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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

At The Pool , the startup headed by Alex Capecelatro, is getting set for a big launch event Tuesday evening, as the firm launches its service to connect like-minded people in real life. At The Pool said it now has members in every major U.S. city, and in more than 50 countries outside the US.

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DECEMBER 21, 2012

Playsino is headed by Brock Pierce, a gaming industry veteran who has been heavily involved in investments and work with local startups. com), Carlos Bhola (Vonage), Kamran Pouzanjani (PriceGrabber), and William Quigley and Jim Armstrong (Clearstone Venture Partners). READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The article highlights the efforts of Pierce, saying that Pierce's startup, Block.One, sold around $200 million in EOS, a virtual currency which now has an outstanding value of $6.5 Another local, early LA Bitcoin proponent, BitAngels' Michael Terpin also has a residence in Puerto Rico.

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APRIL 2, 2014

Santa Monica-based The Rubicon Project , which develops ad optimization technology and operates a related online advertising exchange, closed up 33.60% at $20.04 Rubicon was venture backed by Clearstone Ventures, News Corp., All three exits will help bolster Southern California''s reputation as a technology startup hotbed.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2014 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. We will have a line up of amazing panelist who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2014. The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders.

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APRIL 30, 2013

The startup says it added more than 200 new publishers and 100 new buyer channels for the six months ended March 31, 2013, and that its customers now include more than 500 of the world''s premium publishers, including eBay UK, Time, ABC News, the Wall Street Journal, Tribune Company, Virgin Media, People, Universal and many others.

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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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DECEMBER 13, 2011

For today's Insights and Opinions section, we thought we'd share a recent article penned by Clearstone Ventures' William Quigley. Bills name is well known within the investment, start-up and tech communities, especially of late with the recent launch of his Chime.In

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NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The startup said the new app was "built by millennials for millennials", and reinvents the way people connect and interact with one another. According to the startup, the new app lets users with like interests connect through things called "shouts", linking users up in real life based on geography and interests. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Thursday, December 9, 2010 -- If the Venture Model is Broken, Whos Funding All These Startups? What is the new business of investing  startups are getting funded at rapid speeds, if venture is broken, whos doing the investing? Dealmaker Media LA.

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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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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

The Annual TechZulu Startup Forecast is one of our most anticipated events. Speakers listed: Brock Pierce – Digital currency pioneer investing in Bitcoin, games, and online gambling businesses; Clearstone Global Gaming Fund. Get yourself up to speed by reading through JATI, Inc.’s Let’s Talk Bitcoin.

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APRIL 7, 2014

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. For several years, the phrase "Los Angeles Venture Capitalist" had almost become an oxymoron.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Southern California's top startups showed up in force Friday at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, for the Technology Council of Southern California's annual VentureNet conference. socalTECH was a media sponsor of the conference). READ MORE>>

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JUNE 22, 2009

in funding from Clearstone Venture Partners and Shasta Ventures. The company was incubated by Clearstone Ventures, which has been actively pulling together management teams and funding new startups in Los Angeles and elsewhere. Tags: clearstone capital venture tmobile application mobile geodelic. and Jamdat. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

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. Monday, June 4, 2012 -- aunchFEST Demo Night.

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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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JUNE 1, 2012

Lamb was previously at American Discovery, and also was co-founder and COO of local startup Done Right! He also headed up corporate development at Overture Services. LeisureLink is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners and Mission Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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The Quigley Report

MARCH 4, 2008

Early stage VCs typically say that the ebbs and flows of the stock market don't effect the valuations they pay in start up financings. Whereas just a few months ago it was possible to get a 3X step up in valuation from the Series A to the Series B round, it is now more likely that the step up will be 1 to 1.5X.

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JANUARY 25, 2010

The Founder Institute , the business incubation and mentoring program started by TheFunded's Adeo Ressi , is expanding into the Los Angeles area, and is accepting applications for entrepreneurs for a Spring session, the group said late last week. Tags: founder institute angeles incubation startup.

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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. Tags: rahul sonnad entrepreneur startup theplatform geodelic location based mobile phone.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 1, 2013

It’s not often that one gets to see a community emerge from the ground up, but it’s happening more and more in smaller cities across the U.S. Others still focus on the right balance of angel and venture investment paired with accelerators to nurture the startups. and around the world. Why, you ask? That’s right.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Southern California's closest competitor in the sector is Geodelic , the Clearstone- and Shasta backed startup headed by Rahul Sonnad. Gowalla is based in Austin, and Foursquare is based in New York.

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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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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2014

The event starts at 6:30pm and is open to the public. Tickets start at $50 and can be purchased with bitcoins through an integration with GoCoin , a digital currency payment processor. Events Finance Government Politics 41 Ocean bitcoin Brock Pierce Bryan Parker Clearstone Venture Partners GoCoin Oakland Mayoral Candidate'

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JUNE 16, 2009

Monday, June 22, 2009 -- Pitching Venture Capitalists - Startups Uncensored #8. This months Startups Uncensored will be on Pitching Venture Capitalists. Mark Suster, a serial venture backed entrepreneur and current Partner at GRP Venture Capital, and David Stern, Partner at Clearstone Venture Capital and kickass VC Blogger.

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MARCH 24, 2016

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NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment , the venture-backed startup which is developing photo-realistic avatar technology, has exited its beta and officially launched its site. READ MORE>>

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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. The teams of volunteer individuals and organizations are not just in for hype.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

In fact, he’s personally started 34 businesses and run 17 of them. He started a car washing business as a way to be able to drive other people’s fancy cars. So while it started more about finding solutions to get him driving cars more or logging airline miles he also focuses on big, industry-changing ideas.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Top for January 16, 2009 - January 31, 2009 Posts Are You Selling Online Yet? Here’s how to do it.

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MARCH 26, 2009

We caught up with Eric Hovanec, the firm's CEO, and Steve Reich, the firm's SVP of Sales, to hear more about the funding. We started in November, and things really picked up at the beginning of January. People have recognized that, and the word has gotten out in the industry that you can fill up your property using LeisureLink.

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MARCH 20, 2009

Clearstone Venture Partners (www.clearstone.com). Startups Made Simple. startups from around the globe to grace the stage in front of Valley VCs, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Salesforce, Vmware and more. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Venture Capital for Technology Innovators. on April 24, 2009.

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 1, 2007

OK, I know I haven't posted in a while but, I'm hoping I can make it up to you with a change that I am making in the style of this blog. (By The reason that I haven't posted in a while is because we're preparing to finally start talking about what we. Tags: square1 the rubicon project clearstone internet advertising.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

But I thought I’d take some more time here to expand on what I think are the challenges, and opportunities, of starting a tech company in LA. Challenge #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists. Opportunity #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists.

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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). He made a lot of money from those deals, so in 1999 he set up Baroda Ventures.

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The Quigley Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Most of the companies Clearstone invests in have angel money. Perhaps they previously started a company in the same industry or were part of a successful company targeting the same market. When a company comes to Clearstone with some money in the bank from smart in-the-know angels, we get interested quickly.

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