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SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Sensor is led by longtime tech veteran Phil Ressler, who previously has served at Bottlenose, Lumenz Networks, MyGreenlight, Big Stage Entertainment, Clearstone Venture Partners, and many other companies. The funding was led by DRW Venture Capital, and also included Mobile Financial Partners.

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MARCH 10, 2014

LeisureLink was venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners and Mission Ventures, and also had received a strategic investment from Wyndham Worldwide. According to VacationRoost, the combined vacation rental booking network of the companies is currently generating over $130M in annual vacation rental bookings.

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MAY 24, 2016

Armstrong and Mandal previously led Clearstone Venture Partners and idealab Capital Partners, Montgomery was the founder and CEO of Montgomery & Co., as well as the Montgomery Summit, and Milken was the founder and COO of AltEgo and and executive at Knowledge Universe.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2013

At The Pool is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Canyon Creek Capital, and angels. social networking millenials discovery atthepool' Capecelatro--who is 25--said that eight five percent of At The Pool''s members are under the age of thirty five. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

LA has a number of other prominent companies in the Blockchain space, with major operations in the area or with links to the area including WAX (led by former Clearstone Ventures' investor William Quigley), which reportedly has around 40 employees in Santa Monica; Science, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

to fold the firm in with the Fox Audience Network (FAN). Rubicon is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, IDG Ventures, Mayfield, and others. Tags: rubicon project news corp audience network merger acquisition advertising. The report cites sources close to the deal. Paidcontent reports that News Corp. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 13, 2012

Barnum was the COO and CFO at Business.com when it was acquired by Dex One, and also has served at Transaction Network Service and Rent.com. 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.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Santa Monica-based Rubicon Project , the online ad network optimization firm, told its customers today that it has just optimized its one trillionth display ad. Rubicon Project's services are used by web publishers to pick the best ad networks to run on a specific page of their site, based on the return predicted from that ad network.

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MAY 29, 2012

Angel Launch, a new event for startups and investors, is producing a networking venture pitch, networking dinner and party the night before E3 Expo in LA for digital media, mobile and tech startups.

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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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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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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

The firm, which pulls pricing data from publishers and ad networks using its service, said that it is seeing ad pricing jumps as big as 270% among music sites. Rubicon's technology selects the best performing advertising network for a publisher, automatically switching ad displays to the network which provides the highest CPM to a publisher.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The startup--formerly known as Hyphos--also disclosed that it has scored venture backing from Clearstone Venture Partners, Canyon Creek Capital, along with others. At The Pool said it now has members in every major U.S. city, and in more than 50 countries outside the US. At The Pool's founders are all out of UCLA.

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MAY 17, 2011

Los Angeles LA Tech 101: The Company We Keep A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA Los Angeles Startup Networking Here are some guides to many of the different networking events around startups, technology, etc.:

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DECEMBER 31, 2009

Santa Monica-based Geodelic , a developer of location-based mobile networking software, told its users Wednesday that it has released version 2.0 Tags: geodelic location mobile networking software. of its Sherpa mobile software. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 17, 2011

Los Angeles LA Tech 101: The Company We Keep A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA Los Angeles Startup Networking Here are some guides to many of the different networking events around startups, technology, etc.:

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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. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 21, 2010

ThisNext said the new funding came from individuals Gary Winnick, Chairman of Pacific Capital Group; Bob Pittman, Founding Member of Pilot Group, former COO of AOL and AOL Time Warner and former CEO and Founder of MTV Networks; as well as Stan Shuman, Managing Director of Allen & Company, LLC.

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MAY 25, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online advertising optimization firm backed by Clearstone, Mayfield, IDG, and Peacock Equity Fund, announced this morning that it has acquired SiteScout , a Seattle-based firm providing malware security technology. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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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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APRIL 14, 2010

Rubicon is backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures and Peacock Equity Fund. Tags: rubicon project advertising publishing online network saas. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 8, 2010

According to Rubicon Project, its new REVV for Mobile (RFM) product will provide mobile ad serving, campaign management, and ad network optimization on mobile ad impressions. Rubicon is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, IDG Ventures, Mayfield, and Peacock Equity Fund. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 11, 2012

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

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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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DECEMBER 13, 2011

For today's Insights and Opinions section, we thought we'd share a recent article penned by Clearstone Ventures' William Quigley. as a social network for brands, but I still dont think Bill gets nearly enough credit for just how completely innovative Idealabs model and output was during the time I was there to witness it all.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

We caught Rahul in a more serious conversation, and spoke to him about his venture funded, location-based information startup and what it's up to, as well as got the story behind the firm's incubation at Clearstone Ventures. Rahul Sonnad: We did a seed round with Clearstone Ventures, that incubated us in their Santa Monica office.

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MAY 10, 2012

Rubicon Project is headed by serial entrepreneur Frank Addante, and venture backed by News Corporation, Clearstone Venture Partners, IDG Ventures Asia, Mayfield Fund, NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund, along with others. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 2, 2009

Rubicon Project is backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, and IDG Ventures, and operates a service which optimizes online advertising networks and ads for Internet publishers. Thomas reports to Jay Stevens, Rubicon's new VP and GM International, who the firm snagged from MySpace last month. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 9, 2009

Rubicon's products are used to optimize the mix of online advertising networks for publishers, by selecting which ad networks will provide the most revenue for online publishers. The company is backed by funding from Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, and IDG Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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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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DECEMBER 10, 2010

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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. Rubicon Project operates a service which helps online publishers optimize which advertising networks to use on their web sites, to improve their CPMs. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 1, 2013

Then there are the professional service providers, the coworking spaces, and the networking events that tie everyone together. People like Peter Pham and Mike Jones who convinced Debbie Landa to throw monthly Dealmaker LA events, and Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and Clearstone Venture Partners for generously hosting them.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Rubicon, which is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, IDG Ventures, and Mayfield, said that it has hired on Josh Wexler as Director of Strategic Publisher Acquisition, who will head up its New York offices.

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JANUARY 20, 2009

In other words, it uses what is happening: with the content out in the network with searches that land on the site, what happens when people visit the site, and various other kinds of behaviors. There are some very cool new features being released all the time as part of the software that powers this system.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

David Sacks, one of the co-founders of PayPal, pitched Geni.com, an online site focused on both family trees and social networking. READ MORE>>

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MARCH 30, 2012

They did it entirely through social networking. 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. TripTrotting recruited thousands of local travel guides for their site. No wonder they just raised $1mm.

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