socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association have weighed in on Q3 venture capital totals, saying that $475.5M was invested in 65 Southern California deals in Q3, compared to $773.3M in 32 deals, followed by Los Angeles with $172.3M and 87 deals in Q3 of last year. in 25 deals. in 8 deals.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

The acquisition was a big win for Southern California's investors, particularly from Clearstone Venture Partners and the Tech Coast Angels. Integrien was venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Acartha Group, Mariner Capital Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels.

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2014

Los Angeles-based online advertising technology developer Rubicon Project set the pricing range for its initial public offering Thursday, saying that it hopes to offer 6,770,995 shares of its common stock at between $15.00 Rubicon Project is venture backed by Clearstone Ventures, News Corp., and $17.00 Mayfield, as well as others.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based Titan Gaming is announcing this morning that it has scored $1M in an angel funding round, from notable local angel investors. The list of angel investors--a veritable Who's Who of technology investors in Southern California--included William Quigley and Jim Armstrong of Clearstone Ventures; Brock Pierce; MP3.com's

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then. Here's the rest. Here’s how to do it.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

Yesterday, Tom Tierney of the Tech Coast Angels responded with his own thoughts on the subject, and today, we have a few comments from Jim Armstrong , Managing Director at Clearstone Venture Partners. OK, despite the obviously purposeful edgy tone, good post. On associates.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 4, 2012

Friday, January 6, 2012 -- Raise Capital Locally But Expand Globally. 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.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Southern California's top startups showed up in force Friday at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, for the Technology Council of Southern California's annual VentureNet conference. socalTECH was a media sponsor of the conference). READ MORE>>

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

Thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com). Venture capital for innovators. Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. Helping entrepreneurs succeed.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 4, 2010

Meet the top VCs who are investing in Southern California. Find out what does it take to secure Venture Capital for your company. Tuesday, August 10, 2010 -- LAVA's Annual VC Breakfast. Find out what they are looking to invest in. Learn about the hottest trends and the mistakes NOT to make. See [link] (more).

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

Thanks to all of our sponsors and advertisers, who make our coverage of Southern. California's technology industry possible. Looking to reach Southern California's high tech executives and. socalTECH.com offers up continuous coverage of Southern California's growing high. Venture capital for innovators.

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

Southern California's high tech news and companies. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Clearstone Venture Partners (www.clearstone.com). Venture Capital for Technology Innovators. They include: Sponsors. Technology.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2010

All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. Last week, we asked with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone Ventures about his opinions, and today, we're featuring the thoughts of Bruce Hallett , a venture capitalist at Miramar Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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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). He made a lot of money from those deals, so in 1999 he set up Baroda Ventures.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 29, 2012

Angel Launch, a new event for startups and investors, is producing a networking venture pitch, networking dinner and party the night before E3 Expo in LA for digital media, mobile and tech startups. Monday, June 4, 2012 -- aunchFEST Demo Night.

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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. We'd like to be one of the most prominent investors in Southern California. My competition is not Rustic Canyon, it's not Clearstone, or the other venture firms in town.

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Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

Capital to date? $20k Get Angel capital and build a prototype. 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. 20k from StartEngine, and a lot of sweat equity from the founders. Not any more.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

The firm's technology--which creates a 3D, virtual avatar from digital photos--was originally developed at the University of Southern California for the CIA, and was spun out into a venture funded company targeting the consumer market. However, I've only spent 5 and a half years of the last thirty in venture capital.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

I asked the panelists ( David Travers , Brian Norgard , Fouad ElNaggar , & Demian Sellfors ) about the specific challenges that we face down here in Los Angeles as opposed to Silicon Valley. That’s typically not the case in Los Angeles. Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders. Peter Csathy is CEO of Manatt Digital Media Ventures, a division of Manatt Digital Media, which offers innovative full-service business consulting and legal services, as well as venture capital.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

Eric Hovanec: Both Steve and I are angel investors. I became an angel investor after Overture was acquired by Yahoo. I left, and one thing I started doing was angel investing. The board asked me to jump in, and I did, working with Ted Alexander and Jim Armstrong, of Mission Ventures and Clearstone Ventures, respectively.

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