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MAY 13, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project is reporting today that there was a 25 percent, year-over-year growth in online ad spending, according to the firm's Q1 2010 Online Advertising Market Report. Rubicon is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures and GE/NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Advertising Venture Capital Equity 140

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , a venture backed provider of online advertising optimization services, said today that it has acquired Others Online , a provider of a behavioral targeting service for the online advertising industry. Rubicon is venture backed by Clearstone, IDG, Mayfield, and others.

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Clearstone Advertising Acquisition Los Angeles 133

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Rubicon Project's services are used by web publishers to pick the best ad networks to run on a specific page of their site, based on the return predicted from that ad network. Rubicon is venture backed by News Corporation, Clearstone Venture Partners, IDG Ventures Asia, Mayfield Fund, NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund and Jarl Mohn.

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Clearstone Santa Monica News Equity 159

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AUGUST 12, 2009

Santa Monica-based Rubicon Project has tapped a New York company, Katz 360 Sales, to sell premium display ads to advertisers, the firms announced today. Rubicon Project provides online Internet advertising infrastructure for publishers, which optimizes the advertising placed on their web sites. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Santa Monica Advertising Sales 133

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OCTOBER 25, 2011

Los Angeles-based the Rubicon Project , the online ad optimization service for online publishers, said today that it has named Jay Sears as SVP Marketplace Development, and Jeremy Fain as Vice President Client Services. Sears was most recently at PulsePoint, and Fain was at CBS Interactive. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Advertising News Los Angeles 145

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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. Tags: rubicon project news audience network merger acquisition venture capital advertising. The new funding brings Rubicon's total funding to $60M.

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Networking Clearstone Santa Monica News 147

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APRIL 5, 2010

Rubicon develops online advertising optimization software and related services, and is backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures and the Peacock Equity Fund. Tags: rubicon project advertising publishing executive software. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Yahoo Advertising Demand 133

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JULY 2, 2009

Santa Monica-based internet advertising firm the Rubicon Project said Thursday that the firm has officially opened up its London offices, and hired on a Director to handle UK publishers. Tags: rubicon project executive international london advertising optimization software. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Santa Monica Advertising Report 133

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JUNE 1, 2012

He also headed up corporate development at Overture Services. Michaelson has served at advertising firms such as Grey, Ogilvy, and Dentsu, in addition to experience at Bank of America. LeisureLink is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners and Mission Ventures.

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Clearstone Internet Brands Mission Ventures Pasadena 150

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , which provides Internet advertising optimization services to publishers, announced today that it has raised $9M more. The Series C funding was led by the GE/NBCU Peakcock Equity Fund, and also included Clearstone Venture partners and Mayfield Fund.

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Clearstone Venture Capital Equity Advertising 124

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AUGUST 26, 2009

According to Rubicon, which provides online advertising optimization software and services, it has hired on Kaylie Smith as Managing Director in Sydney to head up its Australian and Asian operations. Tags: executive asia advertising online project rubcion. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Advertising Google Los Angeles 100

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APRIL 13, 2009

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , which operates an online advertising optimization service, is announcing this morning that the firm has raised $13M more in a combination of equity and debt. According to Rubicon, the follow on funding round brings its total raised to $33M. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Equity Advertising Research 100

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FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the venture funded online advertising effort run by Frank Addante, is reporting this morning that advertising CPMs were flat in Q4, even as the firm said it had an 30 percent growth in revenue across its publishers. Tags: project rubicon report advertising. READ MORE>>.

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Clearstone Advertising Report Entertainment 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

A location based service which incorporates social and gaming elements. 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. It’s awesome. Foursquare. -A Current round: $4.

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MARCH 20, 2009

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JULY 13, 2009

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. So we're focused on technology, and financial services. That was quite a prominent exit for us.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

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 company hopes to prepare advertisers for varying screen sizes. Peter Csathy – CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures, accomplished media and digital media entrepreneur.

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Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95