Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

This was in large part due to the marketing efforts of Jason that created a great top end of the funnel (100+ companies applied) and the herculean efforts of Tyler Crowley who spent days going through all of the submissions and serving up 5 very interesting companies. My personal favorite and best fit for GRP Partners was Thumbtack.

Angel 254

Angel Technical Review Software Review Platform 254

socalTECH

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. Michael Lum: We were all semi-independently looking at mobile, due to the growth projection and potential there. What is Gradient X?

Advertising 253

Advertising Mobile OpenX Software Review 253

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). So what about the ad management business excites me? Enter Burstly. What does it do?

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Companies Company 282

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia). And I believe that Twitter has an interest in seeing some third-parties make tons of money out of their platform. Check out TwtApps alone!

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? Consider just how much exposure the Austin community gets every year due to SXSW. But who else is going to get out there and close your big biz dev deals with you? Are you going to do all of this?

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Mark Suster , GRP Partners. Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform. enables developers to sell cross-platform web-apps that optimize to your mobile device. Adrenaline Fueled Angel.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Mark Suster , GRP Partners. Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform. enables developers to sell cross-platform web-apps that optimize to your mobile device. Adrenaline Fueled Angel.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60