socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2011

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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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

socalTECH has mined our proprietary database of startups and other tech companies to find some of the firms spawned by former MySpace executives. Here are four startups of them, and what they're doing: Demand Media. Venture backers : Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co.,

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2010

AdventureLink is backed by Allegis Capital, Anthem Ventures, and the Mailroom Fund, and is run by adventurer Jeff Dossett. Trails.com offers trail guides, topographic maps, travel gear, professional trail guides and reviews and more--and happens to be owned by Demand Media , the online media empire run by Richard Rosenblatt.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

1 of a product up and running in a few months weeks getting thousands of users for next to no capital, in Los Angeles many folks will take over a year and spend a million dollars just to get a beta product ready. Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

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. Kelly Tompkins: Yes, in 1998, there was Away.com, iExplore, and there was significant venture capital thrown at that segment. Thanks for the interview.

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