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Clearstone's Sumant Mandal On Exits, Opportunities

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Over the last few months, Santa Monica-based Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com) has had a number of high profile exits in its portfolio. It's not meaningful for the venture industry as a whole, because if you're investing in Series B, C, or D round investments, these are not meaningful. It's not a revenue multiple sale.

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LeisureLink Gets $9M In Series C

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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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Crowdfunder Gets Broker-Dealer License

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The company says it had over 500 companies on its platform in 2016 receive approximately $173M in total reservations for funding. Crowdfunder said the move will help create a "more seamless solution" for its customers.

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

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But more importantly we talked in the video about fund raising and how Scott has become so efficient at it. Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Used by hedge funds, the intelligence community and multiple government agencies.

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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

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We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in. Our Panelist Include: Brock Pierce - Starting & Investing in Bitcoin, Games, and Gambling Businesses. The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders.

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Interview with Eric Hovanec and Steve Reich, LeisureLink

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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? We're investing pretty heavily in people and upgrading systems and tools those folks use to do their job.

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TechZulu Recaps: The Annual Startup Forecast

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Speakers listed: Brock Pierce – Digital currency pioneer investing in Bitcoin, games, and online gambling businesses; Clearstone Global Gaming Fund. Heather Wilburn – Founding Member of AdWords Program & Biz Dev Manager for Channel Sales team at Google. Is Micro-Investing the Future?

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