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Santa Monica-based Anthem Ventures , the venture capital firm run by Bill Woodward, has scored an exit with portfolio firm Siperian , as Informatica said last week that it would buy the maker of data integration software for $130M in cash. Anthem Ventures was the original investor in Siperian, which was also one of Anthem's first investments, out of its Anthem Venture Partners I fund. Samit Varma at Anthem represented the firm as on Siperian's board of directors. ...Tags: Tags: anthem ventures venture capital siperian

Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Anthem Ventures is the lead investor in an avatar-focused, social networking site called Meez. Meez, which is based in San Francisco, said today that it has raised a financing round from Anthem. Anthem's Brian Mesic has been added to the firm's board as part of the funding. Amount and details of the funding were not disclosed. The deal also included the merger of Meez with another avatar firm called Pulse Entertainment. ...Tags:

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in venture funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Thursday. No details on the funding have been announced by the firm, however, the filing indicates that Clearstone Ventures Suman Mandal and Anthem Ventures' Bill Woodward remain on the company's board. Tags: thisnext social shopping venture capita Santa Monica-based ThisNext , which operates an online social shopping site and community, has raised another $1.2M The funding brings the company's total raised to around $9.7M

The funding came from Anthem Venture Partners and The Mail Room Fund. Tags: travel adventurelink mailroom venture capital adventure fun Los Angeles-based AdventureLink , which operates an online booking system for adventure travel, announced today that it has raised a Series A funding for the firm. Amount of the investment was not disclosed.

Source of the new funding was not disclosed, however, it appears that prior investors Anthem Ventures and Allegis Capital participated in the new funding round. Tags: adventurelink venture capital marketplace travel adventure trips vacatio Altadena-based AdventureLink , which operates an online marketplace for adventure and eco tour operators and trips, appears to have raised $1.29M in a new funding round, according to a regulatory filing. No details on the funding have been announced by the company.

ThisNext said the Series C funding round came from Clearstone Venture Partners, Anthem Venture Partners, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Tags: thisnext stylehive merger acquisition venture capital social shopping communit Santa Monica-based ThisNext announced this morning that it has acquired fashion and beauty site Stylehive , and raised a Series C round of funding. The firm did not disclose amount of the funding, however, a regulatory filing by the firm last week indicated the funding round was worth $1.2M.

According to AdventureLink, the all-stock deal also included a new investment from Allegis Capital. AdventureLink is also venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners and The Mail Room Fund. READ MORE>> ...Tags: Tags: travel merger adventurelink acquisition venture capital allegis adventur Los Angeles-based AdventureLink , the new adventure travel booking site run by Kelly Tompkins, announced this morning that it has acquired a competitor, Adventure Central . Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

According to the company, the funding round was led by Focus Ventures, and also included Anthem Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Redpoint Ventures, and Sutter Hill Ventures. Tags: buzzmedia hollywood content venture capital celebrity culture buzznet medi Los Angeles-based Buzznet , which operates a network of web sites focused on celebrities and pop culture, announced this morning that it has raised $12.5M and will rename itself Buzz Media.