socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. Thanks this week to our sponsors and advertisers, which include Clearstone. Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com). Venture capital for innovators. Funding great entrepreneurs. to San Diego. If you're interested in reaching our.

SoCalTech 127

SoCalTech Advertising Rustic Canyon Glendale 127

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association have weighed in on Q3 venture capital totals, saying that $475.5M Nationally, the MoneyTree report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data from Thomson Reuters, found that there was $4.8

Southern California 100

Southern California Invest Orange County Palomar 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) released their 2008 Q4 MoneyTree Report this evening, reporting that $28.3 San Diego led in the report for the quarter, with $205M in 24 deals; Los Angeles had nearly $198.6M billion was invested in 3,808 deals in the fourth quarter of 2008.

Southern California 100

Southern California Rustic Canyon Orange County Miramar 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

But more importantly we talked in the video about fund raising and how Scott has become so efficient at it. Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. a fbFund winner.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

The Quigley Report

MARCH 2, 2008

I really don't know a lot of VCs who scour market research reports to confirm growth rates in a new industry or peruse 10Ks to confirm the gross margins of a market leading company. They get funded by VCs who have little more than a superficial understanding of the underlying trends in the industry.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Clearstone Startup Education 40

The Quigley Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Most of the companies Clearstone invests in have angel money. When a company comes to Clearstone with some money in the bank from smart in-the-know angels, we get interested quickly. In most cases, they can't help with follow on fund raising. As a VC, I divide angel investors into two buckets.

Angel 40

Angel Venture Capital Clearstone Startup 40

socalTECH

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? in, and we are happy to report that we're seeing some good growth, and that our investors are happy.

Startup 113

Startup Platform Clearstone Content 113

The Quigley Report

MARCH 4, 2008

You see, unless a company only plans on raising one early stage funding round, it must eventually seek capital from a different cast of characters: the later stage or 'growth capital' providers. A growth fund wants to invest in a company that it can reasonably see going public in the next 12 to 24 months. And guess what?

Startup 40

Startup Slides Marketing Clearstone 40