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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

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Perhaps the biggest piece of new news is that after 17 years of operations we’ve changed our name from GRP Partners to Upfront Ventures. Well, the venture capital industry has changed a lot in the past 20 years … and we have too. What’s up with that? Our portfolio companies value us as sparring partners.

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

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I am in New York today and several people asked me how Bird actually works. “Do Walking is great and I love to walk around Santa Monica, San Francisco and New York City but there are sometimes I need to be 1.6 You don’t “Bing” information or “Hulu and chill.” Brand matters. How does the Bird service work? Do you buy one?

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

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Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Local Press / Websites / Organizational Tools – New York has an amazing startup scene and the energy and momentum is palpable.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces.

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What Tech Entrepreneurs Could Learn from Chamillionaire

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He got people to do bootlegged mixtapes in new york, france and new zealand. Tags: Startup Advice This Week in Venture Capital. He spoke about his Grammy-winning song Ridin’ (as in Ridin’ Dirty) and how the labels wanted to extend life of song by getting somebody famous to remix the song.

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Steven Blank Kills It at Greycroft CEO Summit

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Greycroft is Alan’s venture capital firm that recently raised its second fund ($130 million) with offices in both New York and LA. I’m typing this from the lawn of Alan Patricof’s “Greycroft” home in East Hampton – my first time in the Hamptons. We learned this weekend that it was named after his East Hampton home.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. when to build out our offices in Silicon Valley, New York & Los Angeles. how & when to raise capital. In the Early Days. So our board meetings consisted of discussion about.