socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project, which develops online advertising optimization software, announced this morning that it has hired on two executives to the firm. Rubicon Project develops technology used to optimize advertising revenues for web publishers. READ MORE>>

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eHarmony Clearstone Oracle Advertising 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

A few weeks ago, Rahul Sonnad --a serial entrepreneur who is best known for founding and selling thePlatform to Comcast--alternately confused and dazzled attendees at Twiistup, the Los Angeles tech conference, with a fake-stilted-Indian-immigrant and ukulele-singing-and-dancing studded pitch for his firm, Geodelic (www.geodelic.com).

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Clearstone Incubator HTML Twiistup 124

Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

Three full time developers and no marketing spend. One of the founders wrote a Python script that sent out custom emails to a list they had developed. ProNoise (People’s Republic of Noise) built their indie music site (launching soon) with 3 developers, and will launch a less than two months after joining StartEngine.

Incubator 91

Incubator Web Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 91

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. READ MORE>>.

Clearstone 100

Clearstone Advertising Report Entertainment 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

The "best of show" prize went to Magnify360, which develops software for optimizing content and web sites for specific users. Magnify360 was voted the best investment opportunity by both venture capitalist audience members and panelists. READ MORE>>

Southern California 100

Southern California Conference SoCal Startup 100

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.

Entertainment 100

Entertainment Clearstone Venture Capital Media 100

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.

Company 111

Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

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.

Startup 113

Startup Platform Clearstone Content 113

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). It will be interesting to see what happens with the Los Angeles venture capital market.

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Southern California Venture Capital Startup SoCal 113