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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.

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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.

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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. You could just outspend. You could use brute force to get the word out. There is a much better technique. It is to out friend.

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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. How startup can leverage social media to get investors attention.

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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.,

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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