socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Santa Monica-based Zag, which is developing software for auto buying programs, has signed on another AAA group as a customer. According to Zag, AAA Mid-Atlantic has just unveiled a auto buying program which is powered by the firm's software. million members. The deal includes both providing new and used cars for AAA Mid-Atlantic.

Zag 100

Zag CarsDirect Arcturus GRP Partners 100

socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2009

Zag's technology provides a level of customization and detail on "fleet" style, pre-negotiated sales of autos, down to the accessory level; the firm has deals with USAA, Capital One, Overstock.com, AAA groups, and others to provide its service. over MSRP on their autos. Painter is the former CEO of CarsDirect.com.

Zag 100

Zag GRP Partners Anthem Santa Monica 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Santa Monica-based Zag, a venture-backed developer of online car buying software, said this morning that it has made. Zag said it has promoted Bernie Brenner to Executive Vice President in charge of the firm's consumer initiatives, named David Pributsky as VP of Partner development. a number of hires and a promotion. READ MORE>>

Zag 100

Zag Arcturus GRP Partners Anthem 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Zigging and zagging amongst the obstacles is the fun part of being an entrepreneur, and it’s what sets you apart from the average worker who knows exactly what he or she has to do every day to get paid. At some point financial capital if usually needed to meet business goals. Relish it, or if it scares you, don’t try it.

Zag 102

Zag Entrepreneur Startup Resource 102

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Zigging and zagging amongst the obstacles is the fun part of being an entrepreneur, and it’s what sets you apart from the average worker who knows exactly what he or she has to do every day to get paid. At some point financial capital if usually needed to meet business goals. Relish it, or if it scares you, don’t try it.

Course 99

Course Zag Startup Resource 99

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

in a funding round, but appears to also have moved its headquarters to Northern California. in an equity funding round. No details on that funding have been announced by the company. No details on that funding have been announced by the company. SharesPost had originally been based in Santa Monica.

CarsDirect 140

CarsDirect Zag Santa Monica Incubator 140

socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2009

Southern California Venture capital totals were up slightly in Q1 of this year from last quarter, to around $718M in deals, according to an analysis of socalTECH.com's proprietary venture database. However, venture funding totals were still well off the first quarter of 2008's nearly $1.2 billion in funding.

Southern California 113

Southern California SoCal Invest SoCalTech 113

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

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

It’s really hard to zig when the whole world seems to be zagging. They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. Bad times often require more capital but ironically this is when capital is dried up. It has always stood with me.

Invest 299

Invest Angel Technical Review Venture Capital 299

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. In 2000, we set up our second fund--worth almost $400M--and for that vintage year, that fund is one of the top tier performing funds in the entire country.

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. They not only have gotten bigger but they have an amazing track record of funding the biggest names in the sector: Cisco, Apple, Google, Facebook. As a result many funds are OK with big bets.

Companies 290

Companies Company Technology Startup 290