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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

Both Sides of the Table

Had a great chat with Jim Armstrong who is a General Partner at Clearstone Venture Partners today on TWiVC. It was especially fun for me because we got the chance to talk about the VC industry and how entrepreneurs should think about the VC industry in addition to discussing deals. Segment Two: “Deal of the Week”.

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Clearstone Backs Openbucks

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Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Clearstone Ventures is backing a Bay Area gift card-based, payment network, Openbucks , as part of a Series A funding for Openbucks. According to Openbucks, it has raised $4.8M

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Clearstone Tops CalPERS IRR List

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CalPERS (the California Public Employees' Retirement System), one of the biggest limited partners in venture capital funds, has released its best and worst performing venture capital and private equity funds as of December 31st, showing that two Southern California venture funds were tops in terms of internal rates of return (IRR).

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Rubicon Project's Big Winners: Clearstone, News Corp., Mayfield

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rubicon project merger acquisition clearstone news mayfield winners frank addante' Who were the biggest winners in the successful IPO of Santa Monica-based Rubicon Project ? Based on Rubicon''s current price (around $19.24

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Clearstone Gets Exit At Apture

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Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Clearstone Ventures has scored an acquisition in its portfolio today, with the acquisition of Apture by Google. Apture had been backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Beau Vrolyk, Paul Maritz, and Steve Taylor. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Gets Big Win With Meru

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Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Clearstone Ventures was among the big winners Wednesday in the IPO debut of Sunnyvale-based Meru Networks , a developer of virtual wireless LAN products. Clearstone was the biggest shareholder in Meru before the IPO, with 20.9 NeoCarta Ventures, Bluestream Ventures, D.E.

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Clearstone Re-Ups On Biometrics Firm AOptix

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Santa Monica-based venture capital investor Clearstone Ventures has re-upped in a developer of biometric identity verification technology.