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JULY 16, 2010

side note: our last fund at GRP Partners is currently ranked as the 5th best performing fund of the year 2000. There are also super angels that are so numerous I’d rather just link to the best list out there, which is VentureHacks’ AngelList. But in bad economies many angels get burned. VC will shrink.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But lets face it, when you think of Los Angeles, Internet startups are not the first things that spring to mind. Thats not Los Angeles. RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in.

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socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2013

Burstly is headed by Evan Rifkin, and backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, SoftBank Capital, and Founder Collective. The way we go about that is different than the competition. Are people surprised that such a technology intensive, software firm is here in Los Angeles, and not Silicon Valley?

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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. Current round: $8mm in Series B from RRE Ventures (Will Porteous)(lead), SoftBank, Hearst Interactive Media, SV Angel (Ron Conway), Founder Collective.Total raised: $11.5mm.

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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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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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MARCH 6, 2010

I get to do a deep dive on their business model, product roadmap and competitive positioning. I get to network with angels, VCs, entrepreneurs, lawyers, etc. I still like spending time with our teams – at GRP Partners we have a great team – but I don’t have large numbers of people to be responsible for.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Who do you view as your biggest competition? Rincon Venture Partners and GRP Partners ). We met with a ton of VC’s and angels. We wanted investment partners that understood performance marketing and what it was like to be an entrepreneur from having done it before themselves. You’re right.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

We would like give a huge thank you to Social Media Week and the supportive startup community here in Los Angeles. For those who ever said there is no startup community in Los Angeles I most certainly beg to differ. VC/Angel Panel. Adrenaline Fueled Angel. Mark Suster , GRP Partners. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

It is an opportunity to get frank feedback from VCs, angels, peers and the technolust. Mixergy and AsAble are also joining us to bring you an amazing VC/Angel Panel. Adrenaline Fueled Angel. Stewart Roberts , President of Orange County of Tech Coast Angels. Mark Suster , GRP Partners. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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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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MAY 5, 2011

He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving. When you account for competition for talent, the difficulty of retention, the cost of living and the difficulty of rising above the noise – there are many advantages of staying put.

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JUNE 29, 2011

With new micro VC entrants into to early-stage investing plus increased competition from angels, incubators and the like – traditional VCs have taken notice. I would put my firm, GRP Partners in with the group working with teams in different ways. The Blurring of Investment Lines. There are also others.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Los Angeles. There is no region in the country that comes close to having the sheer number of angels & VCs that Silicon Valley has as well as the dollars that flow into the region (40% of all dollars, PwC Moneytree report ). There are no $600 million funds in Los Angeles. Let me use LA as an example.

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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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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. Many of these Tweets will have information about the user’s location that makes increases the value of the data enormously.

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