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

APRIL 5, 2010

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. Interestingly, only Redpoint, Domain, Anthem, and DFJ Frontier have local offices in Southern California. 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.

Email 174

Email Anthem San Diego Venture Capital 174

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

Wavestream was venture backed by Anthem Ventures, Shea Ventures, and Triquint Semiconductor, along with Oak Investment Partners, ITU Ventures, and others. Anthem's Bill Woodward sat on the firm's board. READ MORE>>.

San Dimas 140

San Dimas Anthem Acquisition Networking 140

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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. Santa Monica-based TrueCar has filed for an IPO, saying Friday that it is looking to raise up to $125M on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as TRUE.

Truecar 159

Truecar Anthem Santa Monica Pricing 159

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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' For several years, the phrase "Los Angeles Venture Capitalist" had almost become an oxymoron.

Los Angeles 187

Los Angeles Truecar Angel Anthem 187

socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2010

According to the filing, the first investment in the round was August 4th, and included equity, options, and warrants. Clearstone Venture Partners and Anthem Venture Partners.

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. The company raised around $71.1M in the IPO offering. 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. 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

Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2015

We invest primarily in early stage Series A and B technology companies. Our typical deal size is initial investment between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 with reserve for follow-on investments. Our focus is primarily on Southern California investments. We take every investment very personally.

Anthem 70

Anthem Southern California Invest Activity 70

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 in a debt funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm.

Miramar 124

Miramar Anthem Capital Invest 124

socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Bauch and Mesic--who were previously at Anthem Venture Partners--apparently are aiming at early growth capital investment in software companies. The new firm joins an increasingly long list of new venture capital investment funds in the region, which have almost rivaled the number of startups across Southern California.

Capital 113

Capital Anthem Southern California Venture Capital 113

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

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

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

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

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

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

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I won’t belabor this – I have an investment in this space ( ad.ly ) so I’m biased. I think this classifies as a “crack filler&# and I’m not sure I would have done the investment for that reason. 2.6mm in Series A : Canaan , Anthem. We had a big discussion about DST and why these investments.

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Venture Capital funds: the different between “closed funds&# (which typically have a 10-year time horizon) and “evergreen funds&# which re-invest profits back into the fund. An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. DST invested $180mm last fall.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

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.

Zag 100

Zag GRP Partners Anthem Santa Monica 100

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

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. Solarflare is a developer of 10GBASE-T transceivers and 10 Gigabit Ethernet controllers. READ MORE>>

Windward 100

Windward Miramar Technical Support Anthem 100

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. I’m sure I’ve forgotten many who have moved or set up anew since I wrote the list in one sitting and with no research.

Technology 313

Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313

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

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. Irvine-based Solarflare Communications, a manufacturer of 10 Gigabit Ethernet semiconductors, announced today that it has raised $44M in a combination of debt and equity funding.

Anthem 100

Anthem Equity Capital Funding 100

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

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009

The funding came from Anthem Venture Partners and The Mail Room Fund. Amount of the investment was not disclosed. Los Angeles-based AdventureLink , which operates an online booking system for adventure travel, announced today that it has raised a Series A funding for the firm.

Funding 100

Funding Anthem Venture Capital Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

JULY 9, 2009

Zag is backed by USAA, Capricorn Investment Group, LLC, GRP Partners and Anthem Venture Partners. Zag provides a white-label version of its automotive configuration and pricing engine to USAA and other affinity groups, which provides a detailed, in-depth quoting system for "fleet" sales of automobiles. READ MORE>>.

Zag 100

Zag GRP Partners Anthem Santa Monica 100

socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2009

Zag has received funding from USAA, Capricorn Investment Group, LLC, GRP Partners and Anthem Venture Partners. Painter is the former CEO of CarsDirect.com. READ MORE>>.

Zag 100

Zag GRP Partners Anthem Santa Monica 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

And the broader question of whether VC’s will continue to invest in the Twitter ecosystem. Current round: $3.35mm in Series A by TomorrowVentures (Eric Schmidt’s personal investment vehicle), Saban Ventures, Founder Collective, SK Telecom Ventures. Estimated 15mm downloads to date. LibreDigital. Orchard for e-Books”. Hello, Chair.

Venture Capital 214

Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2009

billion was invested in 3,808 deals in the fourth quarter of 2008. The report, based on data from Thomson Reuters, found that 2008 investments declined by 8 percent in terms of dollars, and 4 percent in terms of deal volume, with fourth quarter results seeing a 26 percent drop to $5.4 billion in 818 deals, down from $7.3 in 10 deals.

Southern California 100

Southern California Rustic Canyon Orange County Miramar 100

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Berman was previously the founder of Beachmint and Samit Varma was previously at Anthem Ventures, and also had a foray into the pizza business. Quid's service is an alternative to secondary market sales. READ MORE>>.

Funding 113

Funding Anthem Santa Monica Capital 113

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. What is Pizza Studio? How did you go from venture capital to running a franchise restaurant chain?

Startup 100

Startup Anthem Venture Capital Technology 100