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What Mattered in 2012: Mark Suster, GRP Partners

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Today, we're featuring Mark Suster , a venture capitalist at GRP Partners , founder of LaunchpadLA , the startup accelerator, not to mention well read blogger and highly watched host of This Week In Venture Capital. The most significant news for GRP Partners in 2012 was the first close of our 4th venture fund.

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Silicon Beach Fest Expands Event Lineup, Sets Keynotes

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Silicon Beach--the self-appointed name that has been used to describe many parts of Southern California''s tech community, but which has seemed to have centered itself over Santa Monica and surrounding towns--has no shortage of events and conferences. Last year''s event attracted more than 2,000 attendees. READ MORE>>.

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What Mattered In 2010: Mark Suster, GRP Partners

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Today, we spoke with Mark Suster , a venture capitalist at GRP Partners. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? The IPO of EnvestNet.

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Aircam Picks Up $6.5M For Instant, Pro Photo Sharing

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in a funding round, to offer up a new service giving attendees at events instant access to pictures taken by professional photographers. Aircam offers up its service for $99 an hour, letting guests at events instantly gain access to the pictures taken by wedding photographers and other professionals at events. READ MORE>>.

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Silicon Beach Fest Kicks Off Today

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The event is harnessing the startup energy in Santa Monica, and features all across town, at ROC , Cross Campus , the Viceroy , Santa Monica Place , and elsewhere. Overall, the event organizers say there are 150 speakers participating in over 30 panels. The festival even includes a number of beach events on Saturday.

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GumGum Bolsters Advisors

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Platinum Rye Entertainment books celebrity talent, models, recording artists, sports figures and other celebrities for ad campaigns and PR events. GumGum is venture backed by NEA, GRP Partners (now Upfront Ventures), First Round Capital and Crosscut Ventures. READ MORE>>. gumgum executive advertising entertainment hollywood'

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textPlus Lands $18M, Buys Jarvus

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Prior investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, Matrix Partners and GRP Partners also participated in the funding. In addition to the new funding, the company also said it has acquired Los Angeles-based Jarvus , which develops an app to people capture and share experiences, events and moments together.