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

socalTECH

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. The new fund also comes with a move to some new space in Santa Monica? Mark Suster: For starters, we''ve just invested in industries we know well.

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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

At the CTO Group that I organize in Santa Monica, we've had lots of discussions around this. application services (security, integration), etc. Most likely, a Level 2 platform's apps also call into the platform via a web services API to draw on data and services. 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. Want to sponsor?

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