socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2010

Hollywood-based BUZZMEDIA , the venture backed online entertainment content network, has snagged two editors for a new, yet-to-be launched celebrity site, the firm said today. BUZZMEDIA is backed by Anthem Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Focus Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, and others. READ MORE>>.

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Buzznet Anthem Redpoint Hollywood 145

socalTECH

JULY 1, 2009

TrueCar said that Damon Cleckler has joined the firm in the position, after serving as executive director of product management at Edmunds.com, where he helped develops Edmunds "True Market Value" and "New Car Finder" products. The company said Cleckler will work on aiding in development of car pricing tools on the site.

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Truecar Edmunds Zag Anthem 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

The firm has been squarely aimed at the content and blog world, with recent hires of editors from AOL's PopEater, and TMZ.com, to help build out its sites. It also powers the celebrity sites of such folks as Britney Spears, Kim Kardashian, and Nicole Richie.

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Southern California Blogging Buzznet News 113

socalTECH

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.

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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.

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

He’s also candid, humble and helpful. 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. I think you’ll enjoy watching this week’s video. They sponsor TWiVC. MetaMarkets.

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Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Overture never built the destination site to monetize from. So when Google started pushing AdSense (ads for affiliate or 3rd party sites) they had a HUGE cost advantage. 2.6mm in Series A : Canaan , Anthem. In some ways I see it as Overture V2 as in the weakest sense of the comparison. Google had huge destination traffic.

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271