socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2013

SolarFlare's current investors include Oak Investment Partners, Anthem Venture Partners, Acacia Capital Partners, and Miramar Venture Partners. SolarFlare develops low latency, high bandwidth 10GbE adapters and related products. No details have been announced by the company yet on the new funding. READ MORE>>.

Miramar 185

Miramar Anthem Networking Funding 185

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

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.

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Capital Anthem Southern California Venture Capital 113

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2010

A quick analysis of venture capital deals in Q1, tracked by socalTECH, finds that there was around $1.4 The information--gleaned from funding announcements, regulatory filings, and other sources--are also up significantly from Q1 of last year, when only $729.89M was invested in the region. in deals tracked by our database.

Southern California 160

Southern California Santa Barbara Anthem Redpoint 160

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2013

The company''s backers include Anthem Ventures, La Costa Investment Group, Right Side Capital Group, Promus Ventures, Social Leverage, plus angels, including Howard Lindzon, Eric Otterson, and others. embarke venture capital funding seed email marketing optimization' The company is led by Al Bsharah. READ MORE>>.

Email 174

Email Anthem San Diego Venture Capital 174

socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2014

Local investments funds have had issues raising their new funds, and venture investors had started to hunker down with their portfolios, waiting for some sign of a thaw in the exit environment. investment investor capital venture angeles' READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles Truecar Angel Anthem 187

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2014

TrueCar--which is led by Scott Painter--is backed by USAA, Capricorn Investment Group, Upfront Ventures, Anthem Ventures, Vulcan Capital Growth Equity, and Peppy Capital Partners. The IPO is being underwritten by Goldman, Sachs & Co. TrueCar reported a loss of $22.6M

Truecar 159

Truecar Anthem Santa Monica Pricing 159

socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2010

According to the filing, the first investment in the round was August 4th, and included equity, options, and warrants. It's unclear if the funding in this regulatory filing is the same funding as the firm announced on July 21st, from Gary Winnick (Pacific Capital), Bob Pittman (Pilot Group/AOL), Stan Shuman (Allen & Co.),

Funding 153

Funding Anthem Clearstone Santa Monica 153

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The firm has previously raised funding from Oak Investment Partners, Anthem Venture Partners, Acacia Capital Partners, Intel Capital, and Miramar Venture Partners. SolarFlare is led by Russell Stern, and in the last year has been expanding from the silicon area to also providing branded adapters. READ MORE>>.

Miramar 140

Miramar Anthem Capital Funding 140

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2014

TrueCar is venture backed by backed by USAA, Capricorn Investment Group, Upfront Ventures, Anthem Ventures, Vulcan Capital Growth Equity, Peppy Capital Partners, Arcturus Venture Capital, along with others. TrueCar is trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as TRUE.

Truecar 147

Truecar Pricing Arcturus Anthem 147

socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2010

The firm has previously raised funding from USAA, Capricorn Investment Group, LLC, GRP Partners and Anthem Venture Partners. Tags: automotive venture capital auto. Zag said in March that it had sold 100,000 cars, and has been profitable since August of 2009. READ MORE>>.

Zag 154

Zag GRP Partners Anthem Santa Monica 154

socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Solarflare is venture backed by Oak Investment Partners, Anthem Venture Partners, Acacia Capital Partners, Intel Capital, and Miramar Venture Partners. Irvine-based Solarflare Communications , a developer of 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters and silicon, has raised $5.0M READ MORE>>.

Miramar 124

Miramar Anthem Capital Invest 124

socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2011

Solarflare, which is headed by Russell Stern, is venture backed by Acacia Venture Partners, Accel Partners, Amadeus Capital Partners, Anthem Ventures, Foundation Capital, IDG Ventures, Intel Capital, Miramar Venture Partners, Oak Investment Partners, Sequoia Capital and Windward Ventures. READ MORE>>.

Windward 133

Windward Miramar Anthem Email 133

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

The firm said it has scored Series A funding from Zag, Anthem Venture Partners, Global Retail Partners, Capricorn, Capital One Auto Finance, ARcturus Capital, Scott Painter, and co-founder Tom Taira. All of the venture funders in TrueCar are investors in Zag, and amount of the investment was not disclosed.

Zag 133

Zag Truecar CarsDirect Arcturus 133

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Coffin is the founder of LowerMyBills, Dayton is the founder of Earthlink, and Woodward is a venture capitalist at Anthem Venture Partners. Tags: jason calacanis mahalo angel investment venture capital keiretsu forum openangel executive.

Keiretsu 133

Keiretsu Mahalo Angel Anthem 133

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I’ve been meeting with LPs (those who invest in VC funds) over the past year and discussing trends I see in the market and where I think we need to be as a firm to be near to and meet the needs of our customers. Spark Capital, Flybridge, Founder Collective, NextView Ventures … all in Boston or Cambridge not west of the city.

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Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313

socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2011

Many local entrepreneurs might know Todd Jerry , formerly a venture capitalist at Anthem Venture Partners. Todd has a unique view, having worked both on the venture and high technology investing side at Anthem, as well as the architecture and construction industry now. First, explain what your company is all about?

Santa Monica 190

Santa Monica Venture Capital Anthem Design 190

socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2009

Names of new investors in the firm were not disclosed, however, the firm has previously raised funding from companies such as Anthem Ventures, Digital Power Capital, Oak Investment Partners, Titan Corp., The filing listed Anthem Ventures' William Woodward as a current member of the firm's board.

San Dimas 100

San Dimas Anthem Capital Invest 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). DST invested $180mm last fall. To see the video of This Week in VC click on this link.

