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). In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. Let me not bury the lede. Nice sweep!

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

We were founded in 2009 by Mark Suster from GRP Partners. We've created a heads down environment, where companies are not competitive with each other, but you've got serious, smart people in a productive working environment. For readers, LaunchpadLA is all about? Sam Teller: Launchpad is an accelerator in Santa Monica.

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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. Burstly is located in Santa Monica. What is Burstly? Ben Satterfield: Burstly is the blanket company for three products.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

side note: our last fund at GRP Partners is currently ranked as the 5th best performing fund of the year 2000. I’m not anti competition – to the contrary. I just don’t like too much competition armed with large balance sheets funded on speculation and hoping purely for user numbers. VC will shrink.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

VCs in seed clothing: Chris Dixon, Mark Suster, and Naval Ravikant interviewed - Venture Hacks , May 5, 2010 I recently got on the phone for a cross-continent conference call with Chris Dixon from Founder Collective , Mark Suster from GRP Partners , and our own Naval Ravikant. SlideShare: VC signaling in seed rounds.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

I get to do a deep dive on their business model, product roadmap and competitive positioning. 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 ). When assembling a team, I encourage entrepreneurs to seek out the MVPs, and look to build diversity into the teams they assemble.”. Why aren’t there a half-dozen well-funded startups running up your tailpipe? You’re right.

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MAY 19, 2010

Competition: McAfee , Symantec. Of course none of these funds (my own included) want to be lumped into just one category because we all move across the spectrum. If you watch the show you’ll hear a great story about how this team got their start by hijacking data from stars on the red carpet at the Oscars. Founded in 2007. Employees: 27.

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MARCH 30, 2010

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). I don’t intend either, Burstly has respectable and strong competition.

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JUNE 22, 2011

When your competition does irrational things to grow fueled by low-cost capital it makes it harder for you to compete by playing by the conventional rules. So at GRP Partners we’re very active now. But as an investor you cannot simply sit out period of great innovation.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly If we continue our success we will have strong competition. Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation. that is an “in-stream advertising&# company currently focused on monetizing Twitter. Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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APRIL 3, 2010

As always it comes down to competition. And then there is GRP Partners. He says that if somebody new looks at the deal they’re likely to call the seed investor and collude on a price that is artificially low. I’m sure this happens, too. But I’m also sure it doesn’t happen all of the time.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Mark Suster , GRP Partners. Endeavor's partners, advertisers, and publishers will reap the rewards of the company's long-standing industry relationships. Panel speakers: Paige Craig , aka. Adrenaline Fueled Angel. Allen Morgan , Mayfield Ventures. Stewart Roberts , President of Orange County of Tech Coast Angels.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Mark Suster , GRP Partners. Endeavor's partners, advertisers, and publishers will reap the rewards of the company's long-standing industry relationships. Panel speakers: Paige Craig , aka. Adrenaline Fueled Angel. Allen Morgan , Mayfield Ventures. Stewart Roberts , President of Orange County of Tech Coast Angels.

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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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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Mark Suster, a partner at GRP Partners in Los Angeles, spoke with Fastcompany.com about what makes L.A.s Because its just not that hyper-competitive, Im-hiring-all-your-staff, because-Im-Google environment. startup scene so hot. What makes L.A. a great place for startups? Lets start with the basics.

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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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MARCH 27, 2011

I know that I have not yet earned these kudos based on investment returns (although my partners have. GRP Partners last fund is the single best performing VC fund in the US (prequin data) for its vintage year). eCommerce is an enormously competitive search term. accessibility. authenticity. thought leadership.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition. Scott Painter , founder of CarsDirect has created TrueCar (backed by GRP Partners). I talked to one startup CEO who told me, “you have young engineers who want to make $200,000 or more to work for me.

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Both Sides of the Table

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. You’ve got to hear all of the doubters, and the world is FILLED with doubters, and still not give up.

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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. Twitter = amazing business & marketing engine for companies. Twitter is a valuable and unique service.

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