2008 Competition Funding GRP Partners 
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. The new fund is focused entirely on technology companies.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2010
The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. So the people who invest in VC funds have two problems.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2010
Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. In the intro section of the show we talked a lot about why VC funds are becoming smaller again and where Greycroft fits.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
He said, “They need an unbiased view of the fund raising environment because there is too much misinformation and everything seems to be changing fast.&#. – you’re very well positioned as a fund. Many good companies will not get funded. Get funded now, if you can.&#. And well they should be.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 3, 2010
I recently wrote a blog post on understanding how the size and age of a venture capital fund might affect you when you’re raising money. Because it is a “series&# I plan to get into some of the deeper complexities of funds such as “cross over funds&# and “why VC’s hate to price their own deals&# at a later stage.
SoCal CTO
JUNE 9, 2010
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. it’s a great example of a strong startup based on need, entrepreneur Joe Fernandez building something he wanted to use, and getting VC funding; and 3.) I Be specific. they released a new 2.0
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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