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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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.

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Zag CarsDirect Arcturus GRP Partners 100

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APRIL 21, 2010

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , which provides real-life pricing data on new cars, based on actual dealer sales, said Tuesday that the firm has begun showing guaranteed upfront pricing from local dealers. TrueCar said that it will begin showing prices, and an option to connect to dealers directly to purchase vehicles at those prices.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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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. Pricing on the new dealer-centric offering was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Truecar Zag Santa Monica Pricing 113

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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. According to TrueCar, it will provide its price reports on Pricequotes.com , Carbuyingtips.com , Carzen.com , Carpricesecrets.com , and Cardevotion.com.

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Truecar Zag HTML Anthem 100

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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. Tags: truecar online pricing license. READ MORE>>.

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Truecar Zag Santa Monica Pricing 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.

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Truecar Edmunds Zag Anthem 100

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JUNE 17, 2009

If you look at the site, it's comprised principally of individual bulletin boards for private companies. We allow them to post their requests, with the highest price posting for shares at the top of the list for buyers, and the reverse for sellers. We co-founded Zag together, and I was the COO of CarsDirect.

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Startup Zag Venture Capital Equity 124

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. And then: When people rented the items, I went out and bought them, first hunting for the lowest price on line. He wanted to build a business that rented electronics.

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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. And then: When people rented the items, I went out and bought them, first hunting for the lowest price on line. He wanted to build a business that rented electronics.

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eHarmony Marketing Startup Zag 196