in the venture capital markets and as I had predicted some time ago the VC markets right now are a great place to invest – especially relative to other places to put one’s money. Family Offices (of high-net-worth individuals or families). Who gave you the money? Foundations.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. So we think we're the right size for the market in 2009.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

TrueCar, an LA-based company, sells more cars now than any physical dealer in the country and recently went public and has a $1 billion market cap. While the costs of starting a tech company have plummeted it still does take money to hire a team, launch products and market oneself. Indeed we have already seen the beginnings.

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