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

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The consumer product they’ve created is called TrueCar. Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect. Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. And it carries no inventory.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). He built & IPOd Demand Media. for $565 million to Excite.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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And of course I’ve sat on the other side of the table: As a VC. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. Neither can any VC. Executive Summary. Why buy me?

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