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Anthem Ventures Gets Second Exit In A Week

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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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MySpace Startups: Startups From MySpace Vets

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Here are four startups of them, and what they're doing: Demand Media. 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. Let us know!

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Vator Splash LA

SoCal Tech Calendar

This upcoming Splash will showcase 10 up-and-coming startups, prominent VCs and founders of the leading LA-based companies - Demand Media and ReachLocal. Hear Shawn Colo, co-founder and EVP of MandA at Demand Media, share his lessons and advice on building Demand from scratch in 2006 to one of this year's hottest IPOs.

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Don’t go on a phishing trip!

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An attack may involve a call demanding payment to the phisher for past due invoices from a legitimate supplier, or verification of credit card data to create facilitate the fraudulent transaction. Attackers use social media and professional pages to understand their targets. Anthem Blue Cross for example could be a phishing loser.

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Four Sites To Add Adventure To Your Summer Travel Plans

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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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Vator Makes A Splash In LA!

Tech Zulu Event

The event includes keynotes from Shawn Colo, co-founder of Demand Media, one of the hottest IPOs of this year, Zorik Gordon, co-founder and CEO of ReachLocal, one of the hottest IPOs of 2010. Not ready to submit your company or just want to take part of this event? TechZulu is hooking you up with a special discount!

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

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Current round: $5.0mm in Series A by NEA and Anthem Venture Partners. Structured data asset creation works in on demand in real-time across multiple data sets Including web, e-mail, internal databases, documents, and media. Independents: Millennial Media , Greystripe , Medialets , JumpTap , Mojiva. Total raised: $5.0mm.