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Anthem Ventures Gets Second Exit In A Week

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Santa Monica-based Anthem Venture Partners has scored two exits in the last week, as Los Angeles-based Demand Media hit a homerun with its IPO Wednesday, and San Diego-based Plixi was acquired by Lockerz Thursday. READ MORE>>.

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Four Sites To Add Adventure To Your Summer Travel Plans

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AdventureLink is backed by Allegis Capital, Anthem Ventures, and the Mailroom Fund, and is run by adventurer Jeff Dossett. Laguna Beach-based Kijubi is looking to connect travelers with all of those vacation summer activities you were looking for. Demand acquired Trails as a part of its buy of Hillclimb Media back in 2006.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

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But he also says that it wasn’t a negative regarding M&A activities with competitors – this is sometimes seen as one of the pitfalls of strategic money. Current round: $5.0mm in Series A by NEA and Anthem Venture Partners. We discussed European VC, which is rumored to be down by up to 82%. Total raised: $5.0mm.

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Interview with Kelly Tompkins, AdventureLink

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The round came from Anthem Venture Partners and the Mail Room Fund. People are demanding more and more experiential opportunities out of their leisure holidays. You can see which agents specialize in that destination and activity, choose the activity, and enter your phone number, and your phone instantly rings.

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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

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In the bay area there are dozens of firms that are actively making investments. If there were more great companies coming out of LA then it would create more demand for high quality VC firms. There simply are NOT enough venture capital firms in the Southern California. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

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6 Top Trends For The Digital World In 2016

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The issue of cyber-espionage, targeting companies like Target, Home Depot and Anthem Insurance, continues to be a concern. For the VPN industry specifically, we will see a lot of new providers as the barrier to entry is extremely low, and demand is high. percent in 2016,and to be almost double 2015 levels by 2018.