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JANUARY 17, 2013

was invested across Southern California in Q4 of 2012. The funding brings Southern California's total 2012 investments to $3.2 and Cardiaq valve Technologies in Irvine, a developer of mitral heart valve replacements, which raised $37.3M. Karlin Ventures and Siemer Ventures both made five investments each. in funding.

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Southern California Orange County GRP Partners San Diego 237

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JULY 20, 2012

in funding during Q2 of 2012, down from Q1, and slightly below investments in Q2 of 2011. The region saw the most investments in Los Angeles, with $329.0M in investment, then. The region saw the most investments in Los Angeles, with $329.0M in investment, then. Mobile video sharing app developer. in funding.

Southern California 145

Southern California Orange County GRP Partners Funding 145

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

Santa Monica-based Pose , a developer of mobile apps for shopping discovery, announced Friday morning that it has raised $3M in a Series A funding round. The round came from GRP Partners, True Ventures, and Mousse Partners. GRP's investment in the firm was led by Mark Suster. READ MORE>>.

Mobile 157

Mobile GRP Partners Santa Monica Funding 157

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JUNE 4, 2010

Size of the additional investment was not disclosed. investment from Rincon Venture Partners and GRP Partners. Burstly is developing a free ad management platform for the mobile phone market, and specifically the iPhone and Android operating systems. Burstly recently announced a $1.8M

GRP Partners 169

GRP Partners Venture Capital Mobile Advertising 169

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JANUARY 16, 2013

The funding was led by GRP Partners, and also included Double M Capital, Daher Capital, Karlin Ventures, and Velos Partners. The firm, which was founded by Christopher Webb and Eric Jaffe, develops software which lets restaurants take food orders from Facebook, mobile phones, and the web to receive and process orders.

Mobile 157

Mobile GRP Partners Web Capital 157

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MARCH 30, 2010

The funding round came from GRP Partners and Rincon Ventures. Mark Suster at GRP lead the firm's investment, with Jim Andelman heading up Rincon's involvement. As part of the investment, Burstly said that it is opening up access to its advertising tools and exiting beta for its product.

Tool 157

Tool Mobile GRP Partners Advertising 157

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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’ll explain in detail below. Enter Burstly. I like that.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

Los Angeles-based Burstly , the mobile advertising tools firm run by Evan Rifkin, said this week that it has opened up a new way for mobile application developers to sell their own advertising space. Burstly is venture backed by Founder Collective, GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, and SoftBank Capital. READ MORE>>.

Mobile 171

Mobile Services CPC GRP Partners 171

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JUNE 15, 2010

Zag is developing auto buying and configuration software used by groups such as the AAA, USAA, Overstock.com, and other groups to provide their members with pre-negotiated fleet and group rates on new automobiles. The firm has previously raised funding from USAA, Capricorn Investment Group, LLC, GRP Partners and Anthem Venture Partners.

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Zag GRP Partners Anthem Santa Monica 154

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

million led by GRP Partners, with participation from Baroda Ventures, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), Daher Capital, Double M Capital, Karlin Ventures, Clark Landry, Andy Rankin, and Launchpad LA. YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7 The founders previously ran another company together.

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GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

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AUGUST 1, 2010

There is a structural reason that VCs are investing at early stages, 2. Many (Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group, True Ventures, GRP Partners, Mike Hirshland at Polaris Ventures) do it the right way – we treat it as a normal investment and we don’t have a “options&# strategy with our investment.

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Seed Funding Funding Venture Capital GRP Partners 298

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OCTOBER 16, 2009

Los Angeles-based Ad.ly , which is developing an in-stream, advertising platform for Twitter, has raised $500,000 in a funding round. The round came from GRP Partners. GRP's Mark Suster sits on the firm's board. Suster said that the seed investment for Ad.ly

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Seed Funding Venture Capital GRP Partners Funding 100

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. June 18: Hollywood Day at Hollywood Economic Development Summit by Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Panels: Developer, Arts/Education; Green, Good and Government.

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GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

According to sources there are several funds and firms participating in the investment of the startups including, Rincon Ventures , Idealab , Baroda Ventures , GRP Partners , David Cohen , David Tisch , DLA Piper and Stubbs Alderton.

Venture Capital 74

Venture Capital GRP Partners Funding Idealab 74

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

GRP Partners is looking to hire two analysts (maybe even three) to join our practice in Los Angeles. The chosen candidate will probably have worked for a very reputable firm that is either in technology, consulting, investment banking, media or a startup. It’s often a combination of luck, relationships & timing.

Venture Capital 290

Venture Capital Technical Review GRP Partners Email 290

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

According to sources there are several funds and firms participating in the investment of the startups including, Rincon Ventures , Idealab , Baroda Ventures , GRP Partners , David Cohen , David Tisch , DLA Piper and Stubbs Alderton.

Venture Capital 65

Venture Capital GRP Partners Funding Idealab 65

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JULY 24, 2012

I told him that our market was absolutely booming and was worthy of a commensurate investment. Not that I’ll take credit for what I’m about to announce, but I knew that if somebody could commit to building out LA and making the investments required to kick ass in this market it would be Cooley. Invest they have.

Venture Capital 299

Venture Capital Startup Los Angeles GRP Partners 299

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JUNE 10, 2009

The firm, which develops technology that allows consumers to fully configure and price autos from affinity groups like credit unions, AAAs, and other groups, claimed that the firm has saved its buyers over $83.5M Zag has received funding from USAA, Capricorn Investment Group, LLC, GRP Partners and Anthem Venture Partners.

