Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

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.

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Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

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APRIL 23, 2009

Yahoo said it is no longer accepting new customers, and will discontinue the service later this year. billion stock-and-option acquisition by Yahoo in 1999. Geocities was one of Southern California's original, dot com successes, having both a successful IPO in August of 1998, and a $4.5

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Yahoo Clearstone Southern California Activity 145

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APRIL 13, 2009

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , which operates an online advertising optimization service, is announcing this morning that the firm has raised $13M more in a combination of equity and debt. According to Rubicon, the follow on funding round brings its total raised to $33M.

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Clearstone Equity Advertising Research 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in. Our Panelist Include: Brock Pierce - Starting & Investing in Bitcoin, Games, and Gambling Businesses. He has raised more than $200 million on behalf of his companies and led more than 30 acquisitions. From 2002 to 2004 Mr.

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Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

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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). It was him investing his own money. or $1.5M, for our first investment.

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Southern California Venture Capital Startup SoCal 113

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

A location based service which incorporates social and gaming elements. Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Investing much of new cash to build presence in Android platform. It’s awesome. The deals we quickly went through are: 1.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248