socalTECH

JUNE 11, 2012

One of the portfolio companies of Los Angeles-based venture capital firm GRP Partners has filed for an IPO, according to a filing with the SEC late Friday. GRP Partners owns around 10.94 percent of Qualys before the IPO; the firm's other co-investor in the company, Trident Capital, owns 27.41

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He eventually applied his lessons learned in these experiences when he founded Zag, a company that helps consumers buy cars over the Internet at pre-negotiated prices with nearly 4,000 dealers across the country [disclosure: my firm GRP Partners is an investor in Zag]. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. Foursquare. -A

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2013

Acquisition of note: Nexsan Acquired For $120M, by Imation. Independa ($5M, San Diego, software for senior independence). AwarePoint ($4M, San Diego, real time patient location systems). Surf Air ($2.6M, Los Angeles, subscription aircraft service). TapIt Media acquired for $23M by Phunware. Did we miss a big story over the holidays?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

TrueCar said the financng round included USAA, Capricorn Investment Group and GRP Partners, all existing investors in the firm. Other invetors in the round include GR Match, LLC (affiliated with Guthy-Renker, LLC), McCombs Family Partners, DealerTrack Holdings, GSV Capital Corp.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

million led by GRP Partners, with participation from Baroda Ventures, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), Daher Capital, Double M Capital, Karlin Ventures, Clark Landry, Andy Rankin, and Launchpad LA. Less Neglect helps companies reduce churn, upsell users, and increase customer acquisition rates.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). RedBeacon went on to sell to HomeDepot in what was considered a very successful acquisition on all sides. Let me not bury the lede.

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MARCH 5, 2010

My personal favorite and best fit for GRP Partners was Thumbtack. Still, I think that to succeed they really need to focus on vertical niches where they can differentiate and have more focus on content quality and user acquisition. Tags: Tech Market Analysis VC Industry. Thumbtack is marketplace for local services.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

My firm, GRP Partners, invested in the company that innovated this entire category – Overture (formerly known as GoTo.com). This no doubt led to the acquisition of AdMob by Google and Quattro by Apple. And the obvious category, especially for a VC based out of LA, is video. I’ll save it for a future post.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Messenger : Rob Duva , Co-Founder, COO RingRevenue, prior Director of Customer Acquisition, CallWave. At CallWave, Colin was CTO, Jason was CFO and I was in charge of product marketing and customer acquisition. 4) You recently raised a Series B financing round from the same Venture Capitalists who participated in your Series A (i.e.,

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. But asymmetry provides another very important thing: it expresses my interests. We didn’t have the resources to do it all.

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