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?

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Startup Anthem Venture Capital Technology 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Buzznet will take over all advertising sales for The Superficial, along with providing engineering, design, and marketing support for The Superficial. Buzznet is venture backed by Sutter Hill Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Anthem Ventures, NEA, and Universal Music Group.

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Buzznet Anthem Redpoint Entertainment 124

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2009

TrueCar is venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners, Global Retail Partners, and Capricorn. Tags: truecar automotive pricing auto sales ecommerce. TrueCar said it is providing both HTML widgets and an API which sites can used to display its information. READ MORE>>.

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Truecar Zag HTML Anthem 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2008

According to Solarflare, El-Gev Electronics will handle pre- and post-sales actiivty and technical support for its products. Solarflare is a developer of 10GBASE-T transceivers and 10 Gigabit Ethernet controllers.

Windward 100

Windward Miramar Technical Support Anthem 100

socalTECH

JULY 9, 2009

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. Zag is backed by USAA, Capricorn Investment Group, LLC, GRP Partners and Anthem Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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Zag GRP Partners Anthem Santa Monica 100

socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2009

Zag's technology provides a level of customization and detail on "fleet" style, pre-negotiated sales of autos, down to the accessory level; the firm has deals with USAA, Capital One, Overstock.com, AAA groups, and others to provide its service. Painter is the former CEO of CarsDirect.com. READ MORE>>.

Zag 100

Zag GRP Partners Anthem Santa Monica 100

socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2009

s online advertising sales team to represent the firm, and that OK's online site, OKmagazine.com , will become part of its Celebuzz network. Buzz Media is venture backed by Focus Ventures, Anthem Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Redpoint Ventures, and Sutter Hill Ventures. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Media Buzznet Anthem Redpoint 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2008

The firm also named Steward Easterby as VP of Sales; Bill Lepter as VP of Business Intelligence; and Star Marcus as VP of Human Resources. The firm is backed by Anthem Venture Partners, Capital One Auto Finance, GRP Partners, Arcturus Capital, Callaway Cars and the Skoll Fund. READ MORE>>

Zag 100

Zag Arcturus GRP Partners Anthem 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Demand Media, the internet publishing firm which is in the midst of an IPO effort, is the brainchild of Richard Rosenblatt, who was at the reins of Intermix, the parent firm of MySpace, and brokered the sale of MySpace to News Corporation. Venture backers : Anthem Ventures, the Mailroom Fund, Rincon Venture Partners. www.cocodot.com).

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Startup Tech Coast Angels Demand News 178

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Derrick Oien: We have a platform we develop, called ANTHEM. ANTHEM is referred to, depending on what segment you're looking at, as either a community gateway or social networking gateway. But, with Intercasting and our ANTHEM version of MySpace, it's a client integrated into the device. Intercasting is backed by $17.5M

Social Network 113

Social Network Anthem Mobile Java 113

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. Warsaw is home to the global headquarters of DePuy Synthes Joint Reconstruction and Zimmer Biomet, among others.

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Patents Research Anthem Education 67

From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 27, 2013

Whether it is launching a website, developing a minimum viable product, making strategic acquisitions or building out your sales team the founder must have a firm understanding of what it is they want to accomplish, the value it will create and how long the milestone will take to accomplish. Is outside capital really required?

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Venture Capital Capital Anthem Startup 45

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

One of the investors, Anthem Ventures, is here in Los Angeles, which is how I got involved. Our sales and marketing will be in Los Angeles. Dale Quayle: We raised a $10M round, and most of that money will be used in expanding our sales and marketing efforts. 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

We tend to be better at things like team building, negotiations, sales, and fundraising – which are arguably the most important skills entrepreneurs should posses. Challenge #2 – There is Not Enough Great Tech, Product and UI/UX Design Talent in LA. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

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Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111