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JANUARY 10, 2013

in funding, which was led by GRP Partners, and also included Baroda Ventures , Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments , Daher Capital , Double M Capital , Karlin Ventures , Launchpad LA, as well as angels. Online advertising firm YieldMetrics said Thursday morning that it has raised $1.7M

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MAY 29, 2013

Los Angeles-based social, celebrity advertising startup Adly confirmed the company''s recent $2M funding round today, officially announcing the funding from GRP Partners and Siemer Ventures. Adly says it has a network of more than 75,000 influencers and celebrities on its platform, and so far has run campaigns for over 200 brands.

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JULY 31, 2013

The startup, which is backed by Upfront Ventures (which also just went through a renaming effort, from GRP Partners), did not say exactly why it decided to rename itself. Grossman was previously at Demand Media and Scripps Networks Interactive, and was founder of mobile advertising firm Sidebar. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

Director National Sales & Strategy for Amazon Media Group, working on the entertainment vertical for such properties as Amazon Mobile, IMDb, IMDb Mobile and Kindle/Kindle Fire. Weisbecker was previously. He also has served at NBCUniversal and AOL.

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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.

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APRIL 5, 2011

Hill has also served at Fox Interactive Media. The firm is venture backed by GRP Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and is headed by former JAMDAT founders Scott Lahman, Austin Murray and Zack Norman. Hill was most recently VP of Mobile Monetization at MySpace.

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JANUARY 30, 2012

Los Angeles-based Topspin Media , which develops tools to help musicians market themselves online, has released a new set of analytics tools today, called Topspin Sharealytics. is a San Francisco startup whose backers include Los Angeles-based GRP Partners, among others. Topspin is headed by Ian Rogers. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 16, 2012

Winders also served at ValueClick Media, and was a pioneer in the interactive agency world, having founded iAgency back in 1995. GRP Partners, First Round Capital, New Enterprise Associates and Crosscut Ventures. GumGum is venture backed by. READ MORE>>.

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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>>.

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MARCH 5, 2013

The new round was led by GRP Partners, which adds Mark Suster to Epoxy's board of directors. Other investors in the funding include Greycroft Partners , Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments , Advancit Capital, Allen DeBevoise, Ynon Kreiz , among others.

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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.

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MARCH 23, 2010

Hudson joins the firm from AudienceScience, where he was VP of Sales and Media. RingRevenue is backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, and Great Pacific Capital. Hudson has also previously served at Fastclick and ValueClick. READ MORE>>.

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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.

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MARCH 1, 2012

The husband and wife team of Karine Nissim Hirschhorn and Aaron Hirschhorn said DogVacay will qualify hosts with social media endorsement and user reviews, background checks, professional certifications, and more, and also provide insurance and medical care. The new startup is backed by Science, Inc., READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Media and Entertainment was at $55.5M The most active firms investing in Southern California, according to the Pwc/NVCA report, were GRP Partners , Domain Associates , and TPG Growth --all with 4 investments each--followed by Allegis Capital , Benchmark Capital , and Sanderling Ventures , all with three investments each.

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JANUARY 28, 2010

The new firm will offer pay-for-performance ads on television, radio, print, and online, including mobile phones, social media, and more. RingRevenue is venture backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, and Great Pacific Capital. Spievak is the former CFO of Callwave.

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JULY 8, 2013

Gradient X is backed by Rincon Venture Partners, GRP Partners (now Upfront Ventures), CrossCut Ventures, Founder Collective, Siemer Ventures, Baroda Ventures, and Double M Partners. Programmatic buying enables you to buy media based on your model. Social media, display, search, and mobile is also one of them.

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Advertising Mobile OpenX Software Review 253

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JANUARY 19, 2012

The category of perennial interest in Southern California, Media and Entertainment, only saw $55.3M In terms of industries, Biotechnology led the investments with $207M invested in the category, followed by Industrial/Energy, with $155.27M, then Medical Devices, with $133.59M in funding.

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JUNE 27, 2013

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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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.

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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.

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MAY 5, 2011

Every region needs its local media & events. In LA we have SoCalTech , for which I am grateful. 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. It’s an awesome source of regional news.

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