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 a truly interesting product.

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Santa Monica Venture Capital Anthem Design 190

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. Golden rule of branding for me: 1) name your company or product your URL and 2) don’t paint yourself into a corner. &# Tweet&# = corner. 2.6mm in Series A : Canaan , Anthem. In my mind, not a typical VC investment.

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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.

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

And the broader question of whether VC’s will continue to invest in the Twitter ecosystem. It’s a very product that allows you to do visual search of eBay, ETSY, Match.com, AllRecipes and several others sites. It’s a cool product and worth checking out. Estimated 15mm downloads to date. They sponsor TWiVC.

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Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

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

Xconomy

JULY 5, 2016

The Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University shared data that shows the state is the nation’s second-largest exporter of life sciences products , with $9.9 Indiana’s life sciences sector touches the lives of people around the world. billion in exports during the 12 months ended Sept.

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Patents Research Anthem Education 67

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

One of the investors, Anthem Ventures, is here in Los Angeles, which is how I got involved. But, there are many financial services providers who have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in their own data centers, and we give them that option, too. Dale Quayle: The company was founded out of Ottawa, Canada.

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EC2 Los Angeles Web Anthem 150

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

In the bay area it’s quite common for the entrepreneurs starting a company to be developers or technologists who can build the first versions of their products. He just pounded out design and code for a few weeks and got Plancast up on the web and users adopting his product right away. Whereas in Silicon Valley, you can have a V.1

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Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

We thought, we could put out a better product than Kaplan or Princeton Review, which would be more compelling, and also would tie in a strong social mission. We wanted to be able to invest in our software and our learning tools. While we were in business school, we saw that we had both done the tutor thing.

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Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

The issue of cyber-espionage, targeting companies like Target, Home Depot and Anthem Insurance, continues to be a concern. The industry will continue to invest heavily in educating people and convincing them to try internet security products (free versions & life-time trials). The large U.S.

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Commerce Mobile Technical Review Google 40

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

Partners provided products and services including: Uber, Here on Biz, ParkMe, Simply Petals, Triptrotting, Bloodhound, Planana, Pop-Up Pantry, EventSorbet, ROC, Startup Car, Pulsoviral, TrueCar, PopChips, ONE Coconut water, Gamer Food, Zevia. Developers ranged from a 18 year old whiz kid to a Yale team who flew in from Yale to participate.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

And post production. 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. It’s becoming harder to distinguish tech companies from media companies. And make-up artists.

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Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313