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MARCH 31, 2010

Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Clearstone Ventures was among the big winners Wednesday in the IPO debut of Sunnyvale-based Meru Networks , a developer of virtual wireless LAN products. Clearstone was the biggest shareholder in Meru before the IPO, with 20.9 Shaw Group, Tenaya Capital, and CID Group.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Clearstone Ventures has backed a developer of an online social dating and games firm, CupidsPlay. CupidsPlay said it received seed funding from Clearstone. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed. CupidsPlay is based in Bellevue, Washington. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 8, 2018

Los Angeles-based March Capital Partners has joined Verizon Ventures in backing a new, early stage investment accelerator--called The Fabric --whose co-founders include Sumant Mandal, a Managing Partner at March Capital Partners, and former Managing Partner at Clearstone Ventures.

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

Santa Monica-based venture capital investor March Capital Partners --the new investment firm led by longtime Southern California venture capital veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken, and Jamie Montgomery--has made an investment in cloud application infrastructure developer Appcito. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 11, 2015

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners , the venture capital investment firm led by Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milkin, and Jamie Montgomery, is the lead investor in a new cyber security startup, E8 Security. in a Series A funding, for its cyber security analytics software, used to help detect cyber attacks.

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MARCH 17, 2009

Santa Monica-based Clearstone Venture Partners is the lead investor in a Northern California firm focused on the blogging and publishing industry, Apture. David Stern and Sumant Mandal of Clearstone have joined Apture's board along with the funding.

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MAY 4, 2010

Had a great chat with Jim Armstrong who is a General Partner at Clearstone Venture Partners today on TWiVC. Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India. Segment One: Jim’s background and Clearstone’s investment strategy. LivingSocial.

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MAY 2, 2011

William Quigley , a venture capitalist at Clearstone Venture Partners, is making the argument that venture capital returns are set to return superior returns in the coming years, due to the disinterest of institutional investors. Disclosure: Clearstone is a sponsor of socalTECH). READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 20, 2010

Over the last few months, Santa Monica-based Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com) has had a number of high profile exits in its portfolio. Clearstone itself was an incubated entity, out of Idealab, it was Idealab Capital. So it sounds like you're much more likely to incubate a firm that fund someone coming in off the street?

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Los Angeles-based Hopscotch , the developer of a mobile app platform used heavily by colleges, sports teams, live events, and venues, has raised $5M in a Series B funding, the company announced on Wednesday. The funding also included Mosaik Partners and Albrecka LLC. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 21, 2010

Los Angeles-based social shopping site ThisNext announced this morning that it has raised a new round of funding, and inked a partnership with online advertising firm Federated Media. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. Clearstone Venture Partners and Anthem Venture Partners also participated. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report finds that companies here in Southern California raised $695.4M in funding in Q3, up in terms of dollars from Q3 of last year, when $670.9M billion has been invested in the region via venture capital. was raised.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

in a round of funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today. It's unclear if the funding in this regulatory filing is the same funding as the firm announced on July 21st, from Gary Winnick (Pacific Capital), Bob Pittman (Pilot Group/AOL), Stan Shuman (Allen & Co.), READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

in a Series A funding, the company said late Tuesday evening. capital venture finance equity crowdfunding crowdfunder' Los Angeles-based crowdfunding site Crowdfunder.com , the equity crowdfunding site led by Chance Barnett, has raised $3.5M READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

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. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 4, 2012

Friday, January 6, 2012 -- Raise Capital Locally But Expand Globally. Our esteemed guest speakers include: Monica Dodi, Co- Founder and Managing Director of The Womens Venture Capital Fund, focused on early stage women led new ventures. Global LAVA. Insight from VCs with Global Expertise.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

Santa Monica-based venture investor March Capital Partners has re-upped on one of its portfolio companies, Redwood City-based E8 Security , which develops software used to analyze cybersecurity threats. in funding. March Capital Partners made its first investment in E8 back in March of 2015. E8 Security has now raised $21.8M

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

in a Series B funding round, the company said last week. The funding was led by DRW Venture Capital, and also included Mobile Financial Partners. Santa Monica-based Sixgill , a developer of Internet-of-Things, sensor software, has raised $27.9M

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report finds that companies here in Southern California raised $695.4M in funding in Q3, up in terms of dollars from Q3 of last year, when $670.9M billion has been invested in the region via venture capital. was raised.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

A new, Altadena-based startup, Rexter , has scored some funding to help it build its software algorithms and tools to help manage a user's professional relationships. The company--co-founded by Andy Wilson (Momentum Venture Partners, Yahoo) and John Slade (Yahoo)--apparently recently raised a round which included Siemer Ventures.

