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MAY 23, 2016

Santa Monica-based TrueCar is continuing to bolster its links to automotive dealers, as it looks to improve its relationship with the auto dealer industry, saying this morning that it has named Paul Edmonds as Senior Vice President of Dealer Marketing and Opeartions. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 1, 2016

Santa Monica-based TrueCar has named a new executive to head up dealer sales, saying on Thursday that it has named Jim Menard as its new Senir Vice President of Dealer Sales. TrueCar said Menard will head up efforts to strengthen dealer relationships across its network. Menard was previously President and GM of the U.S. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 19, 2012

Santa Monica-based TrueCar reported today that it has named Pat Watson as its new Vice President, Industry Relations. TrueCar said the move will go towards strengthening its relationships with the industry. Watson had been at the association for 39 years. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Kelley Blue Book has been seeing some competition in that area from companies like Santa Monica-based TrueCar, which has been providing zipcode-specific car pricing based on used car listings at its service Clearbook. The firm said the information will be updated weekly, allowing users to see used car values based on their region.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

Due to this, seed rounds have become more competitive, with more expensive valuations and more oversubscribed rounds. The biggest lesson learned this year has been how hot the LA tech ecosystem has become. Seed activity last quarter continued to trend upward, with 28 companies raising $68M of funding. Since 2010, $6.3B

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The firm was originally known as CarsDirect, the automotive buying site of Idealab, and was headed by Scott Painter--who is now head of both Zag Automotive and TrueCar. The firm changed its name to Internet Brands in June of 2005, and hit the markets with its IPO in November of 2007. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Competitive (Athlete: skier & rowed at Princeton, hates losing at everything she does). billion IPO), HealthDataInsights (Las Vegas, $400 million) as well as LA (Maker Studios $1 billion, TrueCar $1.3 Thus began my marketing campaign. Investment experience (5 years a VC at Battery Ventures). billion IPO), Envestnet (Chicago, $1.25

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