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Mark Suster: New, $200M Fund, and GRP's New Name, Upfront Ventures

socalTECH

However, one, longtime local fund-- GRP Partners --appears to have found the right formula for venture success, and has just raised a brand new, $200 million fund. We''ve put lots of money into areas we know well, such as technology for the financial services industry, technology for retail services, and technology for digital media.

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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

application services (security, integration), etc. Mentions - Marc Andreessen's - The three kinds of platforms you meet on the Internet A Level 1 platform's apps run elsewhere, and call into the platform via a web services API to draw on data and services -- this is how Flickr does it. does make it seem like it's a lot of work.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

provides online service to compile and compare plans and rates across multiple monthly services. PriceGrabber.com is an online comparison shopping service. Codeita lets you design, code, and publish all from a cloud-based LAMP development environment. It filed for an IPO on August 6th. LowerMyBills, Inc.

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