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. First, explain what your company is all about?

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Santa Monica Venture Capital Anthem Design 190

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

In particular I tried to do most of the “entrepreneur advice on VC” up front so that if you don’t want to watch our views on the deals you don’t have to. And the broader question of whether VC’s will continue to invest in the Twitter ecosystem. Tags: Start-up Advice. He’s also candid, humble and helpful. LibreDigital.

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From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 27, 2013

The recent firing of Groupon’s CEO Andrew Mason is a cautionary tale of the increased scrutiny and heightened expectations that come from accessing increasingly larger amounts of investment capital. By this measure, Groupon was by no means your typical start-up. What is the company’s use of proceeds?

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Venture Capital Capital Anthem Startup 45

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

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Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

So when Google started pushing AdSense (ads for affiliate or 3rd party sites) they had a HUGE cost advantage. I won’t belabor this – I have an investment in this space ( ad.ly ) so I’m biased. Plus, a TweetUp already means a meet up in a city organized through Twitter. 2.6mm in Series A : Canaan , Anthem.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

How did Revolution Prep start? We started in 2000. Using that, and a partnership model where we go into schools and partner with them to provide SAT and ACT service, we've been able to build up a private tutoring service from basically nothing. We wanted to be able to invest in our software and our learning tools.

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Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

But I thought I’d take some more time here to expand on what I think are the challenges, and opportunities, of starting a tech company in LA. Challenge #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists. Opportunity #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists.

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Xconomy

JULY 5, 2016

Indiana is home to the global headquarters for Anthem, Cook Medical, Dow AgroSciences, and Eli Lilly and Company, as well as the North American headquarters for Roche Diagnostics. That law helped kick-start the modern tech transfer field. Some of these entrepreneurs are faculty and staff members who license their own work. The results?

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Patents Research Anthem Education 67

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

The issue of cyber-espionage, targeting companies like Target, Home Depot and Anthem Insurance, continues to be a concern. The industry will continue to invest heavily in educating people and convincing them to try internet security products (free versions & life-time trials). E-commerce StartUps Challenge The Biggest Players.

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Commerce Mobile Technical Review Google 40

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

It looks like there is some story behind how you ended up at FileTrek and the company ended up in Los Angeles--the firm was in Canada? One of the investors, Anthem Ventures, is here in Los Angeles, which is how I got involved. Dale Quayle: The company was founded out of Ottawa, Canada.

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EC2 Los Angeles Web Anthem 150

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I think that’s one of the reasons that many of the most interesting bay area startups are choosing to locate themselves in the city. And make-up artists. But there does seem to be huge startup energy around the Flatiron District / Union Square. As a result younger people are creating startups because they can.

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