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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Jason Calacanis , CEO of Santa Monica-based Internet search site Mahalo , has signed on several angels for his new angel group, the Open Angel Forum - Los Angeles. Coffin is the founder of LowerMyBills, Dayton is the founder of Earthlink, and Woodward is a venture capitalist at Anthem Venture Partners.

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Keiretsu Mahalo Angel Anthem 133

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APRIL 7, 2014

For several years, the phrase "Los Angeles Venture Capitalist" had almost become an oxymoron. The IPO of education company 2U also greatly benefited Los Angeles, with the company''s extensive operations in LA, plus backing from former Redpoint Ventures'' (now Archer Capital) investor Greg Martin. READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles Truecar Angel Anthem 187

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DECEMBER 5, 2013

Los Angeles continues to be a hotbed for new, finance-related startups this morning, as Santa Monica-based CARD.com announced it has raised $3M in a Series A funding. The Series A funding was led by QED Investors, and also included Resolute Ventures, Anthem Ventures, and angels such as Adam Press and Greg Steiner (BeachMint, eHarmony).

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Anthem eHarmony Santa Monica Press 256

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JUNE 4, 2013

In a twitter posting, Scopely said it is looking for developers from Zynga''s New York and Los Angeles offices to join the videogame developer. Scopely, which is venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners, The Chernin Group, Greycroft Venture Partners and New Enterprise Associates (NEA), develops mobile games. READ MORE>>.

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Anthem News Los Angeles Mobile 223

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

Viewdle , a developer of computer vision technology which is venture backed by Anthem Ventures and Qualcomm, among others, is in the midst of an acquisition by Google , according to reports today. The original report came via Forbes, with followup from TechCrunch. TechCrunch said the acquisition is worth around $30M. READ MORE>>.

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Google Anthem Report Santa Monica 157

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Los Angeles-based BeachMint , the stealth e-commerce startup headed by former MySpace exec Josh Berman and backed by Anthem Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, and others, has rolled out a new, fashion e-commerce site, JewelMint.

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Sites Anthem Commerce Design 208

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MARCH 7, 2013

Scopely , the Los Angeles developer of game monetization services, told its supporters today that it will pay $5,000 in cash to anyone who refers job candidates that result in a hire for the company. READ MORE>>.

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Anthem Mobile Los Angeles Sites 228

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JANUARY 18, 2013

Scopely , the Los Angeles-based gaming startup headed by Eytan Elbaz, has snagged yet another Zynga veteran for the firm, the firm said Friday morning. Scopely said it has hired on Andy Kleinman, former Zynga GM, as its Chief Business Officer. Kleinman was most recently General Manager of Latin America for Zynga, and also founded EMEPE3.com,

Anthem 207

Anthem Mentor Mobile Los Angeles 207

socalTECH

MAY 6, 2013

A number of Los Angeles investors are behind a first round of funding today for Panna , a developer of a video cooking magazine for the iPad and iPhone. Anthem and Launchpad LA are in Los Angeles. Caruso, Ken Siskind, Jay Livingston, Dan Rose, Aaron Schiff and David Levy. READ MORE>>.

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Anthem Funding Venture Capital Los Angeles 164

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Los Angeles-based Scopely , the startup co-founded by Eytan Elbaz , Eytan Elbaz , Walter Driver and Ankur Bulsara, which is developing social and mobile games, said this morning that it has raised $8.5M It looks like all that bacon paid off.

Anthem 203

Anthem Yahoo Mobile Los Angeles 203

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Viewdle , the developer of cross platform, facial recognition technology backed by Santa Monica-based Anthem Ventures, has scored another round of funding, worth $10M, according to Viewdle. The new round comes from Best Buy, BlackBerry Partners Fund, and Qualcomm, in addition to Anthem Ventures, which was the original investor in the company.

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Anthem Santa Monica Venture Capital Research 154

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2013

The new flights make Santa Barbara as close to San Francisco as it is to Los Angeles, and could help bolster the area''s high tech companies. SurfAir said it will connect Santa Barbara with nonstop service to Silicon Valley, with the first flight leaving this morning at 8:15 a.m.

