socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2010

For today's contribution, we spoke with Jim Armstrong , a venture capitalist at Clearstone Venture Partners. It has to be the momentum of many of our companies including a bunch of exits. Because we are early stage we really feel the years it takes to get these companies into momentum, but we had quite a few large M&A and an IPO.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

in a Series B funding round, the company said last week. Sensor is led by longtime tech veteran Phil Ressler, who previously has served at Bottlenose, Lumenz Networks, MyGreenlight, Big Stage Entertainment, Clearstone Venture Partners, and many other companies. The company has now raised a total of $33.90M.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Pasadena-based BigStage (www.bigstage.com) is one of those rare companies that has taken technology developed from university research, and is now bringing that technology to the commercial market. We spoke with Phil Ressler--a former venture capitalist from Clearstone Ventures--who is now CEO of BigStage.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2010

McCurdy was previously at Electronic Arts, serving as Vice President of Technology, and was behind the company's online division and massively multiplayer online games (MMOG) efforts. Christensen was most recently at Sony Entertainment Online, and has served at Affinity Media. On the executive side, Titan said it has hired David D.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. I have some pretty specific thoughts on the differences between companies in the two cities, as I wrote about in my previous post A Tale of Two Tech Cities. Challenge #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in.

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

Southern California's high tech news and companies. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Clearstone Venture Partners (www.clearstone.com). Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. They include: Sponsors.

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