socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2010

in a new equity funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Tuesday afternoon. Source and details on the funding have not yet been announced by the company. The filing indicates the first funding in the round came on June 2nd. Tags: automotive venture capital auto. READ MORE>>.

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Zag GRP Partners Anthem Santa Monica 154

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

Having street smarts with no inspirational ability to build teams can yield a great small business but will be difficult to scale into a large VC-backed business. So we as VCs search for entrepreneurs/founders who have the whole package or as much of it as possible. In the book they profile how VC worked in the early days (60s / 70s).

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

million led by GRP Partners, with participation from Baroda Ventures, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), Daher Capital, Double M Capital, Karlin Ventures, Clark Landry, Andy Rankin, and Launchpad LA. . · YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7

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GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Jason Nazar

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

VC Outlook 2009: If You Need Funding You’re Fuc%ed ( or are you ) - Candid Talks with VCs in Los Angeles. Nate Redmond , Partner, Rustic Canyon Ventures. Richard Wolpert , Managing Director, the Mailroom Fund. Jim Armstrong , Managing Director, Clearstone Venture Partners.

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Rustic Canyon Los Angeles Venture Capital Tsavo 41

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. He’d been working at a well-funded startup for about a year and had come to terms with the fact that the startup was really a pretty dumb idea. SlideShare: VC signaling in seed rounds.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Earlier today, we talked with Greg Martin at Archer Venture Capital. Below, we collect the thoughts of Jim Andelman , a venture capitalist at Rincon Venture Partners. Mobile app downloads went from 300mm in 2009 to 5 billion in 2010, Android ad impressions up over 2,000% as two examples. 1) Mobile web.

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Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

First, I’d like to quote (paraphrase) Brad Feld speaking at Twiistup in LA in 2009, “I keep hearing people in LA talking with a chip on their shoulders about building a tech business here relative to Silicon Valley. Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them.

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socalTECH

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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