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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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Open Source Business Model

SoCal CTO

link] [link] Posted byTony Karrer at 5:33 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. I understand his frustration.

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Open Letter to a New Austinite

Austin Startup

Austin has shed some of the innocence of its youth as a city circa 1970 through 2000 and replaced it with socio-economic stratification and segregation of its growth, post-2000. I know this as someone who has sampled and dove deeply into lots of versions of life in Austin. I’d also love Austin to be on the international radar.

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Details of Upfront Ventures New $400 Million Fund

Both Sides of the Table

For us Upfront means We are direct and give open & honest feedback What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) We invest early We have strong views and take strong positions We are based in Los Angeles Upfront’s Stage As our brand makes clear, we’re early stage venture capital investors. Boston, Finland and Paris).

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10 Companies Want To Show You The Money

YoungUpstarts

Lyft requires you to be at least 23 years old and have your own four-door car (2000 or newer) in good working condition. TaskRabbit is available in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami. Tasks range from household chores, coffee delivery, event photography or even Ikea furniture assembly.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

Both Sides of the Table

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. Plus, as I live in Los Angeles it is where some of the smartest talent thinking about this space resides. I’m looking at how the digital living room will change media consumption.

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SXSW 2017: Connecting The Great Disconnect

Austin Startup

Siloing is so 2000 and late. Based in the Los Angeles area, Consensus is an award-winning public relations, public affairs and community engagement firm distinguished by our innovative communications programs. Well converge or die is its cool little sister and it won’t be ignored.