Scott Painter — NextCar Holding Company Inc.

Founder and Chief Executive

THE LATEST: Painter announced the launch of his new business, NXCR, in 2020. The company is the latest in a string of ventures from Painter applying a tech-based approach to automotive sales. In February, NXCR raised $30 million in seed funding to support development of a vehicle leasing platform giving auto buyers and dealers options for efficient digital sales of used vehicles.
BACKGROUND: Painter is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded vehicle pricing and information platform TrueCar Inc. in 2004. He co-founded digital leasing company Fair Financial Corp. in 2016. Painter stepped down as Fair’s CEO in 2019 but announced the following year that he was launching NXCR to facilitate subscription pricing plans for used car sales. Painter attended West Point and UC Berkeley.
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