SoCal CTO

MAY 17, 2011

I'd also recommend you subscribe to So Cal Tech Central. Venture Capital As long as I'm pulling this together, here are some venture capital firms in Los Angeles that can help get you wired in. It brings together events and content for Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 17, 2011

I'd also recommend you subscribe to So Cal Tech Central. Venture Capital As long as I'm pulling this together, here are some venture capital firms in Los Angeles that can help get you wired in. It brings together events and content for Los Angeles.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2010

We've been sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community all week, and will also do so next week. For today's contribution, we spoke with Jim Armstrong , a venture capitalist at Clearstone Venture Partners. Yesterday, we spoke with Mark Suster of GRP Partners.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) released their 2008 Q4 MoneyTree Report this evening, reporting that $28.3 In terms of last quarter's activity by industry in Southern California, Industrial/Energy led, with $76.4M billion was invested in 3,808 deals in the fourth quarter of 2008.

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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 Tags: reuters thomson moneytree financing investment nvca pricewaterhousecooper capital venture.

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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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socalTECH

JULY 6, 2010

An analysis of Q2's venture capital deals and investment activity in Southern California find that venture capitalists invested around $1.6 PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association, and VentureOne will release their quarterly nationwide results of venture activity later this month.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2011

For today's Insights and Opinions section, we thought we'd share a recent article penned by Clearstone Ventures' William Quigley. Bill was like a Willy Wonka who didnt want to confine himself to the chocolate bar, and in my work for Idealab Capital Partners, I felt a bit like Charlie. Continued.). READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

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. Clearstone owned about half of the firm.

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2014

Rubicon Project is venture backed by Clearstone Ventures, News Corp., RBC Capital Markets, Needham & Company, Oppenheimer & Co, and Luma Securities. Rubicon''s IPO is the first in Southern California from a technology company since June of 2012, when San Diego''s ServiceNow had its IPO.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

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 Tags: angel videogame investment capital venture gaming titan. READ MORE>>.

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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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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. And while I generally agree and give similar advice, here are three anecdotes or truths about SoCal investing and startups that contradict.

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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

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. technology industry possible: Sponsors. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com).

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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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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Top for January 16, 2009 - January 31, 2009 Posts Are You Selling Online Yet? Here’s how to do it.

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JULY 16, 2009

This morning's Insights & Opinions piece comes from Jim Armstrong , Managing Director at Clearstone Venture Partners. Jim is very active helping Southern California's aspiring entrepreneurs, and has been instrumental in helping to promote the technology industry here. On key metrics, send (continued).

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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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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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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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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 29, 2012

ANGEL INVESTOR JUDGES: Emil Babadjov, Viovoda Labs; Brad Feldman, Pasadena Angels; Mark Landay, Harvard Business Angels; Jeff Lapin, Tech Coast Angels; Brock Pierce, Clearstone Global Gaming Fund; Joe Platnick, Pasadena Angels, Pan Pacific Capital; Scott Sangster, Tech Coast Angels; Mark Schwartz, Harvard Business Angels.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 11, 2012

Panelists include: Jay Beaghan, Managing Director of Investment Banking in Imperial Capital; William Quigley is Managing Director of Clearstone Venture Partners; Louis A. This forum provides a great opportunity to network and share ideas with other industry leaders. Wharton is a Partner at Stubbs, Alderton and Markiles; Steven J.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 27, 2012

The German American Business Association (GABA) invites you to our Annual Business and Financial Outlook Event to discuss the current state and the 2012 outlook of the economy, financial markets, trade, funding climate and real estate market both in the US and Europe. Moderated by Michael Metzger, Covert and Co.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

We'd like to be one of the most prominent investors in Southern California. 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.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 16, 2009

We are joined this month by Nate Redmond, a Partner at Rustic Canyon Venture Capital, and Docstoc Board member. Mark Suster, a serial venture backed entrepreneur and current Partner at GRP Venture Capital, and David Stern, Partner at Clearstone Venture Capital and kickass VC Blogger. See [link] (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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Entertainment Clearstone Venture Capital Media 100

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. It took month and years.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

See [link] (more).

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

1 of a product up and running in a few months weeks getting thousands of users for next to no capital, in Los Angeles many folks will take over a year and spend a million dollars just to get a beta product ready. Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles.

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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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socalTECH

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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