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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. LivingSocial.

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Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2010

Demand, and Eric Matza as Director of Product Marketing. Trenda was most recently VP Global Partnerships at AOL, and also served at Advertising.com, Yahoo, Overture and GoTo, among other firms. Matza was most recently VP of Product Management at Experian, and also has served at Yahoo, Q Interactive/CoolSavings, and AdForce.

Clearstone 133

Clearstone Yahoo Advertising Demand 133

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JULY 1, 2010

Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. Current round: $20.0mm Series-B led by Andreesen Horowitz, with USV and O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. -Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Competitors: Gowalla.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

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JULY 13, 2009

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. So we think we're the right size for the market in 2009.

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157