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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 funding was led by an affiliate of DRW Ventures, and also included Mobile Financial Partners. Sixgill is led by CEO Phil Ressler. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Santa Monica Los Angeles Mobile 100

socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2015

in a Series A funding, for its cyber security analytics software, used to help detect cyber attacks. security march capital partners venture clearstone mandal cybersecurity cyberattack software' E8 Security said Tuesday that it had raised $9.8M March''s investment was led by Sumant Mandal. E8 Security is based in Redwood City.

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Capital Allegis Clearstone Santa Monica 100

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2013

Rubicon develops a cloud-based platform which enables real-time buying and selling of advertising for web publishers; the firm''s automated systems help optimize the amount of revenue earned by advertisers, by soliciting up real-time-bids for which advertisements which are presented on a web page.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , a provider of distribution services for specialty lodging and vacation rentals, announced today that it has raised $9M in a Series C funding round. The round came from current investors, including Clearstone Venture Partners, Mission Ventures, and Wyndham Exchange & Rentals.

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Clearstone Mission Ventures Pasadena Platform 160

socalTECH

JUNE 22, 2009

According to the venture backed firm, the new software for T-Mobile's myTouch 3G, learns a user's favorite locations and helps them find local retailers, restaurants, and attractions. in funding from Clearstone Venture Partners and Shasta Ventures. Tags: clearstone capital venture tmobile application mobile geodelic.

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Mobile Clearstone Santa Monica Yahoo 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online advertising firm which helps web publishers optimize their ad network revenues, reported this week on the latest online ad spending, saying that ad spending tracked at its customers grew 47 percent in the first half of the year. READ MORE>>.

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Advertising Clearstone Report Equity 193

socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2012

Rubicon Project provides an online advertising optimization service, which helps publishers maximize their revenues by strategically determining what ads and ad networks to display in real time. The firm is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures Asia, Comcast Ventures and News Corporation.

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Ticketmaster Clearstone Advertising News 164

socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the developer of online advertising optimization tools funded by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures and Peacock Equity Fund, said today that it has rolled out a new product called REVV for demand.

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Product Clearstone Advertising Demand 133

socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Rubicon Project operates an online platform which helps to maximize the advertising revenue for online publishers, by selecting the most profitable ad networks for publishers on a real-time basis. The firm is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures Asia, Comcast Ventures and News Corporation.

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Clearstone Advertising News Los Angeles 145

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Rubicon Project's online advertising service helps publishers pick the best yielding ads from online ad networks. The firm is backed by $42M in funding from Clearstone Ventures, Mayfield, IDG Venturs, and the GE/NBC Universal Peacock Equity Fund. The firm did not disclose any financial, but said it now has 150 employees.

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Clearstone Advertising Equity Los Angeles 160

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , which supplies ad optimization software to web publishers, announced today that it has released a new version of its VANTAGE Firefox browser plug-in, which helps provide its publishers with revenue and impressoin statistics and other information.

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Tool Clearstone Statistics Screening 145

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Santa Monica-based Rubicon Project said this morning that it has raised $18M in additional funding, and acquired the Fox Audience Network (FAN) from New Corporation. The new funding brings Rubicon's total funding to $60M. As part of the announcement, Rubicon said it will have over $100M in revenues in 2010.

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Networking Clearstone Santa Monica News 147

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2011

Rubicon Project is headed by Frank Addante, and develops ad optimization technology for web publishers, helping them to pick the best ad networks to optimize revenue on their web site. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Oracle Web Advertising 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com). Funding great entrepreneurs. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's. technology industry possible: Sponsors. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). Venture capital for innovators. Think Glendale.

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socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2009

in a first tranche of additional funding for the travel firm, the company disclosed today. LeisureLink, which provides a distribution and booking service for specialty lodging, said the round was led by Mission Ventures and Clearstone Venture Partners, and also included participation from its other insiders. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Mission Ventures Pasadena Capital 124

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. Thanks this week to our sponsors and advertisers, which include Clearstone. Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com). Funding great entrepreneurs. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Rely on Vistage to Help Them Grow.

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SoCalTech Advertising Rustic Canyon Glendale 127

socalTECH

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. According to Rubicon, the follow on funding round brings its total raised to $33M. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Equity Advertising Research 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2009

Rubicon is backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, and IDG Ventures, and helps online publishers optimize the selection of advertising networks used on their inventory. Smith was most recently Head of Platform Japan + Asia Pacific at Google, and has also served at DoubleClick, Red Sherrif, and Pearson. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Advertising Google Los Angeles 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2013

Organizations such as TiE Silicon Valley, TiE Mumbai, TiE New Delhi and The Morpheus Fund and several others are among the first to support CFI. As part of their support to CFI, LiveImpact.org and Pratham , have launched the “ Adopt a School ” app to help anyone access student performance data in local public schools.

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Clearstone Organization Education Google 79

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He eventually applied his lessons learned in these experiences when he founded Zag, a company that helps consumers buy cars over the Internet at pre-negotiated prices with nearly 4,000 dealers across the country [disclosure: my firm GRP Partners is an investor in Zag]. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Current round: $4.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

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. For those not familiar with BigStage, tell us what the company is doing with your avatar technology?

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Entertainment Clearstone Venture Capital Media 100

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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Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

The Quigley Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Most of the companies Clearstone invests in have angel money. When a company comes to Clearstone with some money in the bank from smart in-the-know angels, we get interested quickly. Accordingly, they can help the entrepreneur get the best deal warranted given the progress of the business.

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Jason Nazar

DECEMBER 7, 2008

If the limited partners who fund venture firms either a) change the percent of funds they allocate to VCs or b) don’t come through on their capital calls, we’ll all quickly find the venture community becoming drastically constrained.

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Venture Capital Rustic Canyon Capital Clearstone 44

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MARCH 26, 2009

funding round for the firm's travel booking service. We caught up with Eric Hovanec, the firm's CEO, and Steve Reich, the firm's SVP of Sales, to hear more about the funding. What will the funding be used for? The first, is our platform helps them generate revenue. We closed in the middle of March. So we jumped.

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Startup Platform Clearstone Content 113

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. In 2000, we set up our second fund--worth almost $400M--and for that vintage year, that fund is one of the top tier performing funds in the entire country.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

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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Southern California Venture Capital Startup SoCal 113

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

In LA there has typically been a small handful of firms actively making investments in tech, they include: Rustic Canyon , GRP Parners , Clearstone Venture Partners , Redpoint Ventures , Mission Ventures , Anthem Venture Partners , Greycroft , Crosscut , Palomar Ventures , and Rincon Ventures. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

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