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12 Articles match "2008","GRP Partners"
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
The organizers of Pixelache 2008 asked Douglas to talk about dorkbot's "organisational strategy". Confirmed event attendees represent such upper-echelon firms and companies as Google, Square 1 Bank, the Rubicon Project, Endgame Entertainment, SONY, Idealab, IBM, Skyline Music Publishing, and hundreds more, such as investors GRP Partners, Redpoint, Stone Canyon and Leonard Green Partners, to name just a few. Weekly updates! Please let me know if know of other items to add, or if you have any feedback on events. There's a promising new weekly morning networking
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
He and his partner told me about this new idea over the course of nearly a year. Partners in VC funds only wanted to fund entrepreneurs who had a certain percentage of their net worth tied up in their venture. That’s run the recruiting process for my VC firm, GRP Partners. This is part of my series on what makes an entrepreneur successful . I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs.
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Friday, December 18, 2009
The first came from the CEO of iScraper telling me that they would not be able to complete the deal – their investor, Apax Partners, had decided not to proceed despite verbal assurances that they would. But then I got a call from my lead investor (coincidentally it was GRP Partners where I now am a partner) and they told me not to lose confidence. This is part of my new series on what makes an entrepreneur successful . I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs.
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Monday, July 13, 2009
This morning's interview is with Mark Suster , a venture capitalist at GRP Partners (www.grpvc.com). GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch.
It Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs,. It
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Saturday, June 14, 2008
Everything else is closed. Mark Suster Partner GRP Partners He's an ex-Salesforce.com employee. I'm blogging from the CalTech Enterprise Forum . The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? A very interesting topic, especially for those of us involved in developing for start-ups. At the CTO Group that I organize in Santa Monica, we've had lots of discussions around
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
He and his partner told me about this new idea over the course of nearly a year. Partners in VC funds only wanted to fund entrepreneurs who had a certain percentage of their net worth tied up in their venture. That’s run the recruiting process for my VC firm, GRP Partners. This is part of my series on what makes an entrepreneur successful . I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs.
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Monday, October 20, 2008
The firm is venture backed by American Express, BIH, BRED Banque Populaire, Coface, GRP Partners, and Mangrove Capital Partners. San Diego-based Kyriba Corporation, a venture-backed provider of software-as-a-service used for treasury cash management, said this morning that the firm has rolled out an enhancement to its offerings. Accordng to the firm, its software now connects to SWIFT, which is a financial messaging network used by banks to exchange secure messages.
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Teleflip was venture backed by GRP Partners, and apparently went out of business sometime in August after failing to find additional capital. Santa Monica-based Teleflip, which operated a service which allowed users to send and receive email using text messages, has been sold to an undisclosed buyer, according to creditor Hercules Technology Growth Capital. HTGC said that the firm received $650,000 from the sale of Teleflip, which the firm said occurred this month.
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Monday, November 24, 2008
DECEMBER 2, 2008
Roundtable Nate Redmond , Partner, Rustic Canyon Ventures
Jim Armstrong , Managing Director, Clearstone Venture Partners
Mark Suster , Partner, GRP Partners
My dear friend Debbie Landa, supreme queen of DealMaker Media is hosting another kick ass event in Los Angeles, and…
I’M GIVING AWAY A TICKET TO THE EVENT (keep reading below).
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Zag said it has promoted Bernie Brenner to Executive Vice President in charge of the firm's consumer initiatives, named David Pributsky as VP of Partner development. The firm is backed by Anthem Venture Partners, Capital One Auto Finance, GRP Partners, Arcturus Capital, Callaway Cars and the Skoll Fund.
Santa Monica-based Zag, a venture-backed developer of online car buying software, said this morning that it has made
a a
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Monday, October 6, 2008
Zag is headed by former CarsDirect CEO Scott Painter, and is venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners, Capital One Auto Finance, GRP Partners, Arcturus Capital, Callaway Cars and the Skoll Fund. Santa Monica-based Zag, which is developing software for auto buying programs, has signed on another AAA group as a customer. According to Zag, AAA Mid-Atlantic has just unveiled a auto buying program which is powered by the firm's software.
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Friday, December 18, 2009
The first came from the CEO of iScraper telling me that they would not be able to complete the deal – their investor, Apax Partners, had decided not to proceed despite verbal assurances that they would. But then I got a call from my lead investor (coincidentally it was GRP Partners where I now am a partner) and they told me not to lose confidence. This is part of my new series on what makes an entrepreneur successful . I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs.
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Here’s an interesting lesson in how VC works, demonstrated by local venture capital firm GRP Partners, which highlights the highs and lows venture investors see all the time:
Looking at the Venture Investor’s behind eBay’s Latest Deal (WSJ) - GRP is an early investor in BillMeLater — just bought by eBay for $945M — and scored 5x to 6x its investment.
Teleflip Assets Sold, Says Creditor - GRP was seed investor in Teleflip, which just went out of business.
If you’re a smart/good/lucky venture investor, you get more of
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