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Details on that funding have not been announced by the company, whose investors include Oak Investment Partners, Anthem Venture Partners, Acacia Capital Partners, and Miramar Venture Partners. Irvine-based Gigabit Ethernet semiconductor developer Solarflare Communications has raised $22.2M READ MORE>>.

Miramar 100

Miramar Anthem Capital Invest 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Santa Monica-based Zag has finally revealed the total invested in its latest, strategic round of funding, saying Thursday that it raised $37.4M. The round came from USAA, and included Capricorn Investment Group, LLC, GRP Partners and Anthem Venture Partners. Tags: venture software capital automotive. READ MORE>>.

Zag 100

Zag GRP Partners Anthem Santa Monica 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2008

The company is venture backed by Accel Partners, Amadeus Capital Partners, Anthem Ventures, Foundation Capital, IDG Ventures, Intel Capital, Miramar Venture Partners, Oak Investment Partners, Sequoia Capital, and Windward Ventures. READ MORE>>

Windward 100

Windward Miramar Anthem Technical Support 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2008

The equity came from Oak Investment Partners, Acacia Capital, and Anthem Venture Partners; source of the debt financing was not disclosed. Tags: venture debt capital ethernet semiconductor gigabit solarflare. Solarflare said it has raised $32M in equity financing along with $12M in venture debt. READ MORE>>.

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Anthem Equity Capital Funding 100

socalTECH

MAY 1, 2019

Xilinx was a strategic investor in the last funding announced by Solarflare, and Solarflare's other investors have included Oak Investment Partners.

Cloud Computing 113

Cloud Computing Anthem Networking Acquisition 113

socalTECH

JULY 24, 2009

The firm has received funding from Oak Investment Partners, Anthem Venture Partners, Acacia Capital, Intel Capital, and Miramar Venture Partners. Shamlou was most recently the firm's VP of VLSI Design, and has also served at Starport Systems, Mindspeed and Conexant. READ MORE>>.

Miramar 100

Miramar Anthem Design Capital 100

socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2009

Solarflare is venture backed by Oak Investment Partners, Acacia Capital, Anthem Venture Partners, and others. Smith has also served at Adaptec and Western Digital. According to Solarflare, Smith will be responsible for product management and product marketing at the firm. READ MORE>>.

Anthem 100

Anthem Marketing Invest Product 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Venture backers : Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., Venture backers : Anthem Ventures, the Mailroom Fund, Rincon Venture Partners. Here are four startups of them, and what they're doing: Demand Media. www.demandmedia.com). Generation Partners. www.cocodot.com).

Startup 178

Startup Tech Coast Angels Demand News 178

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. Raised angel money from Rob Lord, Reid Hoffman, Benchmark Capital and others. And the broader question of whether VC’s will continue to invest in the Twitter ecosystem.

Venture Capital 214

Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Email Copilot was formerly known as Embarke, and had been venture backed by Anthem Ventures, La Costa Investment Group, Promus Ventures, Right Side Capital Group, Social Leverage, along with angels Howard Lindzon, Eric Otterson, and Steve Macbeth. Al Bsharah, was co-founder and CEO of Email Copilot. READ MORE>>.

Email 100

Email Anthem San Diego Acquisition 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

The funding came from Anthem Venture Partners and The Mail Room Fund. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. Tags: travel adventurelink mailroom venture capital adventure fund. According to AdventureLink, its online booking system allows travel agents to book adventure travel opportunities in 164 countries. READ MORE>>.

Funding 100

Funding Anthem Venture Capital Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The fund said the second came from Oaktree Capital Management, Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP (Davidson Kempner), and an un-named Northeast based Ivy League endowment, as well as others. According to the company, the new fund will go to provide liquidity and option exercise loans for private company employes. READ MORE>>.

Funding 113

Funding Anthem Santa Monica Capital 113

socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2009

Zag's technology provides a level of customization and detail on "fleet" style, pre-negotiated sales of autos, down to the accessory level; the firm has deals with USAA, Capital One, Overstock.com, AAA groups, and others to provide its service. Painter is the former CEO of CarsDirect.com. READ MORE>>.

Zag 100

Zag GRP Partners Anthem Santa Monica 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) released their 2008 Q4 MoneyTree Report this evening, reporting that $28.3 billion was invested in 3,808 deals in the fourth quarter of 2008. Year to year, Los Angeles actually had an increase in investments, up from $168.8M billion in the third quarter.

Southern California 100

Southern California Rustic Canyon Orange County Miramar 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2015

Varma is actually a former technology investor at Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Anthem Ventures, and we thought it would be great contrasting his experience starting and running a restaurant franchise with the technology startup world. How did you go from venture capital to running a franchise restaurant chain?

Startup 100

Startup Anthem Venture Capital Technology 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

We never took a dollar of outside capital, from the founding until this round a couple of months ago. We wanted to be able to invest in our software and our learning tools. Now, despite bootstrapping, you actually have some connections to the venture capital world, don't you? So, we're pretty connected with the community.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 27, 2013

The recent firing of Groupon’s CEO Andrew Mason is a cautionary tale of the increased scrutiny and heightened expectations that come from accessing increasingly larger amounts of investment capital. Is outside capital really required? So, whether an entrepreneur raises money or not, they have to have a long-term vision.

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Venture Capital Capital Anthem Startup 45

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

1 of a product up and running in a few months weeks getting thousands of users for next to no capital, in Los Angeles many folks will take over a year and spend a million dollars just to get a beta product ready. Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

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Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111