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OCTOBER 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report finds that companies here in Southern California raised $695.4M The MoneyTree report--which is compiled with data from Thomson Reuters--found that so far in 2012, $2.5 was raised. Nationally, venture capitalists invested $6.5

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Southern California GRP Partners Funding Orange County 180

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APRIL 15, 2010

According to the report, released today, Southern California investments totaled $686.5M in Q1, up from $588.033M tallied by the report in Q4 of 2009, and up significantly from the $320.2M Southern California venture capital investments totaled $686.5M received in the region in Q1 of 2009. Media and Entertainment was at $55.5M

Southern California 208

Southern California Orange County Invest GRP Partners 208

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JUNE 6, 2011

Los Angeles-based GOGII , the developer of text messaging applications headed by three of the founders of JAMDAT Mobile, reported late last week that it has sent over 10 billion text messages from its textPlus texting app.

Gogii 133

Gogii GRP Partners Los Angeles Mobile 133

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FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Los Angeles-based startup Little Black Bag , a new e-commerce startup backed by GRP Partners and DCM, said this week that it has launched its online shopping site--a play on the Japanese concept of "fukobukuro". Little Black Bag is headed by Dan Murillo, and has reportedly scored $2.75M in funding from GRP, DCM, and David Tisch.

GRP Partners 124

GRP Partners Commerce Los Angeles Sales 124

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JANUARY 17, 2013

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report were released today, finding that a total of $683.7M was invested across Southern California in Q4 of 2012. That total was less than the $859.6M Second in terms of dollars was software, which totaled $107.6M in funding.

Southern California 237

Southern California Orange County GRP Partners Venture Capital 237

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

The company said its Storefront offering is a turn-key way to enable advertisers to purchase aps directly from a developer's application, and which automated the creation of ad campaigns, billing, reporting, and other functions. Burstly is venture backed by Founder Collective, GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, and SoftBank Capital.

Mobile 171

Mobile Services CPC GRP Partners 171

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JULY 19, 2011

According to the MoneyTree report, released last night, Orange County led fundraising, with $319.3M The report said that the investment level was the highest total in a single quarter since Q2 of 2008. raised for the quarter. Los Angeles had $222.5M in funding, and San Diego $198.18M in investments. billion invested across 814 deals.

Southern California 167

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 167

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Report Card. Sam was also a member of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and inaugural new media team and previously worked for Google, Credit Suisse, The Colbert Report, and Senators John Kerry and Hillary Clinton. Pose – Raises $5 million in 2 rounds from GRP Partners, True Ventures, Mousse Partners & Founder Collective.

Venture Capital 287

Venture Capital Funding Startup GRP Partners 287

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MARCH 12, 2013

It is with great pleasure that I can finally announce that we have added Greg Bettinelli as a partner at GRP Partners. This is exactly the brand that GRP Partners wants to embody. We knew he had to be an investment partner. We settled on Venture Partner as is now being reported and also picked up here.

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

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JANUARY 19, 2012

The report found that the amounts invested represented the third highest annual investment total in the past ten years. The amount is up from $528.0M raised in Q4 of 2010, and up from the $652M invested in the region last quarter. Southern California fundraising matched a similar increase nationally, where $28.4 in venture funding.

Southern California 157

Southern California Orange County San Diego GRP Partners 157

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JANUARY 22, 2010

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data from Thomson Reuters, were released this morning, finding that there was $587.8M invested in Southern California in Q4. Those numbers were up from both Q3, when $506.9M was invested in the region.

Southern California 154

Southern California Venture Capital Invest Orange County 154

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

The round came from USAA, and included Capricorn Investment Group, LLC, GRP Partners and Anthem Venture Partners. The firm's venture round had earlier been reported to be worth $32.4M, and included USAA--however, the firm had refused to confirm those details until today.

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Zag GRP Partners Anthem Santa Monica 100

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JULY 7, 2009

Santa Monica-based Zag.com , the online automobile buying service headed by Scott Painter, is reporting today that it had what is calls its "strongest sales so far this year" in June. The firm did not say what drove the growth, and did not provide any financial details on its sales or profitability.

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Zag Sales CarsDirect Tech Coast Angels 100

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OCTOBER 20, 2008

Kyriba's software-as-a-service is used for automating bank balance and transaction reporting, daily cash position management, and other finance operations. The firm is venture backed by American Express, BIH, BRED Banque Populaire, Coface, GRP Partners, and Mangrove Capital Partners. READ MORE>>

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Software GRP Partners San Diego Report 100

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JANUARY 22, 2010

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data from Thomson Reuters, were released this morning, finding that there was $587.8M invested in Southern California in Q4. Those numbers were up from both Q3, when $506.9M was invested in the region.

Southern California 113

Southern California Invest Venture Capital Orange County 113

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JULY 15, 2010

According to the latest MoneyTree report from the two, using data provided by Thomson Reuters, Southern California saw $857.3M in 91 investments, up significantly from the $451.8M and 69 deals for Q2 of last year.

Southern California 174

Southern California Orange County Rustic Canyon SoCal 174

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

GRP Partners is looking to hire two analysts (maybe even three) to join our practice in Los Angeles. Background: GRP Partners is a Los Angeles based Venture Capital firm with additional operations in London and Paris. Monitoring & reporting on company performance. It adds sooo much overhead to my effort.

Venture Capital 290

Venture Capital Technical Review GRP Partners Email 290

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JUNE 19, 2013

Burstly is headed by Evan Rifkin, and backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, SoftBank Capital, and Founder Collective. We were tracking music across the country, and reporting on what was going on in a city and providing recommendation and lists of events. The big one is crash reporting. What is Burstly?

Startup 262

Startup Mobile Outsource Development Tool 262

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MAY 9, 2012

I was here to see one of our LPs (limited partners are the people who invest money in VC funds) called Fort Washington. They’ve been a long-term investor in our fund – GRP Partners – and it was important to me to spend time with them in their home market and meet the people with whom they deal locally. Or a Skype.

Press 364

Press Course Startup Email 364

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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]. And it carries no inventory. -New Competitors: Skype. Palantir.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

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MARCH 6, 2010

The idea that people “report to you&# must validate some primal need. I still like spending time with our teams – at GRP Partners we have a great team – but I don’t have large numbers of people to be responsible for. I think it’s seen as a sign of making progress in your career.

Venture Capital 312

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Entrepreneur 312

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JULY 16, 2010

side note: our last fund at GRP Partners is currently ranked as the 5th best performing fund of the year 2000. I suspect both were at play in Rustic Canyon Partners that went from a $500 million fund to around a $200 million fund. PE Hub reported that there were mass defections. VC will shrink. Oh yes it will.

Venture Capital 311

Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding Rustic Canyon 311

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JUNE 28, 2012

Investors attending included: Benchmark, New World Ventures, True Ventures, Anthem Venture Partners, Rustic Canyon Partners, IdeaLab, GRP Partners, Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, and Maverick Angels. Photo by TechZulu). Student Pitch Fest.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

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 Report Content February 27, 2010 at 11:05am by Antone Johnson Great interview. startup scene so hot. What makes L.A. a great place for startups? Lets start with the basics. is equally convenient as in Silicon Valley.

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

There is no region in the country that comes close to having the sheer number of angels & VCs that Silicon Valley has as well as the dollars that flow into the region (40% of all dollars, PwC Moneytree report ). Scott Painter , founder of CarsDirect has created TrueCar (backed by GRP Partners). Brett Brewer has AdKnowledge.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

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MAY 5, 2011

because every community needs its local tech press to report on companies and run conference. 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. Marketing Muscle. It’s great to see an initiative like Seattle 2.0

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317