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JUNE 19, 2009

Thursday, June 25, 2009 -- Meet the VC: Anthem Venture Partners. Meet the VC brings entrepreneurs and VCs together. See [link] (more).

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Venture Capital OCTANE Anthem Entrepreneur 100

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MAY 6, 2013

Panna, which is based in New York, said it raised $1.35M in funding from Anthem Ventures, Launchpad LA, Lerer Ventures, Crosslink Ventures, Maveron, Advancit Capital, RSL Venture Partners,David Tisch''s BoxGroup, Rick J. Anthem and Launchpad LA are in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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Anthem Funding Venture Capital Los Angeles 164

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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. Anthem's Brian Mesic and Samit Varma oversee the firm's investment in Viewdle. READ MORE>>.

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Anthem Santa Monica Venture Capital Research 154

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MAY 17, 2011

Venture Capital As long as I'm pulling this together, here are some venture capital firms in Los Angeles that can help get you wired in. I'd also recommend you subscribe to So Cal Tech Central. It brings together events and content for Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Southern California Startup Angel 196

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

The new funding came from Grayhawk Capital, Keshif Ventures, DLA Piper, and OurCrowd, as well as Anthem Venture Partners and Avalon Ventures. stackiq venture capital automatoin software enterprise hadoop' The company said the new funding will go toward scaling sales and marketing. READ MORE>>.

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Avalon Anthem San Diego Venture Capital 174

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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. 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

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MAY 17, 2011

Venture Capital As long as I'm pulling this together, here are some venture capital firms in Los Angeles that can help get you wired in. I'd also recommend you subscribe to So Cal Tech Central. It brings together events and content for Los Angeles.

Los Angeles 188

Los Angeles Southern California Startup Angel 188

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JULY 6, 2010

An analysis of Q2's venture capital deals and investment activity in Southern California find that venture capitalists invested around $1.6 PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association, and VentureOne will release their quarterly nationwide results of venture activity later this month.

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Southern California Westlake Village Invest Tech Coast Angels 195

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MAY 21, 2010

The funding comes from Anthem Ventures, the Mailroom Fund, and Rincon Venture Partners. Tags: cocodot ecommerce stationery shawn gold venture capital. Hollywood-based Cocodot , an online site which provides online invitations and stationery, has raised $2.0M more in funding, according to reports.

Anthem 154

Anthem Hollywood Venture Capital Content 154

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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.

Southern California 160

Southern California Santa Barbara Anthem Redpoint 160

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JUNE 17, 2011

The round was led by Scale Venture Partners and Lightbank. Prior investors New Enterprise Associates, Trinity Ventures, and Anthem Ventures also participated in the new financing round. Lightbank is the venture capital firm of Groupon founders Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell. in a new funding round.

Anthem 185

Anthem Santa Monica Commerce Venture Capital 185

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JUNE 12, 2013

For venture capital investors and entrepreneurs, used to making the commute between Silicon Beach and Silicon Valley, the distance--and time--between the two technology centers has just dropped, thanks to the launch of Surf Air , an all-you-can-fly membership airline. READ MORE>>.

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Burbank Orange County Anthem Los Angeles 246

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APRIL 13, 2010

The round was led by Canaan Partners and also included Anthem Venture Partners and un-named angels. Tags: tweetphoto venture capital twitter social networking software photo photography tweet. According to the firm, the new funding will go to introduce new products and to expand its developer relations program.

Social Network 160

Social Network Anthem San Diego Venture Capital 160

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

ThisNext said the Series C funding round came from Clearstone Venture Partners, Anthem Venture Partners, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Tags: thisnext stylehive merger acquisition venture capital social shopping community. READ MORE>>.

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Funding Anthem Clearstone Santa Monica 154

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MARCH 10, 2010

Source of the new funding was not disclosed, however, it appears that prior investors Anthem Ventures and Allegis Capital participated in the new funding round. Tags: adventurelink venture capital marketplace travel adventure trips vacation. No details on the funding have been announced by the company.

Altadena 150

Altadena Allegis Anthem Venture Capital 150

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. In San Fran you find more recently established VCs like True Ventures, First Round Capital, Freestyle, Kii Capital and others.

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Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313

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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

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JANUARY 28, 2010

No details on the funding have been announced by the firm, however, the filing indicates that Clearstone Ventures Suman Mandal and Anthem Ventures' Bill Woodward remain on the company's board. Tags: thisnext social shopping venture capital. The funding brings the company's total raised to around $9.7M in funding.

Anthem 133

Anthem Clearstone Santa Monica Venture Capital 133

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

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

Advertising 138

Advertising Platform Anthem Santa Monica 138

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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. READ MORE>>.

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Truecar Pricing Arcturus Anthem 147

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APRIL 7, 2014

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.

Los Angeles 187

Los Angeles Truecar Angel Anthem 187

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AUGUST 11, 2014

The equity investors include Anthem Ventures, Velos Partners, Base Ventures as well as FF Ventures, Plus Capital, and others. surf venture capital airline startup membership expansion' Surf Air offers up "all you can fly" shot hop travel aimed at investors and business executives. READ MORE>>.

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Anthem Santa Monica Equity Venture Capital 145

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MARCH 19, 2009

AdventureLink is also venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners and The Mail Room Fund. Tags: travel merger adventurelink acquisition venture capital allegis adventure. Denver-based Adventure Central provides a search engine and services for finding adventure travel. READ MORE>>.

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Allegis Invest Anthem Venture Capital 124

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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

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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

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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. For me, it was a couple of things.

Santa Monica 190

Santa Monica Venture Capital Anthem Design 190

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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

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

in a new, seed financing round, from Anthem Venture Partners, The Chernin Group, Greycroft Venture Partners and New Enterprise Associates (NEA), as well as angels.

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Anthem Yahoo Mobile Los Angeles 203

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The round was led by Anthem Venture Partners, Telesystem, and the Ontario Emerging Technologies Funds. FileTrek's board includes William Woodward, Managing Director at Anthem Venture partners. FileTrek's software lets enterprise users securely share files, and track changes to that content and data. READ MORE>>.

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Anthem Los Angeles Content Software 145

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AUGUST 9, 2011

The firm has previously received funding from Anthem Ventures, Mailroom Fund, and Rincon Venture Partners. Representatives from both Anthem and Rincon continue to serve on the firm's board of directors. Robert Schwartz, of Third Point Ventures in New York, is also now listed as a board member of the firm.

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Anthem Los Angeles Sites Funding 147

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

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Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

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JUNE 2, 2009

Axiom Microdevices was venture backed by U.S. Venture Partners, Tallwood Venture Capital, Anthem Venture Partners, and VentureTech Alliance. The firm had raised around $40M in venture capital since 2003. Skyworks said that the acquisition will complement its existing GaAs capbilities.

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Anthem Venture Capital Acquisition Mobile 100

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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

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009

The funding came from Anthem Venture Partners and The Mail Room Fund. Tags: travel adventurelink mailroom venture capital adventure fund. 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. READ MORE>>.

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Funding Anthem Venture Capital Los Angeles 100

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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

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MARCH 19, 2009

According to the company, the funding round was led by Focus Ventures, and also included Anthem Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Redpoint Ventures, and Sutter Hill Ventures. Tags: buzzmedia hollywood content venture capital celebrity culture buzznet media. and will rename itself Buzz Media.

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Buzznet Anthem Redpoint Hollywood 100

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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