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APRIL 20, 2010

Over the last few months, Santa Monica-based Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com) has had a number of high profile exits in its portfolio. Clearstone itself was an incubated entity, out of Idealab, it was Idealab Capital. Sumant Mandal: First of all, you know our heritage is as an incubator. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Los Angeles-based Hopscotch , the developer of a mobile app platform used heavily by colleges, sports teams, live events, and venues, has raised $5M in a Series B funding, the company announced on Wednesday. Alan Garner of Jackson Capital, as well as Jim Armstrong will both join the company's board as part of the funding.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

Santa Monica-based venture investor March Capital Partners has re-upped on one of its portfolio companies, Redwood City-based E8 Security , which develops software used to analyze cybersecurity threats. March Capital Partners made its first investment in E8 back in March of 2015. E8 Security has now raised $21.8M in funding.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Santa Monica-based Sixgill , a developer of Internet-of-Things, sensor software, has raised $27.9M The funding was led by DRW Venture Capital, and also included Mobile Financial Partners. in a Series B funding round, the company said last week. Sixgill was formerly known as Zos Communications.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Irvine-based Integrien , a developer of enterprise IT monitoring software, has been acquired by VMware , according to VMware this morning. The acquisition was a big win for Southern California's investors, particularly from Clearstone Venture Partners and the Tech Coast Angels. Clearstone owned about half of the firm.

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DECEMBER 21, 2012

Santa Monica-based Playsino , the developer of social casino games, said Friday that it has released the first two games under its Publishing Network effort. The new games are Five-O Poker, developed by Israel-based Chiki Gaming, and Yalla Tarneed, a Middle Eastern card game developed by Yallah Games. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Playsino develops social, casino games which run on Facebook, and is venture backed by IDM Venture Capital, Eric Schmidt (Google), Michael Robertson (MP3.com), com), Carlos Bhola (Vonage), Kamran Pouzanjani (PriceGrabber), and William Quigley and Jim Armstrong (Clearstone Venture Partners).

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Los Angeles-based online advertising technology developer Rubicon Project has filed for an IPO, saying in a filing with the SEC that it is looking to sell up to $100M in its stock in an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. RBC Capital Markets, Needham & Company, Oppenheimer & Co, and Luma Securities. Mayfield, as well as others.

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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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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Santa Monica-based Geodelic , the location-based mobile application development firm run by Rahul Sonnad, confirmed its relationship with Verizon last week. Verizon has been an investor in the firm since June, and Geodelic has been developing applications with Verizon over the last year. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 19, 2009

Irvine-based Integrien , a developer of enterprise, IT monitoring software, has raised $6.5M The firm, which has previously raised funding from Clearstone Ventures and the Acartha Group, continues to have Clearstone's Jim Armstrong and Acartha's Ameet Patel listed as board members.

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MAY 18, 2010

According to Titan, it is focused on developing a "complete" gaming platform for skill-based matchmaking, tournaments and points or cash competitions. 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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MAY 3, 2016

Santa Monica-based Sixgill , a developer of location awareness software aimed at the enterprise market, has raised $6M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The startup also said the new funds will go towards sales, marketing, and accelerating product development at its new Los Angeles area office. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 11, 2010

Irvine-based Integrien , a developer of performance analytics software, said today that it has raised another $8.0M According to the firm, the round was led by Clearstone Venture Partners, and also included Acartha Group and Mariner Capital Ventures. Tags: integrien venture capital software analytics enterprise.

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OCTOBER 6, 2011

The firm said the round was led by Intel Capital, and also included Tomorrow Ventures, William Quigley and Jim Armstrong of Clearstone Ventures, Kamran Pourzanjani of PriceGrabber, and MP3.com Los Angeles-based Xfire , the online community and chat service for gamers, announced Thursday that it has raised $4M in a new funding round.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

Marina Del Rey-based Six Degree Games , the developer of online virtual worlds, recently raised $4.0M Six Degree Games is the developer of the virtual world Action AllStars. The firm's prior backers were Time Warner, Clearstone Venture Partners, and Prism VentureWorks; it's unclear who backed the firm in the latest funding.

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Marina Del Rey Clearstone Funding Develop 150

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AUGUST 23, 2010

Santa Monica-based Geodelic , the mobile application development firm run by Rahul Sonnad, has signed up Clear Channel's airport division, Clear Channel Airports , the companies said today. Geodelic is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, MK Capital, and Shasta Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Santa Monica Mobile News 178

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JULY 20, 2010

Irvine-based Integrien Corporation , a developer of IT performance analysis software, said today that it has received a third patent on its technology. The company is venture backed by Acartha Group, Clearstone Venture Partners, Mariner Capital Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels. Integrien said it has received U.S. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Santa Monica-based Geodelic , the developer of mobile location information applications headed by Rahul Sonnad, has rolled a new mobile application from Clear Channel. Geodelic is backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, MK Capital, and Shasta Ventures. The two had announced the deal in August. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Santa Monica Software Review Mobile 198

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MAY 31, 2011

Marina Del Rey-based Six Degree Games , the developer of online virtual worlds for children, has raised another $4.0M The firm has previously raised funding from Clearstone Venture Partners, Prism VentureWorks, and Time Warner. in funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm late Friday.

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Marina Del Rey Clearstone Funding Develop 145

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

A quick analysis by socalTECH of our tracking of venture capital deals in Southern California finds that there was around $879M in venture funding activity here in Q3. PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association, and VentureOne will release their quarterly nationwide results of venture activity later this month.

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. experts, developers, and many, many others. Thanks this week to our sponsors and advertisers, which include Clearstone. Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com). Venture capital for innovators. to San Diego. learn more.

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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 said that the Series B follow-on funding will go twards strategic acquisitions, research and development, international expansion, and infrastructure.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

-Money to be used for hiring and additional product development. A social analytics platform for Facebook app developers and publishers that provides detailed demographic and engagement data. Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008.

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MARCH 20, 2009

Clearstone Venture Partners (www.clearstone.com). Venture Capital for Technology Innovators. Your Software Development Partner. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies.

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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.

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Entertainment Clearstone Venture Capital Media 100

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.

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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>>

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Southern California Conference SoCal Startup 100

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

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

In the bay area it’s quite common for the entrepreneurs starting a company to be developers or technologists who can build the first versions of their products. Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles. There simply are NOT enough venture capital firms in the Southern California.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

He is currently a Managing Director of the Clearstone Global Gaming Fund and sits on the boards of IMI Exchange, Xfire, Playsino, ExpressCoin, GoCoin, FGL, Spicy Horse Games, KnCMiner.cn, Robocoin China and the Mastercoin Foundation. Brock Pierce is a 10x entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency.

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JULY 13, 2009

We have a regional focus here, and the market is underserved in venture capital, yet it's the second largest metropolis and DMA in the country. My competition is not Rustic Canyon, it's not Clearstone, or the other venture firms in town. Tags: mark suster interview venture capital partners global retail grpvc. Why do I say that?

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

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MARCH 26, 2009

We saw that the company was starting to have some potential to take venture capital, and got a little more involved, recognizing the need to step up management. 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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