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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). But in Los Angeles, Santa Monica is akin to SoMa in San Francisco, Cambridge in the Boston area or Flatiron / Union Square in NYC. Let’s start with the fund. This month we closed our 4th fund of $200 million.

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I’m Excited to Welcome Aaron Batalion to Lightspeed!

Lightspeed Venture Partners

He said yes, so I found myself in Los Angeles during the first internet boom. It was 1996, so within 6 months anyone working in the internet was a relative expert, and I’ve been working in consumer tech ever since.

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I’m Exited to Welcome Aaron Batalion to Lightspeed!

Lightspeed Venture Partners

He said yes, so I found myself in Los Angeles during the first internet boom. It was 1996, so within 6 months anyone working in the internet was a relative expert, and I’ve been working in consumer tech ever since.

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Opting-out of Face Recognition at Airports

Austin Startup

Here’s why but it’s really boring: The 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act called for the creation of an automated system to record arrivals and departures of non-U.S. Kennedy International and Los Angeles International Airport and through major airlines like JetBlue, Delta, and British Airways.

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Does a VCs Culture Really Matter? The Upfront Story

Both Sides of the Table

Historically we were near Beverly Hills in Los Angeles and throughout the 1990s and early 2000s this was fine since there was not strong locus in LA with some great deals in Pasadena, downtown, San Fernando Valley as well as on the Westside in Santa Monica. We also believe it’s important to be strong pillars of our community.

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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

Both Sides of the Table

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. Back then there were “email forwards.”

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The REAL Story Behind Growthink

Growthink Blog

When I first moved to California from New York in 1996 I saw the success of juice bars. And the second set was to the Los Angeles Times. Within 24 hours, the Los Angeles Times had gotten back to me. Let me give you some more facts and insights regarding my mention in the Los Angeles Times: 1.