socalTECH

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 move is an interesting one, given the number of Southern California technology companies trying to go the other direction, and to hit the public markets.

Internet Brands 190

Internet Brands Westlake Village Woodland Hills Beverly Hills 190

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

enabled secondary marketplace for shares in private companies, and particularly venture-backed, technology firms. Brighthouse is a technology incubator headed by both Brogger and Scott Painter, who also co-founded Zag and CarsDirect. SharesPost, headed by Greg Brogger and incubated by Brighthouse, is looking to create a Web 2.0-enabled

Research 100

Research Sales Web 2.0 CarsDirect 100

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

-The Scott Sanfilippo Interview Media Optimization Firms Are Red Hot In Southern California in 2009 Proliferate - Aggregate - Integrate Startups Uncensored #4 - “Finding and Working with Partners” SoCal VC’s absent from Forbes Midas List Top Five Best Uses of an Entrepreneur's Legal Dollars What Data Crunchers Did for Obama An Evaluation of Web Strategy (..)

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

In recent months, a dozen accelerators and incubators have emerged in the Southern California area, looking to help take the new generation of technology startups to funding and beyond. Representative companies: Zag, Pricelock, TrueCar, ListSpinner, Zig, RealFinancial, SharesPost. Both incubates its own. Brighthouse. Funding: Yes.

Southern California 145

Southern California Incubator Guide Truecar 145

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? Stay tuned.

Venture Capital 234

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Redpoint 234

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2009

However, how much of a link do Israeli technology companies see with Southern California's technology industry? It will remain to be seen if local entrepreneurs from such firms as Zag, Docstoc, and others will open up more links between high tech firms and entrepreneurs in Israel and Southern California.

Southern California 100

Southern California High Tech Zag Conference 100

socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2009

socalTECH tracks day-to-day venture capital activity in the Southern California region, and uses venture data disclosed by companies announcing funding; self-reported by both technology companies and venture firms; as well as regulatory filings and other sources. billion in funding. Among the top deals for the quarter were an $86.6M

Southern California 113

Southern California SoCal Invest SoCalTech 113

socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

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. If you look at any other financial market in the world, no other market has been less impacted by communications technology, or the Internet.

Startup 124

Startup Zag Venture Capital Equity 124

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

The new fund is focused entirely on technology companies. A large amount of this new fund, somewhere between 20 and 30 percent, is focused on technology in the financial services sector. So we're focused on technology, and financial services. You know Zag, herein town, and more recently our new car investment, TrueCar.

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157