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DECEMBER 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based GRP Partners is one of the lead investors in a developer of social media analytics software, Awe.sm , Awe.sm has raised $4M in a round which was led by Foundry Group and GRP Partners, and which also included Neu Venture Capital and kps+p Ventures. said Thursday.

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JUNE 27, 2013

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor GRP Partners announced this morning that it has raised a fourth fund, worth $200M, and also renamed the firm Upfront Ventures.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Los Angeles-based venture capital firm GRP Partners has just chalked up an IPO for its portfolio, with the IPO this morning of Redwood City-based Qualys. GRP Partners owns 8.3% Qualys priced its IPO last night at $12.00 per share, and was slightly up in morning trading.

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

Today, we spoke with Mark Suster , a venture capitalist at GRP Partners. We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. Yesterday, we heard from Scott Painter of TrueCar. The IPO of EnvestNet.

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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.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

Speaker: Mark Suster, GRP Partners. Wednesday, October 17, 2012 -- Paley Center For Media. See [link].

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MARCH 28, 2011

I had lunch earlier yesterday with Mark Suster, General Partner at GRP Partners, blogger extraordinaire and overall cool dude. I am writing this entry at 4:00 AM. Mark’s kindness and insights moved me to roll out of bed, fire up.

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APRIL 29, 2011

RingRevenue is backed by GRP Partners and Rincon Venture Partners. The firm said the move comes as it needed to accommodate new team members. The firm said it added four new team members so far this month, and has a number of other positions open at the company. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

Prior investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, Matrix Partners and GRP Partners also participated in the funding. textPlus , the maker of the popular texting application by the same name, said today that it has raised $18M in a new funding round, led by The Raine Group.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

NuORDER , a developer of e-commerce software for fashion brands and retailers, has scored a round of funding led by GRP Partners, the company said this morning.

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APRIL 25, 2013

GumGum is backed by NEA, GRP Partners, First Round Capital and Crosscut Ventures. GumGum''s in-image advertising serves up advertising within photos embedded on a publisher''s sites; those ads typically show up when a user mouses over an image they like, allowing them to click to another site or view additoinal related content.

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JANUARY 18, 2013

in a funding round from GRP Partners and Crosscut Ventures. The report, from PandoDaily, said that the company shut down due to the high costs of delivering food anywhere in the country. The shutdown comes a mere seven months after the firm raised $1.7M READ MORE>>.

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MAY 24, 2010

recently landed another $5M in funding from GRP Partners, Greycroft Ventures, and Matt Coffin, the founder of LowerMyBills. Rad said the firm will "look forward to continuing to create long term value for our advertisers and publishers," but did not address directly what Twitter's announcement means for the firm. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 15, 2010

The most active firms investing in Southern California, according to the Pwc/NVCA report, were GRP Partners , Domain Associates , and TPG Growth --all with 4 investments each--followed by Allegis Capital , Benchmark Capital , and Sanderling Ventures , all with three investments each. Media and Entertainment was at $55.5M

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APRIL 5, 2011

The firm is venture backed by GRP Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and is headed by former JAMDAT founders Scott Lahman, Austin Murray and Zack Norman. Hill was most recently VP of Mobile Monetization at MySpace. Hill has also served at Fox Interactive Media. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Gradient X , the online mobile marketing and advertising technology developer backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Founder Collective, Double M Capital, Baroda Ventures, Siemer Ventures, and others, has snapped up some talent from OpenX with its latest hire.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The round was led by GRP Partners, and also included angels such as Dave McClure, Dave Tisch, Ben Smith (Merchant Circle), Brian Lee (ShoeDazzle, LegalZoom), Jason Calacanis, Evan Rifkin, Jennifer Lum, and Jay Weintraub.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

in funding, which was led by GRP Partners, and also included Baroda Ventures , Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments , Daher Capital , Double M Capital , Karlin Ventures , Launchpad LA, as well as angels. Online advertising firm YieldMetrics said Thursday morning that it has raised $1.7M

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

RingRevenue is venture backed by Great Pacific Capital, GRP Partners, and Rincon Venture Partners. RingRevenue develops technology which tracks phone calls, allowing affiliate networks and others to track purchases and leads made by phone. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Pop-Up Pantry is backed by GRP Partners, CrossCut Ventures, Adam Goldenberg (JustFab), and Michel Daher (of Daher Foods). READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 10, 2012

