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Mark Suster: New, $200M Fund, and GRP's New Name, Upfront Ventures

socalTECH

Despite the increase in startup activity in Southern California, local venture capital funds are still few and far between, and a large chunk of the funding here is still from Sand Hill Road. The firm just announced that new fund, and a new name, Upfront Ventures (www.upfront.com). Tell us about the new fund?

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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

The basic conclusion was that it was a bit premature if you were talking about a serious, funded start-up. Some other points - LAMP,Net, Java - doesn't make much difference. Mark Suster Partner GRP Partners He's an ex-Salesforce.com employee. PIM based on Java that would be up-to-date on all your devices.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

Codeita lets you design, code, and publish all from a cloud-based LAMP development environment. Mark Suster – GRP Partners Mark joined GRP Partners in 2007 after having worked with GRP for nearly 8 years as a two-time entrepreneur. Investors include Ron Conway, Ashton Kutcher, and Brian Solis.

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