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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

Both Sides of the Table

I talked about the platform moves of Twitter and why it should be expected. Message of the week (from Fred Wilson) – “don’t fill cracks&# but innovate in new ways with the platform. TweetPhoto - Real-time photo sharing platform. It’s core platform stuff. 2.6mm in Series A : Canaan , Anthem.

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Interview with Derrick Oien, Intercasting

socalTECH

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

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

Current round: $5.0mm in Series A by NEA and Anthem Venture Partners. Customers Include: Reuters, Associated Press, , Dow Jones, Ask.com , healthcare companies, and major investment banks and hedge funds. iAd platform was formally launches in July 2010 as part of iOS 4. first vertical to launch by 2010 Holiday Season.

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6 Top Trends For The Digital World In 2016

Tech Zulu Event

The issue of cyber-espionage, targeting companies like Target, Home Depot and Anthem Insurance, continues to be a concern. As social media becomes a platform for online extremists, valid questions regarding freedom of speech, monitoring and censorship have arisen. wireless carriers will begin to treat enterprise customers differently.

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Interview with Kelly Tompkins, AdventureLink

socalTECH

The round came from Anthem Venture Partners and the Mail Room Fund. Their idea was to catch enough consumers to scale, but they didn't understand the cost of acquisition, of finding customers, marketing, and advertising. The underlying technology has two and a half years, and four and a half million dollars put into the platform.

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