socalTECH

MAY 1, 2020

Newport Beach-based Vital Data Technology , a developer of artificial intelligence software for the clinical informatics area, said this week that it has named Alan Spiro as its new Chief Medical Officer in Residence.

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Artificial Inteligence Anthem Technology Software 113

socalTECH

JULY 14, 2017

San Diego-based StackIQ , a developer of "bare metal" provisioning software, has been acquired by Teradata , Teradata said on Thursday. StackIQ was venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners, Grayhawk Capital, Avalon Ventures, and crowdfunding site OurCrowd. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

Avalon 113

Avalon Anthem San Diego Acquisition 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2014

The new funding came from Grayhawk Capital, Keshif Ventures, DLA Piper, and OurCrowd, as well as Anthem Venture Partners and Avalon Ventures. StackIQ develops IT automation software for deploying big data and cloud applications on Hadoop. stackiq venture capital automatoin software enterprise hadoop' READ MORE>>.

Avalon 174

Avalon Anthem San Diego Venture Capital 174

socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Bauch and Mesic--who were previously at Anthem Venture Partners--apparently are aiming at early growth capital investment in software companies. A new, venture capital firm, founded by Jon Bauch and Brian Mesic, has emerged in Los Angeles, called Ankona Capital.

Capital 113

Capital Anthem Southern California Venture Capital 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Los Angeles-based FileTrek , a developer of cloud-based, enterprise, file sharing and tracking software, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Anthem Venture Partners, Telesystem, and the Ontario Emerging Technologies Funds. READ MORE>>.

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Anthem Los Angeles Content Software 145

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

San Diego-based Email Copilot , which develops visualization, monitoring, reporting, and analysis of email deliverability data, has been acquired by Return Path , a New York-based developer of email data software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Al Bsharah, was co-founder and CEO of Email Copilot.

Email 100

Email Anthem San Diego Acquisition 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Viewdle , the developer of cross platform, facial recognition technology backed by Santa Monica-based Anthem Ventures, has scored another round of funding, worth $10M, according to Viewdle. The new round comes from Best Buy, BlackBerry Partners Fund, and Qualcomm, in addition to Anthem Ventures, which was the original investor in the company.

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Anthem Santa Monica Venture Capital Research 154

socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2013

FileTrek , the developer of file tracking software, said today that it has signed up a value added reseller in the security, risk, legal, and compliance area. FileTrek is venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners, Telesystem, and the Ontario Emerging Technologies Funds.

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Anthem Software Tool Funding 149

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Santa Monica-based VideoAmp , a developer of programmatic video advertising software, said Friday that it has opened up offices in New York, Chicago, and Detroit, and also has hired a new VP to head up its eastern region sales. VideoAmp also said it and expanding its current office in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

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Anthem Santa Monica Sales Advertising 100

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2012

Los Angeles-based FileTrek , the developer of software which helps teams to track changes and updates in their projects, data, and documents, said Tuesday that it has released a new iPad application. The new app is free. FileTrek is headed by Dale Quayle, a serial entrepreneur whose last firm, Integrien, was sold to VMware in 2010.

Tool 133

Tool Anthem Los Angeles Activity 133

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2012

Los Angeles-based FileTrek , the cloud-based file sharing, collaboration, and revision tracking software firm headed by Dale Quale, said today that it has linked with a European firm in a distribution deal. The firm said the partnership with Empowered Technology will help it meet demand and increasing opportunities in Europe. READ MORE>>.

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Anthem Demand Los Angeles Software 124

Berkonomics

JUNE 16, 2016

Many websites are compromised and have been hacked with or set up with embedded nefarious software. Anthem Blue Cross for example could be a phishing loser. The attack is believed to have started with custom malware sent to Anthem IT staff. Attacks have resulted in losses from a few dollars to hundreds of millions.

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Anthem Software Review Email Organization 120

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2010

The round was led by Canaan Partners and also included Anthem Venture Partners and un-named angels. Tags: tweetphoto venture capital twitter social networking software photo photography tweet. According to the firm, the new funding will go to introduce new products and to expand its developer relations program. READ MORE>>.

Social Network 160

Social Network Anthem San Diego Venture Capital 160

socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2015

Varma is actually a former technology investor at Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Anthem Ventures, and we thought it would be great contrasting his experience starting and running a restaurant franchise with the technology startup world. Samit Varma: The franchise model is a lot like the software royalty model. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Anthem Venture Capital Technology 100

socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2010

Santa Monica-based Zag , the online auto buying software firm headed by Scott Painter, has raised $11.1M Zag is developing auto buying and configuration software used by groups such as the AAA, USAA, Overstock.com, and other groups to provide their members with pre-negotiated fleet and group rates on new automobiles.

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Zag GRP Partners Anthem Santa Monica 154

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2010

Biopharmaceuticals continues to drive the investment totals in Southern California, with $222M in investments; followed by Medical Devices, with $120M in investments, and Software, with $119M. Interestingly, only Redpoint, Domain, Anthem, and DFJ Frontier have local offices in Southern California. in deals tracked by our database.

