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. As part of the investment, Best Buy's Kuk Yi and Blackberry Partners Funds' John Albright have joined the company's board. READ MORE>>.

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Anthem Santa Monica Venture Capital Research 154

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2010

A quick analysis of venture capital deals in Q1, tracked by socalTECH, finds that there was around $1.4 billion in venture activity here in Q1, up significantly from around $997M tallied in Q4. Interestingly, only Redpoint, Domain, Anthem, and DFJ Frontier have local offices in Southern California.

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Southern California Santa Barbara Anthem Redpoint 160

socalTECH

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. embarke venture capital funding seed email marketing optimization' The company is led by Al Bsharah. READ MORE>>.

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Email Anthem San Diego Venture Capital 174

socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2014

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

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Los Angeles Truecar Angel Anthem 187

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>>.

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Zag GRP Partners Anthem Santa Monica 154

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.

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Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313

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.

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Truecar Pricing Arcturus Anthem 147

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>>.

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Miramar Anthem Networking Funding 185

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. It's been around for about 20 years.

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Santa Monica Venture Capital Anthem Design 190

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.

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Keiretsu Mahalo Angel Anthem 133

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

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.

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Miramar Anthem Capital Funding 140

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>>.

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Miramar Anthem Capital Invest 124

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.

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Funding Anthem Venture Capital Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2015

However, for today''s interview, we''ve decided to venture a bit farther afield--talking to Samit Varma , founder of Los Angeles-based pizza franchise Pizza Studio (www.pizzastudio.com). How did you go from venture capital to running a franchise restaurant chain? Samit Varma: I was an entrepreneur before going to the VC world.

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Startup Anthem Venture Capital Technology 100

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>>.

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Miramar Anthem Capital Invest 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 277 deals.

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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. It can give you a foundation from which to launch, but usually requires subsequent rounds of capital from larger investment sources.

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Venture Capital Capital Anthem Startup 45

socalTECH

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>>.

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Funding Anthem Santa Monica Capital 113

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles. There simply are NOT enough venture capital firms in the Southern California. In the bay area there are dozens of firms that are actively making investments. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

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Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

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? Ramit Varma: I've been sort of in and out of the venture space since we started. So, we're pretty connected with the community.

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Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

Xconomy

JULY 5, 2016

Indiana is home to the global headquarters for Anthem, Cook Medical, Dow AgroSciences, and Eli Lilly and Company, as well as the North American headquarters for Roche Diagnostics. These institutes of higher learning are encouraging innovators to develop work to impact the everyday lives of people around the world.

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