socalTECH

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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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2013

Rubicon is venture backed by News Corporation, Clearstone Venture Partners, IDG Ventures Asia, Mayfield Fund, NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund and Jarl Mohn. Rubicon Project's Addante was formerly Chief Technology Officer and a founder of L90, and was co-founder of StrongMail systems. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

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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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

Clearstone Venture Partners, Mission Ventures, and Wyndham Exchange & Rentals, said today that it is targeting Caribbean resorts. The firm has been ramping up its marketing efforts since gaining $9M more in funding in November. LeisureLink is headed by Eric Hovanec. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Los Angeles-based Xfire , the online community and chat service for gamers, announced Thursday that it has raised $4M in a new funding round. The firm said the round was led by Intel Capital, and also included Tomorrow Ventures, William Quigley and Jim Armstrong of Clearstone Ventures, Kamran Pourzanjani of PriceGrabber, and MP3.com

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socalTECH

MAY 13, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project is reporting today that there was a 25 percent, year-over-year growth in online ad spending, according to the firm's Q1 2010 Online Advertising Market Report. Rubicon is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures and GE/NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 27, 2012

The German American Business Association (GABA) invites you to our Annual Business and Financial Outlook Event to discuss the current state and the 2012 outlook of the economy, financial markets, trade, funding climate and real estate market both in the US and Europe. Moderated by Michael Metzger, Covert and Co.

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socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2010

Demand, and Eric Matza as Director of Product Marketing. Rubicon develops online advertising optimization software and related services, and is backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures and the Peacock Equity Fund. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , which provides online advertising optimization for web publishers, reports this morning that its latest advertising market survey finds that CPMs are up "significantly" in Q2. Rubicon is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, and IDG Ventures, and has raised $33M in funding.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 4, 2012

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. Brock Pierce, CEO of Titan Gaming and a Managing Director of the Clearstone Global Gaming Fund. Global LAVA. Insight from VCs with Global Expertise.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

The firm--which has been running its own series of reports on the online advertising market--attributed the increase in CPMs to holiday ad spending, as well as interesting in celebrity news topics. Rubicon said it expects 2010 to be a "strong year" for digital advertising. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2011

Rubicon also said it has promoted founder Craig Roah to President, Josh Wexler to Senior Vice President Market Development, and Seizo Welch as SVP Finance. Rubicon Project is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures Asia, GE/NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund and News Corporation.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com). Funding great entrepreneurs. Thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's. technology industry possible: Sponsors. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Need office or Tech Space?

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AUGUST 12, 2009

Katz 360 Sales, the digital sales arm of Katz Media Group--which itself is a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications--provides sales and marketing services to the broadcast industry, particularly for radio and television firms. The firm is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, and IDG Ventures Asia.

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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. Marketing , Costello and Sons Insurance , Deloitte , The City of. Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com). Funding great entrepreneurs. to San Diego.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2009

Katz 360 Sales, the digital sales arm of Katz Media Group--which itself is a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications--provides sales and marketing services to the broadcast industry, particularly for radio and television firms. The firm is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, and IDG Ventures Asia.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2013

Organizations such as TiE Silicon Valley, TiE Mumbai, TiE New Delhi and The Morpheus Fund and several others are among the first to support CFI. and international markets, something great will happen. However, India has top academicians and engineers around the world. Mehta is not calling guys to join a gamble. and sold it to VISA Inc.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the venture funded online advertising effort run by Frank Addante, is reporting this morning that advertising CPMs were flat in Q4, even as the firm said it had an 30 percent growth in revenue across its publishers.

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The Quigley Report

MARCH 4, 2008

Early stage VCs typically say that the ebbs and flows of the stock market don't effect the valuations they pay in start up financings. 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.

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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. Brock Pierce is a 10x entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency.

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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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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 Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Makes money by partnering with brands and marketers to publish location-triggered content.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. In 2000, we set up our second fund--worth almost $400M--and for that vintage year, that fund is one of the top tier performing funds in the entire country.

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Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

Three full time developers and no marketing spend. Then get VC funding, rent a cool space, hire a big team, rebuild and relaunch. Many, many thanks to Jim Armstrong of Clearstone who insisted that I needed visit an incubator or two. “I told you so” doesn’t begin to cover it. Remember how we used to do it?

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The Quigley Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Most of the companies Clearstone invests in have angel money. Perhaps they previously started a company in the same industry or were part of a successful company targeting the same market. Perhaps they previously started a company in the same industry or were part of a successful company targeting the same market.

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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. We handle all of the online distribution, marketing, and lots of seemingly small, but very important things that have to be done. Our platform allows that.

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The Quigley Report

MARCH 2, 2008

What they are really asking, I think, is "where do VCs get their inspiration about a deal or market space". In my opinion, most of what inspires a VC to get excited about a market comes from rumor, hear say and general media publications. Getting a VC educated about your market space is no easy task.

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socalTECH

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). I don't think that is going to go away just because the market is down.

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The Quigley Report

MARCH 2, 2008

I know that I am part of the problem here, as I too expect to see a revenue projection from the management team when presenting its business to Clearstone. I may be in the minority in saying this (but I do not think that I am): NONE of the 2 dozen start-ups I have funded over the years has ever hit its first or second year revenue target.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

In a short, densley packed timeline, our panel of industry experts discussed the fine line topics of wearables technology, bitcoin, SaaS, cloud, mobile gaming, and social markets. Speakers listed: Brock Pierce – Digital currency pioneer investing in Bitcoin, games, and online gambling businesses; Clearstone Global Gaming Fund.

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