socalTECH

JULY 29, 2010

We've dug through our database of high tech companies, web sites, and startups and found four Southern California companies and web sites looking to cater to that adventure traveler in you. . AdventureLink is backed by Allegis Capital, Anthem Ventures, and the Mailroom Fund, and is run by adventurer Jeff Dossett.

Sites 153

Sites Southern California Technical Review Allegis 153

socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2009

Los Angeles-based Buzz Media , the online network of celebrity-focused web sites, announced today that it has inked a deal with OK! Buzz Media--which was formerly known as BuzzNet--is a venture backed operator of a network of pop culture, celebrity, and music-focused web content properties and blogs. READ MORE>>

Media 100

Media Buzznet Anthem Redpoint 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Los Angeles-based Buzznet , the venture-backed operator of a network of entertainment-focused social media sites, is making the rounds with a new feature on its Celebuzz celebrity web site this week. The firm rolled out a "zoom" feature that allows users on the site to magnify celebrity photos on the site. READ MORE>>.

Buzznet 100

Buzznet Anthem Redpoint Social Media 100

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

-The Scott Sanfilippo Interview Media Optimization Firms Are Red Hot In Southern California in 2009 Proliferate - Aggregate - Integrate Startups Uncensored #4 - “Finding and Working with Partners” SoCal VC’s absent from Forbes Midas List Top Five Best Uses of an Entrepreneur's Legal Dollars What Data Crunchers Did for Obama An Evaluation of Web Strategy (..)

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Current round: $5.0mm in Series A by NEA and Anthem Venture Partners. Online service offering privacy certification for web sites. Offers cloud-based web analytics software provider. 406 Ventures.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Demand offers up a network of online, content driven web sites--plus a healthy domain name registration business--and has garnered lots of attention for specifically creating content for search engines. Venture backers : Anthem Ventures, the Mailroom Fund, Rincon Venture Partners. www.cocodot.com).

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Startup Tech Coast Angels Demand News 178

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Is this a mobile application, web service, or how does it work? We also have a web experience, and we host that on Amazon EC2. If you go to FileTrek.com, you can access your data via web or PC. 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

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Web-based client for user stream data including Twitter (original focus), FaceBook, MySpace, Google Buzz, FourSquare and many others. Provider of real-time data and predictive analytics for web site publishers. And the broader question of whether VC’s will continue to invest in the Twitter ecosystem. Estimated 15mm downloads to date.

Venture Capital 214

Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Derrick Oien: We have a platform we develop, called ANTHEM. ANTHEM is referred to, depending on what segment you're looking at, as either a community gateway or social networking gateway. But, with Intercasting and our ANTHEM version of MySpace, it's a client integrated into the device. Intercasting is backed by $17.5M

Social Network 113

Social Network Anthem Mobile Java 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

The round came from Anthem Venture Partners and the Mail Room Fund. I developed one of the first booking engines for Sabre's web reservation system, in 1996. That information is normalized, standardized, and when a tour operator changes content on their web site, it's automatically picked up on our system.

Altadena 100

Altadena Web Sites Activity 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Bill Gross is the man responsible for the overwhelming amount of monetization on the web. 2.6mm in Series A : Canaan , Anthem. High Profile Deal of the Week: 1. This is “Adsense for Twitter.” In fact, it is Overture 2.0. Because GoTo.com was his idea. Overture sold for $1.6 billion to Yahoo! It’s core platform stuff.

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

He just pounded out design and code for a few weeks and got Plancast up on the web and users adopting his product right away. In Los Angeles we are at a disadvantage because the founder(s) often have no experience in building consumer web applications. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

Company 111

Company Companies Rustic Canyon Startup 111

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

. “Let us come together and celebrate…” The mashup theme was reflected in the SBF programming, which included panels highlighting accelerators, VCs, startups, developers, movies, TV, music, web content, art, fashion, social good, surf & skate, and more. Photo by TechZulu). Student Pitch Fest.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

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.

San Diego 70

San Diego Venture Capital Startup Activity 70

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

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

The costs of building a company have gone down dramatically, from $5 million to get to launch in the late 90’s to $500,000 (or even lower) today for web companies. 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).

Technology 313

Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313