Steven J. Dietz

Upfront Ventures Management LLC (Upfront Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Steven J. Dietz and Yves B. Sisteron. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, Calirfornia.

Dealertrack Technologies, Inc. operates as a holding company, which engages in web-based software solutions and services enhance efficiency and profitability for all major segments of the automotive retail industry, including dealers, lenders, OEMs, third party retailers, agents and aftermarket providers. It operates online credit application network in the U.S. and Canada. The company delivers the industry's solution set for automotive retailers, which include Dealer management solutions, The Inventory solutions, Sales and Finance & Insurance solutions, Processing solutions, Digital Retailing solutions, and Interactive solutions and it utilizes the Internet to link automotive dealers with banks, finance companies, credit unions and other financing sources, and other service and information providers, such as the major credit reporting agencies. The Dealer Management solutions provide dealers with easy-to-use tools and real-time data access that will streamline any automotive business. The Inventory solutions provide vehicle inventory management and merchandising solutions to help dealers drive higher in-store and online traffic with state-of-the-art, real-time listings, accelerate used-vehicle turn rates, and increase dealer profits. The Sales and Finance & Insurance solutions enable dealers to streamline the entire sales process while structuring all types of deals from a single integrated platform. The Processing solutions include online motor vehicle registration, lien and titling applications and services, and collateral management services. The Digital Retailing solutions, which integrate advanced vehicle search, pricing and payment tools directly into a retailer's website. The Interactive solutions, which deliver digital marketing and website offerings to assist dealers in achieving higher lead conversion rates by helping optimize the maximum amount of shoppers to their websites. Dealertrack Technologies was founded in August 2001 and is headquartered in Lake Success, NY.

eAssist is a provider of electronic customer relationship management solutions, delivering its application/solution suite on an outsourced basis. The Company’s platform provides its customers with an effective means to personalize, route and manage customer knowledge and content across multiple communications channels, including self-help, email, chat, voice over IP, wireless and conventional telephony.

Evant, Inc. develops and implements business software. It provides merchandising, replenishment, and enterprise platform solutions. Evant is the subsidiary of Manhattan Associates. The company was co-founded in 1993 by Kenneth D. Palmer, Homer Dunn, and Hau Leung Lee and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Zag.com, Inc. operates an online auto site providing information on automotive retailing to dealers and buyers. It develops technology and services platform that makes it possible for consumers to shop, research, configure, price and complete the entire auto-buying transaction online. The firm works with affinity-based organizations to bring a private label, customized experience to members or customers while automating much of the time consuming, inefficient processes at the dealership level. The company was founded in 2005 by Scott Painter, Tom Taira, and Oded Noy and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Eagle Crest Energy Co. engages in the generation of hydroelectric power. The firm develops the Eagle Mountain Pumped Storage Project (“Eagle Mountain”) north of Desert Center in Southern California. Its hydroelectric pumped storage project is used to convert intermittent renewable wind energy into a firm dispatch peaking resource. The company was founded by Arthur W. Lowe and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

uParts, Inc. develops an electronic parts procurement platform. Its services include auditing, subrogation and reporting. The company enables repair shops and insurance carriers to obtain part information, communicate with suppliers and procure auto parts. The company was founded by Alexander O. Adeganin in 2009 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.