socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Clearstone Ventures has backed a developer of an online social dating and games firm, CupidsPlay. CupidsPlay said it received seed funding from Clearstone. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed. CupidsPlay is based in Bellevue, Washington.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2011

William Quigley , a venture capitalist at Clearstone Venture Partners, is making the argument that venture capital returns are set to return superior returns in the coming years, due to the disinterest of institutional investors. Disclosure: Clearstone is a sponsor of socalTECH). READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2011

Santa Monica-based Clearstone Venture Partners has upped its investment in Mumbai, India-based Games2Win , an online developer of casual and other games. According to Games2Win, it has raised $6M in a Series B financing roudn, which also included SVB India Capital Partners. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners , the venture capital investment firm founded by venture investment veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery, said this morning that it has had a final close on its first fund, at $240M.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Santa Monica-based venture capital investor March Capital Partners --the new investment firm led by longtime Southern California venture capital veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken, and Jamie Montgomery--has made an investment in cloud application infrastructure developer Appcito. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report finds that companies here in Southern California raised $695.4M in funding in Q3, up in terms of dollars from Q3 of last year, when $670.9M billion has been invested in the region via venture capital.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Santa Monica-based ThisNext announced this morning that it has acquired fashion and beauty site Stylehive , and raised a Series C round of funding. The firm did not disclose amount of the funding, however, a regulatory filing by the firm last week indicated the funding round was worth $1.2M. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report finds that companies here in Southern California raised $695.4M in funding in Q3, up in terms of dollars from Q3 of last year, when $670.9M billion has been invested in the region via venture capital.

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socalTECH

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. If you have a billion dollars under management, you can't be a venture fund.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

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

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2014

in a Series A funding, the company said late Tuesday evening. Los Angeles-based crowdfunding site Crowdfunder.com , the equity crowdfunding site led by Chance Barnett, has raised $3.5M

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socalTECH

MAY 8, 2017

The company says it had over 500 companies on its platform in 2016 receive approximately $173M in total reservations for funding.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2015

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners , the venture capital investment firm led by Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milkin, and Jamie Montgomery, is the lead investor in a new cyber security startup, E8 Security. in a Series A funding, for its cyber security analytics software, used to help detect cyber attacks.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2012

A new, Altadena-based startup, Rexter , has scored some funding to help it build its software algorithms and tools to help manage a user's professional relationships. The company--co-founded by Andy Wilson (Momentum Venture Partners, Yahoo) and John Slade (Yahoo)--apparently recently raised a round which included Siemer Ventures.

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2010

Addante said the firm--which has taken $42M in venture capital from Clearstone, Mayfield, IDG, and Peacock Equity fund--is on track to achieve the "ultimate test of success" for any startup, profitability.

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socalTECH

JUNE 28, 2010

The funding came from MK Capital, Clearstone Ventures, and Shasta Ventures. The funding brings the company's total raised to around $10.5M. Tags: geodelic venture capital mobile phone. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

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. The biggest are for venture activity in the quarter was Biopharmaceuticals, which was $299.13M of the quarterly total.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2009

in a funding round, part of an ongoing $7.475M fundraising effort, according to a recent regulatory filing by the company. Details on the funding have not been announced by the company. Tags: integrien venture capital software. Irvine-based Integrien , a developer of enterprise, IT monitoring software, has raised $6.5M

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

But more importantly we talked in the video about fund raising and how Scott has become so efficient at it. led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Used by hedge funds, the intelligence community and multiple government agencies.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2009

in a funding round. Details on the funding have not been announced by the firm. LeisureLink has previously raised funding from Clearstone Venture Partners, Group RCI, Kodiak Ventures LP, Mission Ventures, Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2014

For several years, the phrase "Los Angeles Venture Capitalist" had almost become an oxymoron. Local investments funds have had issues raising their new funds, and venture investors had started to hunker down with their portfolios, waiting for some sign of a thaw in the exit environment.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Geodelic has previously raised funding from Clearstone Ventures, Shasta Ventures and MK Capital, all of whom also participated in that June investment. Tags: geodelic verizon investment venture capital mobile location applications rahul sonnad. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2010

in venture funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Thursday. No details on the funding have been announced by the firm, however, the filing indicates that Clearstone Ventures Suman Mandal and Anthem Ventures' Bill Woodward remain on the company's board. in funding. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 13, 2010

Rubicon is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures and GE/NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund. Tags: rubicon project venture capital advertising online. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

in a new funding round. According to the firm, the round was led by Clearstone Venture Partners, and also included Acartha Group and Mariner Capital Ventures. Integrien said the new funding will go to accelerate growth in both its direct and indirect sales channels. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2016

LeisureLink which provides booking and distribution software for the vacation rental industry, announced today that it has raised $17M in a funding round. The funding came from Clearstone Ventures, Kinderhook Industries, and Escalate Capital Partners. LeisureLink was became part of VacationRoost in 2014.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Marina Del Ray-based Six Degrees Games , which runs the ActionAllStars.com virtual world focused on six to 14 year olds, has raised $7M in an additional funding round. The round was led by Time Warner, and also included prior investors Clearstone Venture Partners and Prism VentureWorks. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The Series C funding was led by the GE/NBCU Peakcock Equity Fund, and also included Clearstone Venture partners and Mayfield Fund. Rubicon said the new funding will go towards strategic acquisitoins and international expansion. The new funding brings the company's total raised to $42M. READ MORE>>.

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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

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. Tags: rubicon project news audience network merger acquisition venture capital advertising.

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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. So what does this mean for internet entrepreneurs?

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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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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 4, 2012

Friday, January 6, 2012 -- Raise Capital Locally But Expand Globally. Insight from VCs with Global Expertise. 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. Global LAVA.

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socalTECH

MAY 6, 2009

in an initial funding of a $4.0M Details on the funding have not been released. The firm has previously raised funding from such companies as Clearstone Venture Partners, US Venture Partners; CommerceNet is also now listed as an investor. Tags: supplyframe venture capital electronics.

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

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MARCH 20, 2009

Beverly Hills-based Baroda Ventures , an early stage venture capital fund, has hired on Peter Lee as a new Partner at the firm. Lee joins the firm from Prism Ventures. Lee has also served at Clearstone Venture Partners, Fortis Partners, Goldpocket Interactive, and McKinsey & Co.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

in new funding, according to regulatory and other sources. 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. Marina Del Rey-based Six Degree Games , the developer of online virtual worlds, recently raised $4.0M

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