Tapjoy is backed by J.P.Morgan Asset Management, Rho Ventures, North Bridge Venture Partners, InterWest Partners, and D.E. RingRevenue is venture backed by GRP Partners and Rincon Venture Partners, and is run by Jason Spievak. Shaw Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 15, 2010

Los Angeles-based venture firm GRP Partners is backing a prepaid card firm, Wave Crest Holdings Limited , based in Gibraltar. in a Series B funding round led by GRP Partners, which also included Park Ventures. As part of the funding, Brian McLoughlin of GRP Partners joins the firm's board of directors.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

went on to raise venture funds from Greycroft Partners, GRP Partners, and Matt Coffin. Rad and Mateen are both high tech veterans, with Rad having previously founded Twitter advertising startup Ad.ly; Mateen was most recently founder of CoverCanvas.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

Los Angeles-based venture capital firm GRP Partners --which has been very active in the local technology startup market--has made its latest investment, in an interesting industry: mortgage lending. GRP is the lead investor in Skyline Financial , a Calabasas-based provider of mortgage banking and lending.

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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. If you don’t already follow him on Twitter please click link and follow. You won’t regret it. The guy has knowledge.

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MAY 31, 2012

The round was led by GRP Partners, and also included Michel Daher, a Lebanese entrepreneur. The firm said that Mark Suster of GRP Partners will join the company's board along with the funding. Grubwithus previously raised $1.6M

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

In terms of venture capital, the most active investors in Southern California companies were the Pasadena Angels with 8 deals, Siemer Ventures (7 deals); Versant Ventures (5 deals); and GRP Partners (5 deals). Nationally, venture capitalists invested $6.5

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MAY 21, 2013

Burstly is led by Evan Rifkin, and is backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, and SoftBank. As part of the new structure, Burstly said that it will become the parent company for mobile app testing platform TestFlight, app analytics tool FlightPath and the app monetization solution SkyRocket. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Bass & Associates and Allegis Capital participated in this funding round, and continue to have representatives on the firm's board; the firm has also raised funding in the past from GRP Partners, and Fort Washington Capital.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

ChowNow has previously raised funding from Daher Capital, Double M Partners, GRP Partners, Karlin Ventures and Velos Partners, and was part of LaunchpadLA. Los Angeles-based mobile food ordering startup ChowNow has raised $708,414 as part of a new funding round, according to regulatory filing by the firm this week.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Investors in the round have not yet been announced, however, the firm has raised funding in the past from Great Pacific Capital, GRP Partners, and Rincon Venture Partners. RingRevenue is headed by Jason Spievak. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 2, 2012

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor GRP Partners has re-upped its investment in social data analytics firm DataSift , in a Series A follow-on announced this morning. DataSift said that existing investors GRP Partners and IA Ventures invested $7.2M GRP's investment in DataSift is managed by Mark Suster.

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OCTOBER 27, 2014

Apple''s TestFlight service comes courtesy the acquisition earlier this year of Los Angeles-based Burstly , which was venture backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, SoftBank Capital, and Founder Collective. Burstly, which was led by Evan Rifkin, acquired TestFlight back in 2012.

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MAY 9, 2012

GumGum , the provider of in-image advertising services which is backed by GRP Partners, First Round Capital, New Enterprise Associates and Crosscut Ventures, has signed a deal with a Canadian firm, in its first deal out of the country, according to the company Wednesday.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Los Angeles-based venture firm GRP Partners announced Wednesday that it has hired a new, entrepreneur-in-residence for the company, Sam Rosen, who was formerly the founder of SpeakerGram in New York City, was involved in 500Startups in San Francisco, and also has been involved with ScoreBig.

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

GOGII is venture backed by Matrix Partners, GRP Partners, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers iFund; the firm's founder, Scott Lahman, was a co-founder of JAMDAT Mobile. textPlus allows users to send text messages via both iPhone and Android, without having to maintain a texting plan through their phone carrier.

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JUNE 11, 2013

ChowNow is venture backed by Daher Capital, Double M Partners, GRP Partners, Karlin Ventures and Velos Partners. Los Angeles-based mobile food ordering startup ChowNow has raised $1.19M more in an ongoing funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm last week. The round is targeted at $2M.

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