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]. Competitors: Google (Invite Media) , MediaMath , X+1.

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socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2009

Santa Monica-based TrueCar has officially launched its new car pricing site today, saying that it is now providing consumers with details on the prices paid for people on cars in their area. TrueCar is venture backed by Zag, Anthem Venture Partners, Global Retail Partners, Capricorn, Capital One Auto Finance, and Arcturus Capital.

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APRIL 21, 2010

According to TrueCar, buyers who use the site to learn what people are paying for actual vehicles in their local area will not have the option of pulling up to three, guaranteed prices for autos--and directly connecting with those dealers. READ MORE>>.

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Truecar Zag Santa Monica Pricing 145

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online car pricing site headed by Scott Painter, reports this morning that it has now sold more than 200,000 cars through its online car buying and pricing platform. TrueCar said the sales came via its more than 40 partner-branded Web Siets, which use the car pricing and sales engine powered by Zag.

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Truecar Zag Santa Monica Pricing 174

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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 also said that it is in a distribution deal with Zag, to serve Zag's dealers with better upfront pricing details. READ MORE>>.

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Truecar Zag Santa Monica Pricing 113

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JANUARY 25, 2010

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the new car pricing data startup headed by Scott Painter, said Monday that it has inked a deal with automotive publisher High Gear Media , where High Gear will include TrueCar's data on its network of web sites. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Truecar Pricing Zag Santa Monica 133

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JULY 15, 2009

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the automotive pricing spinout of Zag Automotive, disclosed Wednesday that the firm has inked distribution deals with five automotive websites. TrueCar said it is providing both HTML widgets and an API which sites can used to display its information.

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Truecar Zag HTML Anthem 100

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JULY 1, 2009

The company said Cleckler will work on aiding in development of car pricing tools on the site. TrueCar is a car pricing site which was spun out of automotive software firm Zag; the firm is venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners, Global Retail Partners, and Capricorn. Cleckler has also served at Stamps.com. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 23, 2009

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online car pricing spinout of Zag Automotive, is expanding the depth of its vehicle data today, saying that it is licensing information on new vehicles from Chrome Systems, which is a part of DealerTrack Holdings. Financial details of the license deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Truecar Zag Santa Monica Pricing 100

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JUNE 16, 2009

Among the private shares that sellers are looking to unload on the site are shares in Facebook, LinkedIn, SolarCity, Tesla Motors, and eHarmony, the firm said. Among features of the site are private company research, escrow serviecs, and electronic signatures. READ MORE>>.

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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.

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socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

If you look at the site, it's comprised principally of individual bulletin boards for private companies. We co-founded Zag together, and I was the COO of CarsDirect. Towards early 2007, Scott and I had taken Zag to a level of some measure of stability, and we were thinking about the next thing. Explain how your service works?

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

Well chances are there are some partners or sites where you can get information on jobs today. In fact, if you do both, it’s called a Zig-Zag strategy. What you really want are well matched on either side, not necessarily the absolute best from the universe of all possibilities. to source potential candidates.

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eHarmony Marketing Startup Zag 204

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

Well chances are there are some partners or sites where you can get information on jobs today. In fact, if you do both, it’s called a Zig-Zag strategy. What you really want are well matched on either side, not necessarily the absolute best from the universe of all possibilities. to source potential candidates.

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eHarmony Marketing Startup Zag 196

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

billion to Yahoo, we did CitySearch, we invested in the largest travel site in Europe, called LastMinute.com, and also CyberSource--a number of very early stage, Internet companies. You know Zag, herein town, and more recently our new car investment, TrueCar. We invested in Overture, which was sold for $1.2

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