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Santa Barbara High Tech Anthem Burbank 242

socalTECH

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Santa Monica-based Surf Air , the startup airline headed by Wade Eyerly looking to create a subscription-based, all-you-can-fly airline between Los Angeles and Silicon Valley, has raised around $2.6M, part of an ongoing funding round worth $7.0M, according to a recent regulatory filing by the company. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Monica Anthem Los Angeles Angel 178

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JUNE 12, 2013

The service arguably makes Silicon Valley closer for those in Los Angeles, timewise, than even a drive between Los Angeles and Orange County during rush hour, in part by reducing the long time spent at airline terminals before a flight. READ MORE>>. carlos burbank airport muckerlab airline subscription surf surfair'

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Burbank Orange County Anthem Los Angeles 246

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

San Diego-based Embarke has raised $1.25M in a funding round, which the company''s founder said came from a number of venture capitalists and angel investors.

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Email Anthem San Diego Venture Capital 174

socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based online entertainment, music, and advertising firm BuzzMedia is no more: it's just rebranded itself SpinMedia. The firm is venture backed by Anthem Ventures, Focus Ventures, Interscope, New Enterprise Associates, Redpoint Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, and Universal Music Group. BuzzMedia started its life as BuzzNet.

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Buzznet Anthem Redpoint Advertising 170

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Los Angeles-based FileTrek , a developer of cloud-based, enterprise, file sharing and tracking software, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Anthem Venture Partners, Telesystem, and the Ontario Emerging Technologies Funds. READ MORE>>.

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Anthem Los Angeles Content Software 145

socalTECH

AUGUST 9, 2011

Los Angeles-based Cocodot , the online invitations service run by former MySpace exec Shawn Gold, has raised $4.25M out of an ongoing $6.0M The firm has previously received funding from Anthem Ventures, Mailroom Fund, and Rincon Venture Partners. funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. READ MORE>>.

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Anthem Los Angeles Sites Funding 147

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Los Angeles-based Scopely , the mobile monetization service headed by Walter Driver, has signed on five mobile games developers today, saying it has added Double Fine Productions, Big Cave Games, High Line Games, Rocket Jump Games, and Zupcat Games to its new Developer Network. READ MORE>>.

Mobile 159

Mobile Anthem Networking Los Angeles 159

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2010

The round was led by Canaan Partners and also included Anthem Venture Partners and un-named angels. San Diego-based TweetPhoto , an online site which allows users to share photos through Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, FourSquare, and other social networking sites, said today that it has raised $2.6M in a Series A funding round.

Social Network 160

Social Network Anthem San Diego Venture Capital 160

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2013

Los Angeles-based mobile gaming firm Scopely said Thursday that it has snagged Reed Shaffner, the former General Manager at Zynga, as part of its product team. Scopely is venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners, The Chernin Group, Greycroft Venture Partners and New Enterprise Associates (NEA). READ MORE>>.

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Anthem Content Los Angeles Activity 164

socalTECH

JULY 6, 2010

The analysis was based on tracking of venture capital, angel, and private equity deals by socalTECH.com, which maintains its own proprietary database of local and national venture capital deals and dealmakers. billion in the area in Q2, up slightly from around $1.4 billion invested in Q1, and up from $1.0 billion in Q2 of last year.

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Southern California Westlake Village Invest Tech Coast Angels 195

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2010

The most active venture firms in Southern California were Benchmark Capital , TPG Ventures , and Redpoint Ventures , with three deals each; followed by NBGI Ventures , JAFCO , Trinity Ventures , Venrock , Domain Associates , Sanderling , The Founder Collective , Anthem Ventures , DFJ Frontier , and Interwest Partners , all with two deals apiece.

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Southern California Santa Barbara Anthem Redpoint 160

socalTECH

JUNE 26, 2012

The round came from Anthem Venture Partners, Daher Capital, DFJ Frontier, LaunchPad LA, New World Ventures, The Media Farm and Social Starts, and angels Diego Berdakin, Dave Goldberg, Peter Gotcher, Clark Landry, Adam Lilling and Dan Murray.

