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 I think the model works well,” said McCann.

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GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Several funds and firms are participating in this investment including Rincon Ventures , Idealab ( Bill Gross built the original incubator and there will be active support from Allen Morgan ), Baroda Ventures , GRP Partners , David Cohen (founder of TechStars ), David Tisch (founder of TechStars NY ), DLA Piper and Stubbs Alderton.

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Venture Capital Funding Startup GRP Partners 287

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 3, 2010

What role do angel fund and incubators like Ycombinator and Techstars play in nurturing entrepreneurs to build better, bigger companies? Moderator: Vince Thompson, Middleshift and author of the business bestseller, Ignited.

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GRP Partners Clearstone Funding Startup 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

DataPop is one of the companies in LaunchpadLA, the business mentoring and incubation effort being spearheaded by GRP Partners' Mark Suster. READ MORE>>.

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Yahoo Paid Search GRP Partners SoCalTech 145

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

The firm is venture backed by Anthem Ventures, Arcturus Capital, Capital One, Capricorn Management, and GRP Partners. Painter is best known for being the founder and CEO of CarsDirect.com, but is also heavily involved in local startups such as SharesPost, and other firms through his BrightHouse business incubator. READ MORE>>.

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Truecar Pricing Tool Arcturus 154

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 14, 2014

Some are formed in incubators, and some are the results of a few cocktails and some ink on a napkin. Last year, the humbly brilliant and veteran entrepreneur (I totally signed up for www.MoviePass.com the second I saw it), joined Upfront, as a venture partner.

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GRP Partners Startup Incubator Venture Capital 87

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 came out of incubator LaunchPad LA. ChowNow is helping level the playing field for smaller restaurants through innovation.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

GRP Partners is looking to hire two analysts (maybe even three) to join our practice in Los Angeles. He heads their business development practice and they have been very active in incubating, investing in and helping grow LA startups. It’s often a combination of luck, relationships & timing. Are you merging?

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Venture Capital Technical Review GRP Partners Email 290

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Previously known as GRP Partners, Upfront Ventures has focused on early stage investments since 1996. Incubator: Amplify LA. VSI2 enables student collaboration with partners, mentors, and startup visionaries to incubate the brightest young minds of today into tomorrow’s groundbreaking tech wizards.

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Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

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]. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Current round: $4.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

We were founded in 2009 by Mark Suster from GRP Partners. 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. For readers, LaunchpadLA is all about?

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Class Mentor Startup Santa Monica 261

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 don’t believe you can hire great business people who outsource the development to a hot incubator who builds you code to match your ambitions. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

With new micro VC entrants into to early-stage investing plus increased competition from angels, incubators and the like – traditional VCs have taken notice. I would put my firm, GRP Partners in with the group working with teams in different ways. The Blurring of Investment Lines. There are also others.

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Venture Capital Capital Software Startup 296

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. But as I look at the GRP Partners returns we’ve made a lot of money investing in companies in New York, Chicago, Baltimore, Las Vegas, Arizona and Seattle.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317