socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2009

According to the firm, it served up more than 350 billion ads through its platform this year. 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

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Rubicon said the buy will help it build out its platform. Rubicon is venture backed by Clearstone, IDG, Mayfield, and others. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Jordan Mitchell, CEO and Founder of Others Online, becomes Vice President of Data Intelligence for Rubicon Project. READ MORE>>.

Clearstone 133

Clearstone Advertising Acquisition Los Angeles 133

socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Santa Monica-based Geodelic , the latest startup of The Platform founder Rahul Sonnad, said today that it has partnered up with Universal Studios Hollywood on a mobile application focused on Universal's "Halloween Horror Nights" event. Financial details on the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Hollywood Clearstone Santa Monica Tips 140

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

According to Rubicon, Allen & Company will work with the company to "exploring options for ongoing business growth initiatives" including strategic acquisitions, platform expanson, and continued international growth. READ MORE>>.

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Invest Clearstone Acquisition Advertising 133

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2009

Pasadena-based LeisureLInk , which operates an online platform for vacation rental and specialty lodging providers, said Wednesday that it has signed on a Florida luxury resort, Silver Lake Resort. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. According to LeisureLink, the resort has implemented its booking engine on its web site.

Silver Lake 100

Silver Lake Clearstone Mission Ventures Pasadena 100

socalTECH

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. This runs on a number of platforms? First, for folks who haven't heard of Geodelic, what do you do?

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Clearstone Incubator HTML Twiistup 124

socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2009

Smith was most recently Head of Platform Japan + Asia Pacific at Google, and has also served at DoubleClick, Red Sherrif, and Pearson. 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.

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Clearstone Advertising Google Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Last week, we asked with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone Ventures about his opinions, and today, we're featuring the thoughts of Bruce Hallett , a venture capitalist at Miramar Venture Partners. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? Who are the people here you think will most influence the technology world in the coming year?

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Miramar Southern California High Tech Clearstone 140

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

A social analytics platform for Facebook app developers and publishers that provides detailed demographic and engagement data. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. A demand side advertising platform which allows advertisers to bid on individual ad impressions in real time, based on the site and who would see it.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

Eric Hovanec: We're a distribution and revenue platform for specialty lodging providers, including vacation rentals, condominium hotels--anything that isn't a hotel. We've got a software-as-a-service platform that handles all of that for them--all they have to do is hand the guest the key. Our platform allows that.

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Startup Platform Clearstone Content 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

We spoke with Phil Ressler--a former venture capitalist from Clearstone Ventures--who is now CEO of BigStage. I had gone into Clearstone at their invitiation, and had a really exciting time, and the experiment lasted longer than expected. Venture capital seemed the obvious way to do that. It took six weeks, and we made a deal.

Entertainment 100

Entertainment Clearstone Venture Capital Media 100

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. In the past few years, angels have become much more active than they were following the tech crash of 2000. Their money means something.

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Angel Venture Capital Clearstone Startup 40

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