socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online advertising optimization service firm headed by Frank Addante, is claiming this morning that the firm saw 270%, year over year growth in 2009. Rubicon Project's online advertising service helps publishers pick the best yielding ads from online ad networks. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Advertising Equity Los Angeles 160

socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the developer of online advertising optimization tools funded by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures and Peacock Equity Fund, said today that it has rolled out a new product called REVV for demand. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project has launched an updated sales and pricing application aimed at premium advertisers, the firm said today. Rubicon is backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures and Peacock Equity Fund. Tags: rubicon project advertising publishing online network saas.

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Product Clearstone SaaS Advertising 140

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online advertising optimization firm backed by Clearstone, Mayfield, IDG, and Peacock Equity Fund, announced this morning that it has acquired SiteScout , a Seattle-based firm providing malware security technology. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Advertising Web Equity 164

socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project is extending into mobile advertising, the firm said today, with a new mobile ad optimization product. According to Rubicon Project, its new REVV for Mobile (RFM) product will provide mobile ad serving, campaign management, and ad network optimization on mobile ad impressions. READ MORE>>.

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Mobile Clearstone Advertising Equity 140

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2012

Los Angeles-based online advertising firm Rubicon Project is significantly boosting its executive ranks today, saying that it has named a new CTO, General Counsel, and SVP of Product Management to the firm. READ MORE>>.

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Ticketmaster Clearstone Yahoo Web 133

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2011

Los Angeles-based online advertising firm Rubicon Project announced this morning that it has hired three new executives. Rubicon Project is headed by Frank Addante, and develops ad optimization technology for web publishers, helping them to pick the best ad networks to optimize revenue on their web site. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Oracle Web Advertising 113

socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2009

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online advertising optimization software firm headed by Frank Addante, released new traffic and customer numbers Monday, saying that the company is now serving up ads for 8 of the top 15 newspaper publishers in the U.S. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. It's the source for keeping a pulse on the dynamic world of technology, reaching venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, social media. Thanks this week to our sponsors and advertisers, which include Clearstone. to San Diego.

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socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2009

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , which operates an online advertising optimization service, is announcing this morning that the firm has raised $13M more in a combination of equity and debt. According to Rubicon, the follow on funding round brings its total raised to $33M.

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Clearstone Equity Advertising Research 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2009

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project announced Wednesday that the firm has opened up an office in Sydney, Australia, as part of an expansion in the Asia Pacific region. Smith was most recently Head of Platform Japan + Asia Pacific at Google, and has also served at DoubleClick, Red Sherrif, and Pearson. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Advertising Google Los Angeles 100

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

A few weeks ago, Rahul Sonnad --a serial entrepreneur who is best known for founding and selling thePlatform to Comcast--alternately confused and dazzled attendees at Twiistup, the Los Angeles tech conference, with a fake-stilted-Indian-immigrant and ukulele-singing-and-dancing studded pitch for his firm, Geodelic (www.geodelic.com).

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Clearstone Incubator HTML Twiistup 124

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders. He is currently a Managing Director of the Clearstone Global Gaming Fund and sits on the boards of IMI Exchange, Xfire, Playsino, ExpressCoin, GoCoin, FGL, Spicy Horse Games, KnCMiner.cn, Robocoin China and the Mastercoin Foundation.

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Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

They did it entirely through social networking. Get Angel capital and build a prototype. Then get VC funding, rent a cool space, hire a big team, rebuild and relaunch. TripTrotting recruited thousands of local travel guides for their site. No wonder they just raised $1mm. The rate of change is unbelievable. Not any more.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

The firm's technology--which creates a 3D, virtual avatar from digital photos--was originally developed at the University of Southern California for the CIA, and was spun out into a venture funded company targeting the consumer market. For those not familiar with BigStage, tell us what the company is doing with your avatar technology?

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Entertainment Clearstone Venture Capital Media 100

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MARCH 26, 2009

funding round for the firm's travel booking service. We caught up with Eric Hovanec, the firm's CEO, and Steve Reich, the firm's SVP of Sales, to hear more about the funding. What will the funding be used for? Eric Hovanec: Both Steve and I are angel investors. I left, and one thing I started doing was angel investing.

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MAY 27, 2009

A few months ago, Peter Lee --a venture local capitalist who has served at firms such as Prism Ventures and Clearstone Ventures Partners--joined a relatively unknown venture firm here in Southern California, Baroda Ventures (www.barodaventures.com). It will be interesting to see what happens with the Los Angeles venture capital market.

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