Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2013

Professor Vijay Pande of Stanford University, Mohandas Pai, Chairman of Manipal Global Education and Vish Mishra, Venture Director at Clearstone and mentor to The Hive and The Fabric have joined CFI’s Advisory Board. Another great achievement already is a garbage and pothole reporting application dubbed Spotter.in.

Clearstone 79

Clearstone Organization Education Google 79

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) released their 2008 Q4 MoneyTree Report this evening, reporting that $28.3 billion was invested in 3,808 deals in the fourth quarter of 2008. San Diego led in the report for the quarter, with $205M in 24 deals; Los Angeles had nearly $198.6M

Southern California 100

Southern California Rustic Canyon Orange County Miramar 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Company reports 250,000 users in 49 countries with 1mm+ application downloads. Investing much of new cash to build presence in Android platform. Current round: $4. led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Total raised: $6.0mm. See: TechCrunch. Competitors: Skype.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

The Quigley Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Most of the companies Clearstone invests in have angel money. The first group includes angel investors who know the space they are investing in. When a company comes to Clearstone with some money in the bank from smart in-the-know angels, we get interested quickly. As a VC, I divide angel investors into two buckets.

Angel 40

Angel Venture Capital Clearstone Startup 40

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

We're investing pretty heavily in people and upgrading systems and tools those folks use to do their job. So, we're happy to make those investments in our operations. I left, and one thing I started doing was angel investing. I invested along with some other people in LeisureLink, and I was sitting on the board, as was Steve.

Startup 113

Startup Platform Clearstone Content 113

The Quigley Report

MARCH 2, 2008

I really don't know a lot of VCs who scour market research reports to confirm growth rates in a new industry or peruse 10Ks to confirm the gross margins of a market leading company. Getting a mention in one of these periodicals is an excellent way to stoke demand in your business from the investment community.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Clearstone Startup Education 40

The Quigley Report

MARCH 4, 2008

A growth fund wants to invest in a company that it can reasonably see going public in the next 12 to 24 months. These funds are being much more conservative in how they value the companies they invest in. This is what Clearstone is doing with its portfolio companies. So what are they doing?

Startup 40

Startup Slides Marketing Clearstone 40