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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

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Given where most deals are this has historically meant NYC and San Francisco but over the years we’ve had big successes in Chicago, Baltimore, Las Vegas and London so we’re open to just finding the best deals. Was it hard to raise the fund? It’s always hard raising money.

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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

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Some of our most successful deals have been in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Baltimore and London. Yet we know big businesses can be built in many places by talented entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds.

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HealthDataInsights Sells for $400 Million. Big Win for GRP Partners.

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Our other big wins came from Chicago (Ulta & Envestnet), Baltimore (BillMeLater), New York (DealerTrack) & LA (TrueCar). These are industries in which our partners have focused for the past 15-20 years. And we’re not restricted to territories. HDI is based in Las Vegas.

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The One Word That Shouldn’t Exist in an Entrepreneur’s Vocabulary

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We had also just been upgrade from London to Baltimore. .” But move them she did. And she decided it wasn’t really important to make me pay since the seats were unoccupied. 2 times in a row – unreal. My wife was a bit incredulous (but grateful).

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 17: Tiffani Bell and Clay Hebert

Steve Blank

Tiffani Bell is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Detroit Water Project , a platform that connects donors to people in Detroit and Baltimore in need of assistance paying their water bills. For example, in Detroit and Baltimore you can lose your kids over not having water in your house. Clips from their interviews are below.

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5 Companies That Could Become The Next Apple

YoungUpstarts

Same-day delivery has been so successful that Amazon decided to expand this program in other major cities, such as San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle-Tacoma, Phoenix, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, Indianapolis, Washington DC, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Tampa Bay, and Atlanta.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder

startupbaltimore.org

Home Events Calendar Job Board Startup Resources Archives About Contact Interested in an Open-Data Contest in Baltimore? In Baltimore, I’d start by working at the Beehive coworking space , attending some Bmore on Rails events , searching for other technically-themed meetups , visiting the Node , and getting involved with Betascape.