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JUNE 27, 2013

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor GRP Partners announced this morning that it has raised a fourth fund, worth $200M, and also renamed the firm Upfront Ventures.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Wednesday, September 7, 2011 -- First Annual Second Internet Conference. The Second Internet Conference will be held in Santa Monica, California, on September 7th, 2011. Email privateshares@wedbush.com for more information.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

Mark Suster of GRP Partners and Launchpad was confirmed to keynote along with Nely Galan of Galan Entertainment, the first Latina president of Telemundo. TechZulu, What’s Trending and Business Rockstars radio will be covering live from Silicon Beach Fest via livestream , radio and social media. Social Media.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. You could just outspend. There is a much better technique.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Demand Media is an online media company operating two strategically-linked businesses: an integrated content and social media platform, and registrar solutions. The CitizenNet platform helps you measure, analyze, and automate social media marketing and engagement. It filed for an IPO on August 6th.

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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 This is why many people are so excited by how much traffic they’re now generating from social media. But then I went to the Parnassus Group’s Twitter 140 conference run by Steve Broback and Brett Schulte.

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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. Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly Or how about Google?

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