SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Thursday, December 9, 2010 -- If the Venture Model is Broken, Whos Funding All These Startups? Dealmaker Media LA. What is the new business of investing  startups are getting funded at rapid speeds, if venture is broken, whos doing the investing? See [link] (more)

GRP Partners 100

GRP Partners Clearstone Funding Startup 100

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2013

To that end, Venice-based Epoxy announced this morning that it has raised $2M in a funding round, to help build out its product suite to help grow, engage, and monetize online video channels. The new round was led by GRP Partners, which adds Mark Suster to Epoxy's board of directors.

Bertelsmann 191

Bertelsmann Downey GRP Partners Southern California 191

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 -- The Workshop: Get Funded in One Day (Dealmaker LA). Brought to you by the team who produces Startonomics and Dealmaker LA, this hands-on "workshop-style" event will allow entrepreneurs to drill down on the key issues we face when laying the foundation to build and fund their company. See [link] (more).

Rustic Canyon 100

Rustic Canyon MyLife GRP Partners Funding 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Source of the new funding was not announced by the company, however, Ian Rogers, the CEO of Topspin Media and former GM of Yahoo Music; as well as Mark Suster, a venture capitalist at GRP Partners, both have joined the company's board of directors. The filing indicates the funding is part of an ongoing $1.0M

Beverly Hills 162

Beverly Hills GRP Partners Yahoo Invest 162

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

GradientX, led by Brian Baumgart and co-founded by Julie Mattern and Michael Lum, said the new funding round came from Rincon Venture Partners, GRP Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Walter Kortschak, Jim Willenborg, Clark Landry, Founder Collective, Double M Capital, Siemer Ventures and Baroda Ventures. READ MORE>>.

Mobile 140

Mobile OpenX GRP Partners Advertising 140

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2013

In the latest roundup of fundings (big few weeks for San Diego, apparently): PatientSafe Solutions ($20M, San Diego, mobile health). TapIt Media acquired for $23M by Phunware. LaunchpadLA Opens Up Spring Applications. Broadcom Powering New Mac Wireless. Surf Air Gets First Aircraft. Solarflare ($22M, San Diego, high speed networking).

Southern California 168

Southern California Technical Review SoCal San Diego 168

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. Opening Party hosted by Demand Media with KCRW at the Viceroy. Saturday Night Closing Party by Media Temple. Media Partners.

GRP Partners 88

GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2012

in venture funding. Orange County--boosted in a large part by a funding for Fisker Automotive--racked up $242.45M in funding. The biggest Los Angeles deal was a funding for SolarReserve , for $27.0M. The category of perennial interest in Southern California, Media and Entertainment, only saw $55.3M

Southern California 157

Southern California Orange County San Diego GRP Partners 157

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

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. As a result many funds are OK with big bets. Los Angeles.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Brenner has served at 1-800-CARSEARCH, PromiseMark, and CARFAX; Pributsky joined Zag in 2006 and served at eVox Productions and Malldecker Media; Easterby was most recently at Yahoo!; The firm is backed by Anthem Venture Partners, Capital One Auto Finance, GRP Partners, Arcturus Capital, Callaway Cars and the Skoll Fund.

Zag 100

Zag Arcturus GRP Partners Anthem 100

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Here's the rest. Top for January 16, 2009 - January 31, 2009 Posts Are You Selling Online Yet? Here’s how to do it.

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

They scooped up none other than David Hernand who will join the practice as managing partner. When I first arrived in LA my good friend Matt Pillar (a long-term veteran of tech, media & VC) who had been in LA for some time told me, “in LA there’s none better than David.”

Venture Capital 299

Venture Capital Startup Los Angeles GRP Partners 299

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Mark Suster , GRP Partners. Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. How startup can leverage social media to get investors attention. Moderator: Giang Biscan , PhD.,

Venture Capital 58

Venture Capital Mixergy Orange County Tech Coast Angels 58

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Greycroft is an early-stage VC.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

I know of at least 2 deals from that cohort that are either funded ( Backupify ) or nearly funded (can’t really disclose, I’m not sure if it’s yet closed and/or announced. Jason & Tyler brought forward 5 high quality companies and super high quality ones rose to the top and quickly got funded.

