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Troy Capital Backs TrueCar Vet's New Startup, Rollick Outdoor

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Santa Monica-based Troy Capital Partners , a new venture investment firm led by Josh Berman, Brian Sullivan, and Samit Varma, has backed a veteran of TrueCar for a new startup called Rollick Outdoor. Rollick Outdoor is based in Austin, where Brenner was based while at Santa Moinca-based TrueCar.

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TrueCar's Scott Painter On Entrepreneurship And IPOs

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Very few Southern California startups make it from seed funding all the way up through an IPO, and rarely do they do so with their original founder. 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.

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How Fair, Scott Painter's New Startup, Is Creating A New Model For Car Ownership

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Fair (www.fair.com), the latest startup by serial entrepreneur Scott Painter , does just that, letting users shop for a car, get approved, and pay for a car through a month-to-month payment--with no long term committment. What lessons did you learn from TrueCar, which are you are applying here? What is Fair all about? READ MORE>>.

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