TechCrunch LA
JANUARY 26, 2020
The pair made a mix of early- and late-stage investments in Los Angeles-based companies like LegalZoom, Scopely, Art of Sport, The Honest Company, RingDNA, FocusMotion, DyshApp and Represent. “As a founding partner to [Art of Sport] he was woven into the very fabric of our company and its vision and DNA. .
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 18, 2015
OnRamp Fund said it will offer up access to mentoring and advisors, funding, and cross-border support for its startups, particularly with those looking to reach across the United States, Taiwan, and China. The company said one of its first investments is bridal retailer SimplyBridal. READ MORE>>.
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TechCrunch LA
APRIL 1, 2019
Defy , the early-stage venture investment firm founded by Neil Sequeira and Trae Vassallo, is putting a new twist on the venture partner model as it brings Brian Lee and Sujal Patel on board to help out with investing and guiding companies in the firm’s portfolio. Just don’t call them venture partners.
socalTECH
JULY 17, 2013
The latest company to expand into the market is H.Bloom , a venture backed luxury floral delivery and gifts company based out of New York. H.Bloom is one of the companies backed by Los Angeles technology entrepreneur and investor Brian Lee (Shoedazzle, Legalzoom). He''s also an early investor in the company.
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 21, 2011
At the end of the program, companies present their businesses to potential investors at a Demo Day event. The group collectively has founded, operated, and helped scale many of the most successful Internet companies including eBay, Google, Green Dot, HauteLook, LinkedIn, Live Nation, AT&T, StubHub and TripAdvisor.
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). BuildOnline (the company I founded) has just announcement plans to be more aggressive in growing in the US. I first met Ethan in 2005.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 15, 2014
I was at a dinner recently in Chicago and the table discussion was about building great companies outside of Silicon Valley. It’s not the great companies you build, it’s the silent killer of those that should have been build locally and weren’t. Klout was an LA company – sold for $200 million to Lithium.
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