Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He eventually applied his lessons learned in these experiences when he founded Zag, a company that helps consumers buy cars over the Internet at pre-negotiated prices with nearly 4,000 dealers across the country [disclosure: my firm GRP Partners is an investor in Zag]. Includes content mobile guides, ie. Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Los Angeles-based TrueCar , the online car pricing site run by Scott Painter, said today that it has launched a mobile version of its site. According to the company, the new site runs on Apple iPhone, BlackBerry, and other web-enabled mobile devices. TrueCar is a spinout of Zag Automotive, which is also run by Painter.

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Truecar Sites Mobile Zag 154

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

We've seen a lot of innovation come out of Los Angeles in the past few years, with Demand Media, Socialvibe, Zag, ShoeDazzle, Factual and many others. The continuing rise of smart phones and iPad-like devices has created enormous opportunities for the mobile web. Great things will emerge there.

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Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Southern California 234

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

It’s really hard to zig when the whole world seems to be zagging. Instead investors are looking for the next flash sale, private sale, game dynamic, social games that rely on mobile platforms with geo-fenced, location aware offers. I continue to be excited about the Mobile Web (as distinct from the Mobile App).

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Invest Angel Technical Review Venture Capital 299

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MARCH 17, 2010

Los Angeles has a strategic asset : content creation skills – In order for the Internet to go mainstream you first needed the infrastructure to support it from networking equipment (Cisco, Juniper) to databases (Oracle) to search (Google) and more recently mobile devices (Apple). Frank Addante has created Rubicon Project.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

You know Zag, herein town, and more recently our new car investment, TrueCar. We've invested in a fantastic company called Mobiclip, which provides high throughput video with low battery consumption on mobile devices. Obviously, this being LA, we're also very interested in digital content and distribution.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157