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JANUARY 5, 2010

He wanted to raise angel money. If your idea is so amazing that it warrants my hard-earned angel money or the money of my LP investors from our fund then why should I take a risk on you if you won’t take a risk on yourself? I run the recruiting process for my VC firm, GRP Partners. I told him to quit his job first.

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JULY 16, 2010

So as of 2008 total LP commitments were still at nearly $250 billion. side note: our last fund at GRP Partners is currently ranked as the 5th best performing fund of the year 2000. Our current fund was raised in 2008/09.] But in bad economies many angels get burned. The top quartile funds have performed well.

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MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Founded in August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee. When the show has been processed it will be available here (estimated 8pm PDT).

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APRIL 1, 2010

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Burstly (www.burstly.com) announced that it had raised $1.8M in a venture round from GRP Partners and Rincon Ventures, for the firm's mobile ad management platform. Mark Suster lead GRP's investment in the firm, and Jim Andelman led Rincon's investment. What is Burstly?

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Los Angeles offers a great deal, both in terms of business opportunities and lifestyle awesomeness. Mark Suster – GRP Partners Mark joined GRP Partners in 2007 after having worked with GRP for nearly 8 years as a two-time entrepreneur. As of June 2008 Jason is now CEO and Founder of Mahalo, Inc. ,

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JUNE 9, 2010

My angel investing strategy vs Joshua Schachter - Gabriel Weinberg , May 18, 2010 Joshua Schacter has a great AMA thread on HN about angel investing. Much of this makes sense, inasmuch as it is strategic for them to dominate or commoditize each layer that stands between human beings and online ads. I know I do.

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APRIL 3, 2010

If you raise angel money that’s another story. Or … you raised your $500k from angels and now are ready for a VC “A&# round. You raised angel money. That founder wasn’t one of your angels. And then there is GRP Partners. I’m not the only VC who feels this way.

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JULY 19, 2011

Los Angeles had $222.5M The report said that the investment level was the highest total in a single quarter since Q2 of 2008. active firms (all with three deals each) being Rustic Canyon Partners , DFJ Frontier , the Tech Coast Angels , Amgen , GRP Partners , and Mission Ventures. raised for the quarter.

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JUNE 27, 2013

However, one, longtime local fund-- GRP Partners --appears to have found the right formula for venture success, and has just raised a brand new, $200 million fund. It''s good news for us, but it''s also good news for Los Angeles technology. As you probably know, two thirds of our investments go into Los Angeles.

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JULY 15, 2010

billion, the strongest quarter since the third quarter of 2008. Los Angeles saw $407.2M Quarter-to-quarter growth was also good, going from $627.4M and 80 deals in Q1. Nationally, venture deals in the U.S. totaled $6.5 in 45 deals, Orange County saw $279.5M in 21 deals, and San Diego saw $170.6M invested in 24 deals.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2009

We brought together Peter Cowen of Groundwork Equity , Mark Suster of GRP Partners , Rick Smith of Crosscut Ventures , and Richard Yen of Saban Ventures -- all of who will be on the judging panel for the Tech Coast Angel's Fast Pitch on February 24th, to give us a their hints and tips about pitching to venture capitalists.

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DECEMBER 18, 2009

But then I got a call from my lead investor (coincidentally it was GRP Partners where I now am a partner) and they told me not to lose confidence. I then flew from London to Los Angeles to meet with the partners of GRP. We spent a couple of hours (and drank a couple of pints). In the morning I flew home.

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