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

socalTECH

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. The new fund also comes with a move to some new space in Santa Monica? They know you''re someone they want to do business with. READ MORE>>.

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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

At the CTO Group that I organize in Santa Monica, we've had lots of discussions around this. Some other points - LAMP,Net, Java - doesn't make much difference. Mark Suster Partner GRP Partners He's an ex-Salesforce.com employee. The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform?

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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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