socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2008

According to Buzznet, it has hired former New York Times music reporter Jeff Leeds as its Editor-in-Chief, and former Alternative Press magazine editor Leslie Simon as its Senior Editor. Buzznet is venture backed by Anthem Ventures, Interscope, and Redpoint Ventures.

Buzznet 113

Buzznet Anthem Redpoint Social Media 113

socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2009

The firm--which is a spinout of automotive configuration software firm Zag--said it will provide consumers with a "Price Report" showing the full distribution of prices paid by other people, for the exact same vehicle, in a consumer's local area. The new service is free, and is based on automotive transactions within the last four weeks.

Truecar 100

Truecar Pricing Sites Zag 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

The round came from USAA, and included Capricorn Investment Group, LLC, GRP Partners and Anthem Venture Partners. The firm's venture round had earlier been reported to be worth $32.4M, and included USAA--however, the firm had refused to confirm those details until today.

Zag 100

Zag GRP Partners Anthem Santa Monica 100

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2009

According to TrueCar, it will provide its price reports on Pricequotes.com , Carbuyingtips.com , Carzen.com , Carpricesecrets.com , and Cardevotion.com. TrueCar is venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners, Global Retail Partners, and Capricorn. Financial details of the distribution deals were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Truecar 100

Truecar Zag HTML Anthem 100

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2009

Santa Monica-based Zag.com , the online automobile buying service headed by Scott Painter, is reporting today that it had what is calls its "strongest sales so far this year" in June. The firm did not say what drove the growth, and did not provide any financial details on its sales or profitability.

Zag 100

Zag Sales CarsDirect Tech Coast Angels 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) released their 2008 Q4 MoneyTree Report this evening, reporting that $28.3 San Diego led in the report for the quarter, with $205M in 24 deals; Los Angeles had nearly $198.6M billion was invested in 3,808 deals in the fourth quarter of 2008. in 10 deals.

Southern California 100

Southern California Rustic Canyon Orange County Miramar 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Self-reported 60mm daily unique as of Dec 2009, games played by 250mm people a month (AppData). Current round: $5.0mm in Series A by NEA and Anthem Venture Partners. -Online social game network; make their own games (FarmVille, Mafia Wars, FrontierVille) in addition to allowing third-party developers to access network.

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2016

As an advisor to entrepreneurs and a technologist, I’m happy to report that the tide may be turning, and we are experiencing a new era of opportunity for entrepreneurs, and a new appreciation of the power of the digital world. In his new book, “ Digital Context 2.0: In his new book, “ Digital Context 2.0: Norton, Ph.D.,

Social Media 53

Social Media Tool Anthem Google 53

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Data reports include following sample fields: real-time suggested price for specific unit of ad inventory, ad server data, order insertion data, behavioral targeting data, conversion data, etc. Current round: $2mm in Series B from Anthem Venture Partners and Rincon Venture Partners – Total Raised: $3mm – Read more: TechCrunch.

Venture Capital 214

Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Users can share and sync and access their data from everywhere, and we keep track of where it's going, who is sharing it, what the genealogy of that data is, and can report on all of that history. One of the investors, Anthem Ventures, is here in Los Angeles, which is how I got involved.

EC2 150

EC2 Los Angeles Anthem Web 150

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

Investors attending included: Benchmark, New World Ventures, True Ventures, Anthem Venture Partners, Rustic Canyon Partners, IdeaLab, GRP Partners, Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, and Maverick Angels. Shira Lazar from What’s Trending moderated Angel Pitch Day after an entertaining discussion with Josh Berman, CEO of BeachMint.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

adult now spends a reported 5 hours and 38 minutes on the web – advances have been made in the way individuals and small businesses operate in the digital world, which will grow even more this year. The issue of cyber-espionage, targeting companies like Target, Home Depot and Anthem Insurance, continues to be a concern.

Commerce 40

Commerce Mobile Technical Review Google 40