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JUNE 29, 2011

StyleMint , the newest celebrity-and-ecommerce site from BeachMint , the startup headed by MySpace founder Josh Berman and Diego Berdakin, has opened up early access to select supporters of the site. BeachMint is backed by Scale Venture Partners, Lightbank, New Enterprise Associates, Trinity Ventures, and Anthem Ventures.

Anthem 162

Anthem Startup Sites Design 162

socalTECH

MAY 27, 2009

Intercasting was backed by Venrock, Avalon, and Masthead; its flagship software is ANTHEM, which connected mobile users to social networking sites like MySpace, and was sold by telecom carriers. The firm's customers included AT&T, Boost Mobile, Spring, T-Mobile, Verizon, Virgin MObile, and others. READ MORE>>.

Technology 100

Technology Avalon Anthem Social Network 100

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OCTOBER 6, 2008

Santa Monica-based Zag, which is developing software for auto buying programs, has signed on another AAA group as a customer. Zag has now signed up 14 AAA motor clubs, and also provides its technology to Capital One Auto Finance, Overstock.com, and other sites. The deal includes both providing new and used cars for AAA Mid-Atlantic.

Zag 100

Zag CarsDirect Arcturus GRP Partners 100

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. The client then presents the consumer with the opportunity to have a dashboard view of social networking sites. It's a client-server solution.

Social Network 113

Social Network Anthem Mobile Java 113

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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. We're somewhat vertically integrated.

Santa Monica 190

Santa Monica Venture Capital Anthem Design 190

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Search leverages selective filtering via XMPP versus site indexing; only real-time search player to do so. Preliminary details: Social e-commerce site, based around celebrity and influencer-curated recommendations. Network of vertical focused sites: BeachMint, BeachMint, WineMint, etc.; Real-time search engine.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

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JUNE 3, 2010

It’s a very product that allows you to do visual search of eBay, ETSY, Match.com, AllRecipes and several others sites. Provider of real-time data and predictive analytics for web site publishers. Customer are primarily large media companies (publishers) and their media agencies. They sponsor TWiVC. Hello, Chair.

Venture Capital 214

Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214