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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

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I am super excited to announce that today is a day of lots of new things for my partners & me: A new fund, a new office and a new brand. Let’s start with the fund. We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). We love all of LA and fund all regions.

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March Capital Partners' Jim Armstrong On A New, $240M Venture Fund

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Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. What is the investment focus for this fund? All of that represents opportunity, as well.

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Claiming a landmark in fusion energy, TAE Technologies sees commercialization by 2030

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Six years ago, the company had proved that its reactor design could sustain plasma indefinitely — meaning that once the switch is flipped on a reaction, that fusion reaction can continue indefinitely. By 2008, the first construction began on integrated experiments to make a plasma core and infuse it with some energetic particles.

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The New Style of Startup Vision: Smaller But Sharper?

Tech.Co

Facebook, for example, decided in 2008 that its mission was to “help you connect and share with the people in your life.” The new businesses are clearer about their purpose and goals,” says John Galpin, co-founder of Design by Structure , a corporate brand and digital design agency.

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Siimpel Scores Investment From Korean Firm

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Siimpel develops MEMs modules which are used to design higher quality, mobile phone cameras. The firm has raised more than $61M in venture funding since 2003, and last raised a funding round in November of 2008 lead by DOCOMO. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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FlipGloss.com Targets Fashion Market

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Venice-based FlipGloss Media announced this morning that it has launched a web site targeted at the fashion, design, travel, and lifestyle photography markets. The new site--funded by Forbes Media--said it is looking to create a "new visual discovery experience" for consumers. The advertising-driven site said it was founded by Yahoo!

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Blockchain, Video Games, and the MLB: Interview with Randy Saaf, Lucid Sight

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Lucid Sight recently announced a $6M funding round from such investors as the ML, Salem Partners, The Galaxy EOS VC Fund, Digital Currency Group, Breakaway Growth, Frontier Venture Capital, and Animoca Brands. Randy Saaf: Me and a couple of buddies started on of the first iPhone gaming companies back in 2008, called Jirbo.

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