TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

Twenty years ago, if you started a brand, your first hire, outside of a designer, would have been a salesperson,” Murthy told TechCrunch. The investment was led by Union Square Ventures and included participation from Eniac Ventures, Human Capital and Flexport. Syrup Tech bags $6.3M to develop some sweet inventory-planning software.

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Product Funding Technical Review Equity 191

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. Like good mentors Paul, Jeff, Richard, Oded and David as well as Chris and Kris create an atmosphere in which the motivated founders can take advantage of the knowledge base to which they are exposed. And they do all this in the span of four intense months.

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Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Do you have a small task (graphic design, page layout, UI) you wish you had someone do, in an affordable way? We're focused on the skilled labor part of that, knowledge-based tasks. Some of the more popular tasks there are for designers, UX, photographers, and videographers. There are lots of cool things going on there.

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socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2013

OneRoof--which is backed by Black Coral Capital and others--has been supplying solar leases, financing and installing solar panels to residences to the market. Installing solar is a costly proposition to homeowners--what makes that investment appealing to capital providers? There''s always more demand than capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

We both wanted to put energy into GRP’s platform of services that provide more value to our investments than merely capital. His plans are still solidifying but will likely involve some later-stage activities in the eCommerce & retail sectors unrelated to early-stage venture capital. How can you do a job half time?

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. Like good mentors Paul, Jeff, Richard, Oded and David as well as Chris and Kris create an atmosphere in which the motivated founders can take advantage of the knowledge base to which they are exposed. And they do all this in the span of four intense months.

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