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JANUARY 19, 2016

LeisureLink which provides booking and distribution software for the vacation rental industry, announced today that it has raised $17M in a funding round. The funding came from Clearstone Ventures, Kinderhook Industries, and Escalate Capital Partners. LeisureLink was became part of VacationRoost in 2014.

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MAY 8, 2017

The company says it had over 500 companies on its platform in 2016 receive approximately $173M in total reservations for funding.

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APRIL 7, 2014

Local investments funds have had issues raising their new funds, and venture investors had started to hunker down with their portfolios, waiting for some sign of a thaw in the exit environment. investment investor capital venture angeles' READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 28, 2010

The funding came from MK Capital, Clearstone Ventures, and Shasta Ventures. The funding brings the company's total raised to around $10.5M. Tags: geodelic venture capital mobile phone. Geodelic provides applications which provide additional information about local businesses and attractions via mobile phone.

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JUNE 15, 2010

Addante said the firm--which has taken $42M in venture capital from Clearstone, Mayfield, IDG, and Peacock Equity fund--is on track to achieve the "ultimate test of success" for any startup, profitability.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 -- The Workshop: Get Funded in One Day (Dealmaker LA). Brought to you by the team who produces Startonomics and Dealmaker LA, this hands-on "workshop-style" event will allow entrepreneurs to drill down on the key issues we face when laying the foundation to build and fund their company. See [link] (more).

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AUGUST 19, 2009

in a funding round, part of an ongoing $7.475M fundraising effort, according to a recent regulatory filing by the company. Details on the funding have not been announced by the company. Tags: integrien venture capital software. Irvine-based Integrien , a developer of enterprise, IT monitoring software, has raised $6.5M

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , a provider of distribution services for specialty lodging and vacation rentals, announced today that it has raised $9M in a Series C funding round. The round came from current investors, including Clearstone Venture Partners, Mission Ventures, and Wyndham Exchange & Rentals. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

For today's Insights and Opinions section today, we have a post from Jim Armstrong , Managing Director at Clearstone Venture Partners , who talks about some of the issues behind the super angel trend. To be sure these super angel funds do indeed properly fit into the new trends around company creation.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Geodelic has previously raised funding from Clearstone Ventures, Shasta Ventures and MK Capital, all of whom also participated in that June investment. Tags: geodelic verizon investment venture capital mobile location applications rahul sonnad. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 3, 2016

Santa Monica-based Sixgill , a developer of location awareness software aimed at the enterprise market, has raised $6M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by an affiliate of DRW Ventures, and also included Mobile Financial Partners. Sixgill is led by CEO Phil Ressler. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

in a funding round. Details on the funding have not been announced by the firm. LeisureLink has previously raised funding from Clearstone Venture Partners, Group RCI, Kodiak Ventures LP, Mission Ventures, Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. Tags: leisurelink vacation rental travel venture capital.

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MAY 11, 2010

in a new funding round. According to the firm, the round was led by Clearstone Venture Partners, and also included Acartha Group and Mariner Capital Ventures. Integrien said the new funding will go to accelerate growth in both its direct and indirect sales channels. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 22, 2009

in funding from Clearstone Venture Partners and Shasta Ventures. The firm was founded in 2008, and according to regulatory filings that funding came in January. The company was incubated by Clearstone Ventures, which has been actively pulling together management teams and funding new startups in Los Angeles and elsewhere.

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MAY 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based Titan Gaming is announcing this morning that it has scored $1M in an angel funding round, from notable local angel investors. The list of angel investors--a veritable Who's Who of technology investors in Southern California--included William Quigley and Jim Armstrong of Clearstone Ventures; Brock Pierce; MP3.com's

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JANUARY 28, 2010

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. in funding. READ MORE>>. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 29, 2012

ANGEL INVESTOR JUDGES: Emil Babadjov, Viovoda Labs; Brad Feldman, Pasadena Angels; Mark Landay, Harvard Business Angels; Jeff Lapin, Tech Coast Angels; Brock Pierce, Clearstone Global Gaming Fund; Joe Platnick, Pasadena Angels, Pan Pacific Capital; Scott Sangster, Tech Coast Angels; Mark Schwartz, Harvard Business Angels.

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