Tech Zulu Event

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. TechZulu, What’s Trending and Business Rockstars radio will be covering live from Silicon Beach Fest via livestream , radio and social media. Social Media.

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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. How has your broad social media presence affected your dealflow? The firm just announced that new fund, and a new name, Upfront Ventures (www.upfront.com).

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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. These days, advertisers are looking to reach across multiple forms of media. What is Gradient X?

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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. What is the future of social media, digital television or mobile computing. Background: GRP Partners is a Los Angeles based Venture Capital firm with additional operations in London and Paris. Be patient.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Mark Suster , GRP Partners. Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. How startup can leverage social media to get investors attention. Moderator: Giang Biscan , PhD.,

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Previously known as GRP Partners, Upfront Ventures has focused on early stage investments since 1996. Social Media: Snapchat. Representing Southern California industries ranging from movies, TV, web, music, social media, video games, and more, Digital LA’s reach includes more than 40,000 people.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. A FB ad targeted at one person (my wife) - Gabriel Weinberg , May 14, 2010 The other day I gave a presentation with Steve Welch on the use of social media in politics. You could just outspend. You could use brute force to get the word out. It is to out friend.

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MARCH 5, 2010

My personal favorite and best fit for GRP Partners was Thumbtack. – and provide a way to facilitate a match between vendor and person needing service. .&# Essentially I see it as two things: 1) an aggregator of social content from multiple places including Twitter, Facebook and soon even Gmail.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

We would like give a huge thank you to Social Media Week and the supportive startup community here in Los Angeles. Mark Suster , GRP Partners. Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Mark Suster , GRP Partners. Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. How startup can leverage social media to get investors attention. Moderator: Giang Biscan , PhD.,

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Demand Media is an online media company operating two strategically-linked businesses: an integrated content and social media platform, and registrar solutions. The CitizenNet platform helps you measure, analyze, and automate social media marketing and engagement. It filed for an IPO on August 6th.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

. “Let us come together and celebrate…” The mashup theme was reflected in the SBF programming, which included panels highlighting accelerators, VCs, startups, developers, movies, TV, music, web content, art, fashion, social good, surf & skate, and more. Many also use low-cost social media to promote.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2010

My firm, GRP Partners, invested in the company that innovated this entire category – Overture (formerly known as GoTo.com). But more broadly I believe that you’ll see a lot more tools for helping marketers more effectively run, monitor and manage social media campaigns.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly This is why many people are so excited by how much traffic they’re now generating from social media. Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation. See Fred Wilson’s post on Twitter referring traffic.

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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 startup scene so hot. What makes L.A. a great place for startups? Lets start with the basics.

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MARCH 27, 2011

I know that I have not yet earned these kudos based on investment returns (although my partners have. GRP Partners last fund is the single best performing VC fund in the US (prequin data) for its vintage year). I chose for my blog to be independent of my firm, GRP Partners. Social media is ephemeral.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Scott Painter , founder of CarsDirect has created TrueCar (backed by GRP Partners). Each of these companies exited for more than $500 million and several north of $1 billion. Zorik Gordon built & IPO’s ReachLocal. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company, ZestCash in LA.

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OCTOBER 6, 2012

Don’t be surprised if you see me bagsie that idea for GRP Partners. 23:00 Discussion of California’s social media privacy laws. It seems obvious enough – have a centralized place for ideas which can drive more viewership than only blogging on each startups own website.

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JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly

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