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Southern California Santa Barbara Anthem Redpoint 160

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

The round came from USAA, and included Capricorn Investment Group, LLC, GRP Partners and Anthem Venture Partners. USAA is an affinity group which is using Zag's automotive configuration software and services. Tags: venture software capital automotive. READ MORE>>.

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Zag GRP Partners Anthem Santa Monica 100

socalTECH

MAY 27, 2009

San Diego-based Interacasting Corporation , a provider of mobile social networking software, has been acquired by Good Technology, the firms said this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. 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

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Santa Monica-based Zag, the online car buying software firm headed by former CarsDirect CEO Scott Painter, has spun out a new company called TrueCar, the firm said late Wednesday. According to TrueCar, it will provide information about new car pricing, using the actual price people have paid for cars.

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Zag Truecar CarsDirect Arcturus 133

socalTECH

JULY 1, 2009

TrueCar is a car pricing site which was spun out of automotive software firm Zag; the firm is venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners, Global Retail Partners, and Capricorn. The company said Cleckler will work on aiding in development of car pricing tools on the site. Cleckler has also served at Stamps.com. READ MORE>>.

Truecar 100

Truecar Edmunds Zag Anthem 100

SoCal CTO

MAY 17, 2011

Rustic Canyon GRP Parners Clearstone Venture Partners Redpoint Ventures Mission Ventures Anthem Venture Partners Greycroft Crosscut Palomar Ventures Rincon Ventures Los Angeles Startup People Some people to meet in the Los Angeles Startup Community in order to get wired in: Tony Karrer (me) - organizes LA CTO Forum private group of over 150 web/software (..)

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Los Angeles Southern California Startup Angel 196

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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

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Santa Monica-based Zag, which is developing software for auto buying programs, has signed on another AAA group as a customer. According to Zag, AAA Mid-Atlantic has just unveiled a auto buying program which is powered by the firm's software. million members. The deal includes both providing new and used cars for AAA Mid-Atlantic.

Zag 100

Zag CarsDirect Arcturus GRP Partners 100

SoCal CTO

MAY 17, 2011

Rustic Canyon GRP Parners Clearstone Venture Partners Redpoint Ventures Mission Ventures Anthem Venture Partners Greycroft Crosscut Palomar Ventures Rincon Ventures Los Angeles Startup People Some people to meet in the Los Angeles Startup Community in order to get wired in: Tony Karrer (me) - organizes LA CTO Forum private group of over 150 web/software (..)

Los Angeles 188

Los Angeles Southern California Startup Angel 188

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Santa Monica-based Zag, a venture-backed developer of online car buying software, said this morning that it has made. Zag develops software used for configuring and pricing new and used automobiles, which it provides on a white-label basis to affinity buying programs. a number of hires and a promotion.

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Zag Arcturus GRP Partners Anthem 100

socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2009

Santa Monica-based Zag.com , the online car buying software firm headed by Scott Painter, announced this morning that it has inked a deal with the AAA, to power a new service called AAA Automaker. Zag is venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners, USAA, GRP Partners, Arcturus Capital, Callaway Cars and the Skoll Fund. READ MORE>>.

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Zag Services Arcturus GRP Partners 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

We seem to receive lots of pitches from companies looking to attack the mobile market with their mobile software applications, but few who have deployed on-deck with carriers. Derrick Oien: We have a platform we develop, called ANTHEM. But, with Intercasting and our ANTHEM version of MySpace, it's a client integrated into the device.

Social Network 113

Social Network Anthem Mobile Java 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

To address that, Los Angeles-based FileTrek (www.filetrek.com) announced a funding round for its cloud-based software for sharing enterprise and business files yesterday. What our software does, is it allows that collaboration to take place, but also keeps track of that. Dale's last firm, Integrien, was sold to VMware in 2010.

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EC2 Los Angeles Anthem Web 150

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Current round: $5.0mm in Series A by NEA and Anthem Venture Partners. Software provides intelligent, real-time data analytics across a wide variety of disparate, unstructured enterprise content types. Offers cloud-based web analytics software provider. -Network of vertical focused sites: BeachMint, BeachMint, WineMint, etc.;

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The company provides SAT, ACT, and other similar test preparation courses and related software. We took the recent round, because Jake and I feel very passionately about our social missions, and, about four years ago, we started developing the software to create software. So, we're pretty connected with the community.

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Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

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. Efforts of product integration between online softwares are set to continue. Streamlined Online Experiences – Think Slack 2016. One of the stars of 2015 was undoubtedly Slack.

Commerce 40

Commerce Mobile Technical Review Google 40

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Call him an optimist if you must, but San Diego Venture Group president Mike Krenn says venture financings for San Diego’s early stage tech startups are on a tear. “I I haven’t seen it this good since 2007,” he says.

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San Diego Venture Capital Startup Activity 70

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

For those that aren’t aware of the broader technology shifts of cloud computing, the trend is described in a post I did about changes in the software industry. In LA the VC shift is clearly to Santa Monica / Venice, home of Rustic Canyon, Greycroft, Anthem and just about every incubator (Amplify, Launchpad, Mucker, Science).

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Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313