socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2014

Southern California''s venture capital investments totaled a little more than $598.4M in the fourth quarter, according to the latest number from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, in its MoneyTree report. There were 84 venture capital deals for the quarter. was invested in the region.

Southern California 246

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Tech Coast Angels 246

TechCrunch LA

JULY 10, 2019

Fair was founded in 2016 by an all-star team made up of automotive, retail and banking executives including Scott Painter, former founder and CEO of TrueCar. Even car makers are looking at different ways to move vehicles from dealer lots.

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Services Truecar Sales Blogging 212

socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm Upfront Ventures announced this morning that it has raised a fifth fund, worth $280M. According to the firm, the new fund will target early-stage technology investments, and will split half of the dollars in the fu between Los Angeles and the other half in investments nationally.

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Funding Truecar Los Angeles Venture Capital 133

socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based auto leasing startup Fair , led by startup veteran Scott Painter, has acquired the auto leasing portfolio of Uber , including both vehicles and existing leases, Uber said on Tuesday. Scott Painter was most recently founder and CEO of TrueCar, and prior to that, was founder and CEO of CarsDirect.com. READ MORE>>.

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Truecar Equity Los Angeles Activity 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Los Angeles-based venture capital firm GRP Partners is looking to raised $250M in its newest fund, GRP IV L.P., GRP's investments include TrueCar, GOGII, Ad.ly, GumGum, among others. according to a regulatory filing from the firm this week. GRP last closed on a fund--GRP III, L.P. GRP last closed on a fund--GRP III, L.P.--in

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Gogii GRP Partners Funding Truecar 162

socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2013

It's also a big win for Brogger, who started SharesPost to help angel investors, venture capital investors, and founders in private company find liquidity, in a market which had been starved for IPOs. Brogger was at CarsDirect with Scott Painter, who heads up TrueCar. SharesPost is now up in San Bruno. READ MORE>>.

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CarsDirect Marketing Incubator Truecar 170

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. LA By The Numbers. But even this is changing.

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2013

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor GRP Partners announced this morning that it has raised a fourth fund, worth $200M, and also renamed the firm Upfront Ventures. upfront ventures partners venture capital fund startup msuster suster launchpadla' READ MORE>>.

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GRP Partners Funding CitySearch Venture Capital 164

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

It's often tough to figure exactly who the venture capital funds are who are funding startups in the area. Here are the venture firms who have been most active in SoCal (Santa Babrara - Los Angeles - Orange County - San Diego) in the last twelve months, based on the number of deals: 1. Local exits: TrueCar, Gravity, Maker Studios.

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Southern California Dollar Shave Club Lootcrate Orange County 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA) held its annual awards event last night, honoring former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, as well as local, venture backed companies in a banquet last night at the Luxe hotel in Los Angeles. Other finalists were Clicker.com , Truecar , and Zumbox.

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LAVA Zumbox Technology ReachLocal 166

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Chance Barnett , Crowdfunder (Los Angeles, crowdfunding). Allison Beal , StyleSaint (Los Angeles, fashion). James Borow and Clark Landry (shared position), SHIFT (Los Angeles, Santa Monica, advertising). Josh Brooks , OnTheRunTech.com dba Post Cards On The Run (Los Angeles, mobile apps).

Southern California 279

Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2011

Santa Monica-based Anthem Venture Partners has scored two exits in the last week, as Los Angeles-based Demand Media hit a homerun with its IPO Wednesday, and San Diego-based Plixi was acquired by Lockerz Thursday. Anthem is one of the more active local investors, and has recently backed BeachMint, CocoDot, and TrueCar, among other firms.

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Anthem Truecar Santa Monica San Diego 154

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 14, 2014

” The recent acquisitions of Maker Studios and Oculus VR, as well as the planned public offering for TrueCar that’s finally going through, all point to a healthy investment ecosystem, but there’s still one industry that rules over… Read More.

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Truecar Entertainment Venture Capital Acquisition 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

We’ve been dying to tell you all for a while that we had raised a new venture capital fund and of course given SEC filing requirements the story was somewhat already scooped by the always-in-the-know Dan Primack a few weeks ago. Will our strategy change now that we have 40% more capital? . Why do they invest in venture capital?

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Venture Capital Funding Technical Review Startup 396

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2009

Zag has previously received venture capital from such firms as Anthem Ventures, GRP Partners, the Tech Coast Angels, Capricorn Management, Capital One, and Arcturus Capital. Painter was previously CEO of CarsDirect, and is now involved with such firms as TrueCar and SharesPost. READ MORE>>.

Zag 100

Zag Sales CarsDirect Tech Coast Angels 100

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

billion IPO), HealthDataInsights (Las Vegas, $400 million) as well as LA (Maker Studios $1 billion, TrueCar $1.3 She has been in operations in Seattle and Los Angeles. As I like to say (and as Kara humbly hates when I do so in front of others) … she has a much better resume to a venture capital partner than I do.

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Venture Capital Startup Outsource Development CitySearch 408

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He co-founded a prominent accelerator in Los Angeles called MuckerLab , that has produced a number of impressive companies and he mentored more than 20 of them. We both wanted to put energy into GRP’s platform of services that provide more value to our investments than merely capital. Many more improvements afoot.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Xconomy

JUNE 16, 2016

In San Diego, the complaints often focus on the relative scarcity of venture capital and hometown VC firms. So when the San Diego Venture Group recruited Mark Suster of Los Angeles-based Upfront Ventures to give the keynote talk Tuesday night for Startup Week San Diego, more than 800 people filled a downtown auditorium.

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Venture Capital San Diego Truecar Web 49

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

That's something which Los Angeles-based VroomGirls (www.vroomgirls.com) is looking to change--with the backing of sponsors like Toyota, Ferrari, and Lamborghini. We basically got venture capital money, without having to give away any of the company. You've also got a deal with TrueCar, correct? That's exactly what I did.

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Truecar Writing Edmunds Sites 204

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MARCH 17, 2010

Los Angeles. Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. I believe you can attract people to relocate to Los Angeles but it’s likely that they’ll come from locations other than Northern California. People either love it our hate it.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

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JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. You know Zag, herein town, and more recently our new car investment, TrueCar. Tags: mark suster interview venture capital partners global retail grpvc. Why do I say that?

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2011

Jeff Zwelling is the co-founder of Convertro (www.convertro.com), a Los Angeles company focused on helping companies track how their marketing efforts are leading to sales conversions. Locally, those are companies like LegalZoom, GameFly, TrueCar, and ShoeDazzle. So how did you end up here in the Los Angeles area?

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Startup Marketing Customer Custom 210

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. Los Angeles. If you are talented, of course, you can get funded in any region with enough venture capital and obviously in markets outside of the Valley it is easier to get noticed and get access.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313