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JULY 17, 2012

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 According to Openbucks, it has raised $4.8M

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APRIL 23, 2009

Internet portal Yahoo is quietly shutting Geocities , the Internet home page portal it acquired in 1999. Yahoo said it is no longer accepting new customers, and will discontinue the service later this year. billion stock-and-option acquisition by Yahoo in 1999. billion stock-and-option acquisition by Yahoo in 1999.

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MAY 4, 2010

Had a great chat with Jim Armstrong who is a General Partner at Clearstone Venture Partners today on TWiVC. Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India. Segment One: Jim’s background and Clearstone’s investment strategy. businesses. 187.5mm.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

The company--co-founded by Andy Wilson (Momentum Venture Partners, Yahoo) and John Slade (Yahoo)--apparently recently raised a round which included Siemer Ventures. Other investors in the company have not been announced. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 5, 2010

Trenda was most recently VP Global Partnerships at AOL, and also served at Advertising.com, Yahoo, Overture and GoTo, among other firms. 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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MAY 10, 2012

The company said it has tapped Brian Pike, former CTo of Ticketmaster to the CTO role, Victoria von Szeliski, former Ticketmaster Deputy General Counsel to the General Counsel position, and former Yahoo VP of Product Management John Slade as its SVP of Product Management.

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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. Aside from Sonnad, who was at thePlatform, the company includes executives from Shopzilla, Yahoo!,

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