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JUNE 22, 2011

And this is happening in mezzanine (pre-IPO) deals as well. Or Salesforce.com who rose to prominence in this same period where they were ramping up PR and shouting from mountain tops when everybody else in the market was mute. So at GRP Partners we’re very active now. Why does all this matter? That’s not true.

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JUNE 29, 2011

I would put my firm, GRP Partners in with the group working with teams in different ways. As some of the last generation of startups have gotten bigger many VCs have also chased later-stage investments that were traditionally dominated by growth equity or mezzanine funds. There are also others. But obviously I’m biased.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. I would assume most businesses are going to claim they should get VC funding in order to help their PR, even if no one at the company actually believes it. A lot of the stats weren’t surprising. Think Again.

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