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Zag GRP Partners Anthem Santa Monica 100

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JUNE 27, 2013

And we chose to locate ourselves 3 blocks East of The Third Street Promenade where much new development is taking place. Perhaps the biggest piece of new news is that after 17 years of operations we’ve changed our name from GRP Partners to Upfront Ventures. We want a place that feels approachable – not stuffy.

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Funding Santa Monica Venture Capital Startup 343

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

To give visibility to these companies to: Sources of funding (angels / VCs), business development partners, mentors who have themselves built successful companies, the press and potential employees to hire. Pose – Raises $5 million in 2 rounds from GRP Partners, True Ventures, Mousse Partners & Founder Collective.

Venture Capital 287

Venture Capital Funding Startup GRP Partners 287

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JUNE 29, 2011

Amazon in turn led to the formation of an earlier stage of venture capital now led by what I call “micro VCs&# who typically invest $250-500k in companies rather than the $5-7 million that VCs used to invest. Some have moved into later stage investments in an effort to “put logos on their websites.&#

Venture Capital 296

Venture Capital Capital Software Startup 296

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MARCH 17, 2010

LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of investment at early stages. 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). But we do have great technology developers.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

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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). Because I knew that Ethan was on to a powerful idea and one in which he had developed huge competence and domain knowledge in.

CTO Coach 359

CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

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JUNE 8, 2010

We’re here for Greycroft’s CEO Summit – a gathering of the CEO’s of their portfolio companies with guest speakers covering topics including how to build your team, PR, customer development, etc. It is the key to “customer development” that Steve Blank talks about. My action item – I will soon announce the GRP Partners CEO Summit.

Startup 279

Startup Venture Capital Tips Custom Development 279

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JUNE 19, 2013

Ben Satterfield is the co-founder of TestFlight, an immensely popular piece of software for iOS (and now Android) which lets developers distribute beta copies of their apps to their users. TestFlight recently joined forces with Burstly (www.burstly.com) to create a suite of apps for mobile developers and publishers. What is Burstly?

Startup 262

Startup Mobile Outsource Development Tool 262

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APRIL 1, 2010

in a venture round from GRP Partners and Rincon Ventures, for the firm's mobile ad management platform. Mark Suster lead GRP's investment in the firm, and Jim Andelman led Rincon's investment. We cater to mobile phone developers--right now the iPhone, and coming soon to Android. What is Burstly?

Startup 164

Startup Platform Advertising GRP Partners 164

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JUNE 22, 2011

million pre-money valuation is now raising $1 million at a $12 million valuation the next investor has nowhere to go but up (or sit out the investment). Just because the valuation in absolute terms isn’t a big difference does not mean that people aren’t paying higher than intrinsic value for these investments.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

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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

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Platform News Startup Invest 307

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JUNE 20, 2012

We were founded in 2009 by Mark Suster from GRP Partners. We're not investing in ideas and trying to turn them into companies. We're investing in incredible teams that have built minimum viable product and need our help with game changing, bizdev deals, fundraising connections, or mentorships. So when is the next class?

Class 261

Class Mentor Startup Santa Monica 261

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DECEMBER 18, 2009

That next round of investment is proving difficult. We were strong in the UK and they were strong in Germany and Israel (where they had a development office). I had developed a great relationship with the CEO whom I still admire (he left many years ago). It’s a gritty existence. We had a rallying cry.

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Startup GRP Partners Venture Capital 298

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JULY 1, 2010

He eventually applied his lessons learned in these experiences when he founded Zag, a company that helps consumers buy cars over the Internet at pre-negotiated prices with nearly 4,000 dealers across the country [disclosure: my firm GRP Partners is an investor in Zag]. Money to be used for hiring and additional product development.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Previously known as GRP Partners, Upfront Ventures has focused on early stage investments since 1996. Product Development: philosophie. Whether the end goal is a functional business app or a mobile-friendly website, philosophie’s modern, open-source approach to development is sure to get the job done.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

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JANUARY 17, 2013

It's a huge development task to develop your own mobile application, connect into Facebook, and create an online ordering system--unless you use the software from ChowNow (www.chownow.com), one of the newest startups to get funding here in Los Angeles. What is ChowNow all about?

Mobile 197

Mobile Startup Platform GRP Partners 197

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JUNE 21, 2014

And the fact that we’ve all worked for a decade with Dana Kibler who is our long-time CFO and now helping run Investment Operations & Platform Services we have a truly senior & killer internal team. The fact that he’s also worked with Steven & Yves for years is a huge bonus.

CTO Hire 320

CTO Hire Startup CTO Coach Venture Capital 320

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JULY 14, 2011

We were the first to develop solution purpose-built for this industry and with a lot of hard work and a lot of feedback, we’ve gotten things mostly right. Many advertisers and publishers use our services across multiple network partners and love the interface and the consistency of the experience across networks.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

When you’re one fund and have $600 million to invest it’s easier to take that kind of risk. LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of ‘swing-for-the-fences’ investment at early stages – and neither does your town. But we do have great technology developers. You just don’t.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I just completed an exercise where I went out to hire a new associate for my VC firm, GRP Partners. My first job after college was as a developer at Andersen Consulting. I tell people regularly that I only invest in companies where the DNA is software. I had to laugh a bit reading it. I installed Windows 3.1

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337