socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2013

According to the two companies, the move will create a new marketplace for private growth companies, which combines NASDAQ OMX's experience in the market and resources, and SharesPost's web-based platform for trading private stock. Brogger was at CarsDirect with Scott Painter, who heads up TrueCar. SharesPost is now up in San Bruno.

CarsDirect 170

CarsDirect Marketing Incubator Truecar 170

socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2009

Santa Monica-based SharesPost , a new startup out of Scott Painter's BrightHouse incubator, said Tuesday morning that the firm has launched on online platform which will match buyers and sellers of private equity. Among features of the site are private company research, escrow serviecs, and electronic signatures. READ MORE>>.

Equity 113

Equity CarsDirect Zag Incubator 113

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. A social analytics platform for Facebook app developers and publishers that provides detailed demographic and engagement data. Total Raised: $21.4mm. See: TechCrunch. Kontagent. -A

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

It’s not uncommon for incredibly smart and talented Phd’s or CS majors from Stanford to raise $10 million on an early-stage “platform&# that if it succeeds it will be huge. Scott Painter , founder of CarsDirect has created two new generation LA startups (Zag and TrueCar, both backed by GRP Partners).

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2009

We've set out to enable that across any platform, live, during games. I started as a tester, but in six months, I had risen to assistant project manager at CarsDirect. The underpinning of the technology is much more complex than that, of course, and we've been building this for awhile. in architectural technology.

Patents 179

Patents CarsDirect Sites Pomona 179

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

And despite what I keep hearing from others – these are not content “hit businesses&# they are “content production platforms&# that are producing scale like I’ve never seen and at a cost structure that is astounding. Scott Painter , founder of CarsDirect has created TrueCar (backed by GRP Partners).

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313