Angel 254

Angel Technical Review Software Review Platform 254

Jason Nazar

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

My dear friend Debbie Landa, supreme queen of DealMaker Media is hosting another kick ass event in Los Angeles, and… I’M GIVING AWAY A TICKET TO THE EVENT (keep reading below). VC Outlook 2009: If You Need Funding You’re Fuc%ed ( or are you ) - Candid Talks with VCs in Los Angeles. Mark Suster , Partner, GRP Partners.

Rustic Canyon 41

Rustic Canyon Los Angeles Venture Capital Tsavo 41

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

Greycroft is Alan’s venture capital firm that recently raised its second fund ($130 million) with offices in both New York and LA. My action item – I will soon announce the GRP Partners CEO Summit. I really enjoyed learning more about Buddy Media and meeting Michael Lazerow.

Startup 279

Startup Venture Capital Tips Custom Development 279

Both Sides of the Table

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]. Competitors: Google (Invite Media) , MediaMath , X+1.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 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. LowerMyBills, Inc.

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

The basic conclusion was that it was a bit premature if you were talking about a serious, funded start-up. From BBM's web site: media RSS - extensions to RSS subscription format to support time based media, enclosures, copyrights and other meta-data needed for media. By definition need redundancy.

Platform 150

Platform EC2 Java S3 150

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. He’d been working at a well-funded startup for about a year and had come to terms with the fact that the startup was really a pretty dumb idea. Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Mark Suster , GRP Partners. Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. How startup can leverage social media to get investors attention. Moderator: Giang Biscan , PhD., The Startups.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

We would like give a huge thank you to Social Media Week and the supportive startup community here in Los Angeles. Mark Suster , GRP Partners. Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. And it is the most notable media darling not making any money so everyone is asking the question – how will they make money? So did the media. was the 2-way web.

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

My firm, GRP Partners, invested in the company that innovated this entire category – Overture (formerly known as GoTo.com). For starters – the team is exactly what I look for when I’m looking to fund entrepreneurs. I’ve already covered my case for in-stream advertising.

Advertising 284

Advertising Invest RSS CPC 284

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Why aren’t there a half-dozen well-funded startups running up your tailpipe? 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.”. Who do you view as your biggest competition? You’re right.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

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.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Ideas Entrepreneur Invest 100

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 My fund was an early investor in Overture. startup scene so hot. What makes L.A. a great place for startups? Lets start with the basics. The company that innovated that model was called Overture.

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I’ve heard it many founders of VC backed companies in LA who tell me that in their NorCal VC meetings they are told, “we might be interested but we’d want you to relocate to the Bay Area if we funded you.&#. In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. Los Angeles.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

We all read them to get a sense of what is going on in the world, peeling back layers of the old world in which media was too scripted. Within 2 years I was getting 400,000 views / month and had been voted the 2nd most respected VC in the country by an independent survey of entrepreneurs, The Funded and sentiment analysis.

Blogging 373

Blogging Startup Writing Venture Capital 373

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Chris Devore & Andy Sack have created Founder’s Coop with the goal of funding, incubating & launching more early-stage ventures in Seattle. Every region needs its local media & events. I know that Founder’s Coop has a fund as does TechStars Seattle. In LA we have SoCalTech , for which I am grateful.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

We met at a private party hosted by his venture partner Mike Yavonditte and I outlined my concerns for the lack of precision of the algorithm. I had been hanging around Klout for a year and many of my friends had angel funded the company and were champions. Don’t be surprised if you see me bagsie that idea for GRP Partners.

Cornerstone OnDemand 303

Cornerstone OnDemand Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup 303

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

Platform 307

Platform News Startup Invest 307