article thumbnail

This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

Both Sides of the Table

Had a great chat with Jim Armstrong who is a General Partner at Clearstone Venture Partners today on TWiVC. It was especially fun for me because we got the chance to talk about the VC industry and how entrepreneurs should think about the VC industry in addition to discussing deals. Segment Two: “Deal of the Week”.

article thumbnail

Clearstone Gets Exit At Apture

socalTECH

Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Clearstone Ventures has scored an acquisition in its portfolio today, with the acquisition of Apture by Google. Apture had been backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Beau Vrolyk, Paul Maritz, and Steve Taylor. READ MORE>>.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Clearstone Portfolio Firm Cetas Acquired By VMware

socalTECH

Santa Monica-based Clearstone Ventures has had another exit in its portfolio, this time with the acquisition of Cetas , a developer of cloud data analytics software, by VMware. Cetas was incubated in Clearstone's Palo Alto offices by Sudhakar Muddu, a Ph.D. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

article thumbnail

Layoffs Hot Keyword for Second Half of January 2009

SoCal CTO

Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. Top for January 16, 2009 - January 31, 2009 Posts Are You Selling Online Yet? This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc.

Layoffs 159
article thumbnail

Pitching Venture Capitalists

SoCal Tech Calendar

Monday, June 22, 2009 -- Pitching Venture Capitalists - Startups Uncensored #8. This months Startups Uncensored will be on Pitching Venture Capitalists. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation revealing the best ways to meet, court, and pitch venture capitalists on your business ideas.

article thumbnail

Forbes Midas List Skips SoCal, Again

socalTECH

The last time Forbes has placed a Southern California venture capitalist on the Midas List appears to have been in 2009, when Jim Gauer of Palomar Ventures made the list. READ MORE>>.

article thumbnail

VC Outlook 2009 - Candid Talks with VCs in Los Angeles - GIVING AWAY A FREE TICKET

Jason Nazar

VC Outlook 2009: If You Need Funding You’re Fuc%ed ( or are you ) - Candid Talks with VCs in Los Angeles. Nate Redmond , Partner, Rustic Canyon Ventures. Jim Armstrong , Managing Director, Clearstone Venture Partners. DECEMBER 2, 2008. Roundtable Discussion: 6:00pm -7:30pm. Mixer/Party: 7:30pm-9:00pm.