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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.

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

LeisureLink , the developer of vacation rental management software which is backed by Clearstone Venture partners, Mission Ventures, and Wyndham Worldwide, said Tuesday afternoon that it has upgraded its MarketSpan Guest Generation product. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 3, 2016

The startup also said the new funds will go towards sales, marketing, and accelerating product development at its new Los Angeles area office. Ressler was previously a venture investor at Clearstone Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 29, 2011

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , which develops travel distribution and management software for specialty lodging providers, said Tuesday that it has linked its product with software provider InnQuest Software. LeisureLink said that InnQuest's system is used in more than 4,500 properties in more than 90 countries. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 10, 2012

Los Angeles-based online advertising firm Rubicon Project is significantly boosting its executive ranks today, saying that it has named a new CTO, General Counsel, and SVP of Product Management to the firm. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

Marina Del Rey-based Six Degree Games , which runs the Action AllStars online virtual world for tweens and teens, said today that it is tapping a software product from Crisp Thinking to help moderate its online environment. Six Degrees is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Prism VentureWorks, and Time Warner.

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MARCH 8, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project is extending into mobile advertising, the firm said today, with a new mobile ad optimization product. 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. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 22, 2010

Irvine-based Integrien , the IT management firm backed by Clearstone, Acartha Group, Mariner Capital Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels, said today that it has rolled out a new automated capacity management software product called AliveRCM.

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APRIL 5, 2010

Demand, and Eric Matza as Director of Product Marketing. Matza was most recently VP of Product Management at Experian, and also has served at Yahoo, Q Interactive/CoolSavings, and AdForce. Matza was most recently VP of Product Management at Experian, and also has served at Yahoo, Q Interactive/CoolSavings, and AdForce.

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JULY 20, 2010

Integrien said the patent is being used in its Integrien Alive product. The company is venture backed by Acartha Group, Clearstone Venture Partners, Mariner Capital Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels. Patent and Trademark office, the patent was actually issued in April, naming CTO Mazda Marvasti as inventor. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Irvine-based Integrien , a developer of IT analytics software, announced today that it has added Carol Dingle, most recently VP Product Development and Shared Services at Digital Insight/Intuit, to its technology advisory board. Integrien is backed by Acartha Group, Clearstone Venture Partners, and the Tech Coast Angels.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Santa Monica-based ThisNext , the online social shopping and product discovery site now being run by Matt Edelman, has raised $1.2M Clearstone Venture Partners and Anthem Venture Partners. Clearstone Venture Partners and Anthem Venture Partners. in a round of funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today.

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JULY 8, 2010

Christensen to lead business development, and named Michael Steuer as Vice President of product Development. Titan is backed by $1M in funding from William Quigley and Jim Armstrong of Clearstone Ventures; Brock Pierce; MP3.com's Christensen was most recently at Sony Entertainment Online, and has served at Affinity Media.

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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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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Rubicon said that the new funding round came from News Corporation, Clearstone Venture Partners, IDG Ventures Asia, Mayfield Fund, NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund and Jarl Mohn. Intead, the firm is using FAN's acquisition to add around 100 employees from FAN as part of its engineering and product team.

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MARCH 9, 2009

The firm said it has optimized more than 18 billion impressions for 150 "Premium News" category publishers using its products. 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.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

According to Integrien, the patent -- United State Patent 7,467,067 -- covers its IT performance management system, and is part of its flagship product Alive. Integrien is venture backed by Acartha Group, Clearstone Venture Partners, and the Tech Coast Angels. Patent and Trademark office lists Mazda A.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

The consumer product they’ve created is called TrueCar. Money to be used for hiring and additional product development. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Offers two products: Palantir Government and Palantir Finance. And it carries no inventory. Currently has 1.8mm users and adding about 15,000 users/day.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 6, 2013

Joaquin added, “Our goal is to provide people with a completely secure product that can not only simplify their daily lives, but also eliminate the hassle that comes from replacing lost or stolen payment cards.”. Eliminating Fraud. But for users to adopt mobile, there is need for security.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

In the bay area it’s quite common for the entrepreneurs starting a company to be developers or technologists who can build the first versions of their products. He just pounded out design and code for a few weeks and got Plancast up on the web and users adopting his product right away. Whereas in Silicon Valley, you can have a V.1

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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. On Demand).

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MAY 27, 2009

A few months ago, Peter Lee --a venture local capitalist who has served at firms such as Prism Ventures and Clearstone Ventures Partners--joined a relatively unknown venture firm here in Southern California, Baroda Ventures (www.barodaventures.com). I don't think that is going to go away just because the market is down.

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The Quigley Report

MARCH 2, 2008

I know that I am part of the problem here, as I too expect to see a revenue projection from the management team when presenting its business to Clearstone. Who the heck knows how a product will sell before it is even in the market? We pulled that original number out of a hat 2 years ago before we had even launched out product.

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MARCH 26, 2009

We help them distribute their product, and put it on the shelf, anywhere a customer might buy--whether that's with a tour operator, travel agency, or a travel website. The board asked me to jump in, and I did, working with Ted Alexander and Jim Armstrong, of Mission Ventures and Clearstone Ventures, respectively.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Speakers listed: Brock Pierce – Digital currency pioneer investing in Bitcoin, games, and online gambling businesses; Clearstone Global Gaming Fund. The more intriguing topic becomes what’s happening around the products. Smartwatches, even Glass, are acquiring data on a user’s physical life to provide health benefits.

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The Quigley Report

MARCH 4, 2008

VCs tend to put greater weight on the potential market size of the product being built, the reputations of the founders and the number of existing competitors than they do on swings (positive or negative) in the NASDAQ index. This is what Clearstone is doing with its portfolio companies.

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