socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

This morning's interview is with Mark Suster , a venture capitalist at GRP Partners (www.grpvc.com). GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. So we think we're the right size for the market in 2009.

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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. Competition: McAfee , Symantec. Note that these are “gross” revenue numbers. Founded in 2007.

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SoCal CTO

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. No One Wins In Business Plan Competitions - Steve Blank , May 17, 2010 Last week one of the schools I teach at invited me to judge a business plan contest. I know I do.

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APRIL 3, 2010

As always it comes down to competition. 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.

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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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DECEMBER 18, 2009

You’ve got to put the competition into perspective. 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. Not lose your cool.

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