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Rubicon Project Hails Growth, New Customers

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The startup says it added more than 200 new publishers and 100 new buyer channels for the six months ended March 31, 2013, and that its customers now include more than 500 of the world''s premium publishers, including eBay UK, Time, ABC News, the Wall Street Journal, Tribune Company, Virgin Media, People, Universal and many others.

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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. 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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Crowdfunder Gets Broker-Dealer License

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Crowdfunder said the move will help create a "more seamless solution" for its customers. 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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Interview with Rahul Sonnad, Geodelic

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We caught Rahul in a more serious conversation, and spoke to him about his venture funded, location-based information startup and what it's up to, as well as got the story behind the firm's incubation at Clearstone Ventures. This runs on a number of platforms? First, for folks who haven't heard of Geodelic, what do you do?

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Interview with Eric Hovanec and Steve Reich, LeisureLink

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Eric Hovanec: We're a distribution and revenue platform for specialty lodging providers, including vacation rentals, condominium hotels--anything that isn't a hotel. We help them distribute their product, and put it on the shelf, anywhere a customer might buy--whether that's with a tour operator, travel agency, or a travel website.

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Interview with Phil Ressler, BigStage Entertainment

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We spoke with Phil Ressler--a former venture capitalist from Clearstone Ventures--who is now CEO of BigStage. I had gone into Clearstone at their invitiation, and had a really exciting time, and the experiment lasted longer than expected. Venture capital seemed the obvious way to do that. It took six weeks, and we made a deal.

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Value of *Certain* Angel Investors

The Quigley Report

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 the past few years, angels have become much more active than they were following the tech crash of 2000. Their money means something.

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