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Anthem Hollywood Entertainment Content 145

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2012

Santa Monica-based Surf Air , the startup airline which is looking to remake air travel with its unlimited, subscription-based air flights between Los Angeles, Palo Alto, and a few other select locations, told its supporters today that it is now readjusting its timeline for launch, and anticipates flying by the end of 2012.

Anthem 159

Anthem Santa Monica Los Angeles Startup 159

socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2014

Los Angeles-based AwesomenessTV --which is now part of Dreamworks--has acquired Big Frame , another local YouTube network operator. According to AwesomenessTV, it will pay $15M in cash, including repayment of outstanding debt, for Big Frame, which will go to help bolster AwesomenessTV''s talent roster, executives, and talent managers.

Anthem 145

Anthem Southern California Acquisition Content 145

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2010

Los Angeles-based social shopping site ThisNext announced this morning that it has raised a new round of funding, and inked a partnership with online advertising firm Federated Media. Clearstone Venture Partners and Anthem Venture Partners also participated. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Funding 145

Funding Anthem Clearstone Advertising 145

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2014

Los Angeles-based e-commerce website operator Beachmint is merging with Lucky , the shopping and fashion publication title owned by Conde Nast , creating a new company called The Lucky Group , the companies said Monday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The new company will be headed by Beachmint''s Josh Berman.

Anthem 147

Anthem Commerce Acquisition Los Angeles 147

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2012

The startup--which is developing a subscription-based, all-you-can-fly airline which connects Palo Alto and Los Angeles--did not announce the size of the round, which is rumored to be somewhere in the range of $14M.

Funding 154

Funding Anthem Santa Monica Los Angeles 154

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2014

in a funding round, from Anthem Venture Partners, Simon Equity Partners, Third Wave Capital, Wavemaker Partners and ZenShin Capital. The company says it already has more than 20 engineers in its Los Angeles offices. READ MORE>>. videoamp video advertising venture capital ross mccray'

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Advertising Platform Anthem Santa Monica 138

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then. Here's the rest. Here’s how to do it.

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Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2017

A new, venture capital firm, founded by Jon Bauch and Brian Mesic, has emerged in Los Angeles, called Ankona Capital. Bauch and Mesic--who were previously at Anthem Venture Partners--apparently are aiming at early growth capital investment in software companies.

Capital 113

Capital Anthem Southern California Venture Capital 113

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2009

Los Angeles-based AdventureLink , the new adventure travel booking site run by Kelly Tompkins, announced this morning that it has acquired a competitor, Adventure Central. AdventureLink is also venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners and The Mail Room Fund. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Allegis 124

Allegis Invest Anthem Venture Capital 124

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JUNE 22, 2021

Los Angeles-based VideoAmp, which provides video measurement software for the advertising industry, said today that it has named Cameron Meierhoefer as Chief Product Officer. Meierhoefer was previously CEO of SignalFrame, and also had been COO of Comscore, where he spent more than 17 years.

Product 113

Product Anthem Equity Advertising 113

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2012

Los Angeles-based FileTrek , the cloud-based file sharing, collaboration, and revision tracking software firm headed by Dale Quale, said today that it has linked with a European firm in a distribution deal. The firm said the partnership with Empowered Technology will help it meet demand and increasing opportunities in Europe. READ MORE>>.

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Anthem Demand Los Angeles Software 124

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace has been among the most visible of Southern California's Internet era success stories, although the site--now owned by News Corporation--has had its own share of ups-and-downs, as well as questions about its future. Venture backers : Anthem Ventures, the Mailroom Fund, Rincon Venture Partners.

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Startup Tech Coast Angels Demand News 178

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2010

AdventureLink is backed by Allegis Capital, Anthem Ventures, and the Mailroom Fund, and is run by adventurer Jeff Dossett. This bootstrapped firm, based in Los Angeles, is the brainchild of Eric and David Bjorndahl. Adventurelink [ Profile ]. The firm is run by Billy Fried. . TravBuddy [ Profile ]. Trails.com.

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Sites Southern California Technical Review Allegis 153