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APRIL 8, 2009

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the automotive pricing spinout of Zag, said today that it is targeting dealers with a new web site, to help dealerships price vehicles based on market data. TrueCar said that the new service will help dealers to "optimize" their vehicle pricing. Tags: truecar automotive. READ MORE>>.

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Truecar Zag Santa Monica Pricing 113

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JULY 1, 2010

The consumer product they’ve created is called TrueCar. A location based service which incorporates social and gaming elements. Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect. Company reports 250,000 users in 49 countries with 1mm+ application downloads. And it carries no inventory. Palantir.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

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MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. We both wanted to put energy into GRP’s platform of services that provide more value to our investments than merely capital. .”

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

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JUNE 8, 2014

Web Services, led by Amazon’s AWS, which reduced the costs a further 90%. The “Three C’s” of the Internet … The infrastructure and web services phases of the Internet are built. It’s worth having a quick read of the first few paragraphs of their annual report.

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Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

. “Let us come together and celebrate…” The mashup theme was reflected in the SBF programming, which included panels highlighting accelerators, VCs, startups, developers, movies, TV, music, web content, art, fashion, social good, surf & skate, and more.

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Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

There is no region in the country that comes close to having the sheer number of angels & VCs that Silicon Valley has as well as the dollars that flow into the region (40% of all dollars, PwC Moneytree report ). In New York you have access to fashion, media, art and of course, financial services. So it’s always a trade-off.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313