socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Gradient X , the online mobile marketing and advertising technology developer backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Founder Collective, Double M Capital, Baroda Ventures, Siemer Ventures, and others, has snapped up some talent from OpenX with its latest hire.

OpenX 223

OpenX CTO Hire GRP Partners CIO 223

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

The equity came from Lightspeed Venture Partners and GRP Partners. The firm's founder and CEO is Douglas Merrill , the former CIO and VP of Engineering of Google. READ MORE>>.

GRP Partners 133

GRP Partners CIO Startup Hollywood 133

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

Never say never – GRP Partners is actually looking very closely at a company in its A round that is raising a large sum of money. my firm, GRP Partners, was an investor). Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company in LA. I’m sure others have, too.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company, ZestCash in LA. Scott Painter , founder of CarsDirect has created TrueCar (backed by GRP Partners). It’s true that MySpace didn’t become Facebook, but it did spawn 7 or 8 great LA companies run by founders with experience.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313