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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

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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>>.

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Zag GRP Partners Anthem Santa Monica 100

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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. First, explain what your company is all about?

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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. I think this classifies as a “crack filler&# and I’m not sure I would have done the investment for that reason. 2.6mm in Series A : Canaan , Anthem. We had a big discussion about DST and why these investments.

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

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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

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JUNE 3, 2010

And the broader question of whether VC’s will continue to invest in the Twitter ecosystem. Current round: $3.35mm in Series A by TomorrowVentures (Eric Schmidt’s personal investment vehicle), Saban Ventures, Founder Collective, SK Telecom Ventures. Customer are primarily large media companies (publishers) and their media agencies.

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Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

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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