Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 21, 2013

Funds were contributed by returning investor GRP Partners along with Double M Capitol, Karlin Ventures, LaunchPad LA and Daher Capitol, all local investors. ChowNow , the turnkey interactive food ordering platform, just raised $3 million in additional funding to launch new products and expand national operations.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 9, 2010

On top of the mentorship that these budding startup CEOs receive, Launchpad LA has begun putting together a series of educational meetings and discussions designed to share experiences between serial entrepreneurs and newer CEOs. On August 11, 2010 at 5:30pm PST we present " TechStars Meets Launchpad LA" Live.

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GRP Partners Startup Los Angeles Education 72

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). I think it’s a beautifully designed site and product. Let me not bury the lede. So there you have it.

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CTO Coach Google CTO Hire GRP Partners 359

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Previously known as GRP Partners, Upfront Ventures has focused on early stage investments since 1996. Docstoc offers a repository of templates, research materials, processes, forms, legal documents, and much more, all designed to help small businesses overcome the many logistical roadblocks along the path to success.

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Startup Snapchat Social Media Venice 111

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

My personal favorite and best fit for GRP Partners was Thumbtack. They walked through 4 minutes of PowerPoint garble (of a 5 minute pitch) before unveiling a beautifully designed UI. There wasn’t a bad company tonight but I had a clear favorite. Thumbtack is marketplace for local services. As I’m sure Pip.io

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Angel Technical Review Software Review Platform 254

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

We were founded in 2009 by Mark Suster from GRP Partners. Companies like Addroid provides resources for design. We caught up with Sam Teller , who is directing efforts at the accelerator, to help fill entrepreneurs in on where the program fits in the world of technology and startup acceleration.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

We spoke with Christopher Webb, the firm's CEO, to hear about how ChowNow's goal is to make mobile, social orders something any restaurant can afford and implement--and how a new $3M funding round from GRP Partners, Double M Capital, Daher Capital, Karlin Ventures, and Velos Partners is helping it to deliver on its mission.

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Mobile Startup Platform GRP Partners 197

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2013

Burstly is headed by Evan Rifkin, and backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, SoftBank Capital, and Founder Collective. We also hae a designer in Chicago. We spoke with Ben about how Burstly is now creating a company to help mobile developers create, develop, distribute, and monetize their apps. What is Burstly?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I just completed an exercise where I went out to hire a new associate for my VC firm, GRP Partners. I took an advanced computer course in high school where I learned to build databases in Ashton Tate’s dBase III+ and to compile my designs using a product called Clipper. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Codeita lets you design, code, and publish all from a cloud-based LAMP development environment. Mark Suster – GRP Partners Mark joined GRP Partners in 2007 after having worked with GRP for nearly 8 years as a two-time entrepreneur. Investors include Ron Conway, Ashton Kutcher, and Brian Solis.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 18, 2012

Mark is a Partner at GRP Partners and authors one of the most widely read startup blogs, BothSidesOfTheTable. “In the old days, when we designed products, we would lock ourselves in an Ivory Tower, we’d pay someone to do some market research, we’d would decide what… customer requirements were.

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Entrepreneur Startup Conference Santa Barbara 272

SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

Must design your application differently to live on top of the platform. Mark Suster Partner GRP Partners He's an ex-Salesforce.com employee. Level 1 & 2 Burden is still on the developers, you still have infrastructure. In fact, his point is that the application is really meta-data. Everything else is closed.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

LIFT10: Workshop on Hacking Venture Capital - Fred Destin , May 7, 2010 This morning at the excellent LIFT Conference I gave a two hour workshop on " Hacking Venture Capital " designed to give entrepreneurs a hands-on experience of (a) pitching and (b) negotiating with detailed debrief and tricks of the trade.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Huge structural under-employment in much of the country and full employment in some niche tech markets where it’s impossible to hire developers, designers or sales professionals. So at GRP Partners we’re very active now. You know what I’m talking about. You feel it, too. It’s surreal.

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Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Rincon Venture Partners and GRP Partners ). Up until a few years ago most software companies used the ‘waterfall’ method of development that required lots of documentation (detailed marketing requirements specifications, functional and design specifications, etc.)

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Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

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 is the second largest designated market area (DMA) in the country, so youre starting with a natural talent pool of very interesting people, and also, a market from which to sell your goods and services into.

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Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Both Sides of the Table

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). They became both a thought leader in the space as well as a beautifully designed product. accessibility.

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