socalTECH

MAY 10, 2012

Rubicon develops software which automatically optimizes the ads displayed on web publisher's web sites to increase revenues for those sites.

Ticketmaster 133

Ticketmaster Clearstone Yahoo Web 133

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2011

Rubicon Project is headed by Frank Addante, and develops ad optimization technology for web publishers, helping them to pick the best ad networks to optimize revenue on their web site. READ MORE>>.

Clearstone 113

Clearstone Oracle Web Advertising 113

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2009

The investment included $5M in equity funding from Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, and IDG Ventures Asia, and also included $8M in debt from Silicon Valley Bank. Rubicon Project operates a service which helps online publishers optimize which advertising networks to use on their web sites, to improve their CPMs.

Clearstone 100

Clearstone Equity Advertising Research 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Rubicon, which is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, IDG Ventures, and Mayfield, said that it has hired on Josh Wexler as Director of Strategic Publisher Acquisition, who will head up its New York offices. The new location is in addition to the company's existing offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco. READ MORE>>

Clearstone 100

Clearstone Santa Monica Advertising Web 100

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

This is the beginning of a content community that collects and organizes the best content from blogs and web sites. One of the more interesting new features is that the site now takes into account social signals. I'm happy to announce the launch of the Los Angeles Tech Content Community.

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Los Angeles Angel Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 150

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

David Sacks, one of the co-founders of PayPal, pitched Geni.com, an online site focused on both family trees and social networking. The "best of show" prize went to Magnify360, which develops software for optimizing content and web sites for specific users. READ MORE>>

Southern California 100

Southern California Conference SoCal Startup 100

Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

TripTrotting recruited thousands of local travel guides for their site. They did it entirely through social networking. inLife signed up dozens of merchants in Santa Barbara for their activity site. You can go to virtually any city in the world and meet a local who will tell you about their city. Capital to date? $20k

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Incubator Web Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 91

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Speakers listed: Brock Pierce – Digital currency pioneer investing in Bitcoin, games, and online gambling businesses; Clearstone Global Gaming Fund. For a full breakdown of each of our speakers’ backgrounds, visit our event info site ! Bitcoin and the closure of nefarious exchange site, Silk Road.

Startup 95

Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

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). Peter Lee: There are some pretty good opportunities out there.

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Southern California Venture Capital Startup SoCal 113