socalTECH

MAY 5, 2014

According to a report , Brock--and his investment group, Sunlot--apparently are hoping to help stabilize the Bitcoin economy through its move. Pierce is a leading investor in Southern California companies, and is one of the many investors here who have recently honed in on the opportunities in Bitcoin. Pierce is one of the organizers of the.

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socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2009

Santa Monica-based Clearstone Venture Partners is the lead investor in a Northern California firm focused on the blogging and publishing industry, Apture. David Stern and Sumant Mandal of Clearstone have joined Apture's board along with the funding.

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners , the venture capital investment firm founded by venture investment veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery, said this morning that it has had a final close on its first fund, at $240M. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2014

The IPO is a huge win for backers Clearstone Ventures, News Corp., It''s been a long road for Rubicon''s backers, who first invested in the company back in 2007, when Clearstone Ventures invested in Rubicon''s Series A funding. Clearstone owned about 24.0% Rubicon--which priced at $15.00 and Mayfield.

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Clearstone Santa Monica Advertising News 187

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2012

in funding in Q3, up in terms of dollars from Q3 of last year, when $670.9M billion has been invested in the region via venture capital. billion in investments; followed by New England, with $826.1M in investments; with Southern California taking third with it $694.5M in investments. in investments.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2010

in a round of funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today. According to the filing, the first investment in the round was August 4th, and included equity, options, and warrants. Clearstone Venture Partners and Anthem Venture Partners. Clearstone Venture Partners and Anthem Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online ad optimization firm headed by Frank Addante , announced this morning that it has hired investment banker Allen & Company. Rubicon has raised over $42M in funding from Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures and GE/NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based Titan Gaming is announcing this morning that it has scored $1M in an angel funding round, from notable local angel investors. The list of angel investors--a veritable Who's Who of technology investors in Southern California--included William Quigley and Jim Armstrong of Clearstone Ventures; Brock Pierce; MP3.com's

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MyLife Clearstone Southern California Competition 229

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Geodelic has previously raised funding from Clearstone Ventures, Shasta Ventures and MK Capital, all of whom also participated in that June investment. Tags: geodelic verizon investment venture capital mobile location applications rahul sonnad. READ MORE>>.

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Twiistup Clearstone Santa Monica Venture Capital 187

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Santa Monica-based venture capital investor March Capital Partners --the new investment firm led by longtime Southern California venture capital veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken, and Jamie Montgomery--has made an investment in cloud application infrastructure developer Appcito. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , a provider of distribution services for specialty lodging and vacation rentals, announced today that it has raised $9M in a Series C funding round. The round came from current investors, including Clearstone Venture Partners, Mission Ventures, and Wyndham Exchange & Rentals.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2011

William Quigley , a venture capitalist at Clearstone Venture Partners, is making the argument that venture capital returns are set to return superior returns in the coming years, due to the disinterest of institutional investors. Disclosure: Clearstone is a sponsor of socalTECH). READ MORE>>.

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Venture Capital Capital Clearstone Technical Review 160

socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2011

For today's Insights and Opinions section today, we have a post from Jim Armstrong , Managing Director at Clearstone Venture Partners , who talks about some of the issues behind the super angel trend. To be sure these super angel funds do indeed properly fit into the new trends around company creation.

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socalTECH

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. investment investor capital venture angeles' 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? Early stage investing is booming and we are finally seeing the kind of exits that show signs of a potential IPO market in our future. Dealmaker Media LA.

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

Beverly Hills-based Baroda Ventures , an early stage venture capital fund, has hired on Peter Lee as a new Partner at the firm. Lee has also served at Clearstone Venture Partners, Fortis Partners, Goldpocket Interactive, and McKinsey & Co. Lee joins the firm from Prism Ventures.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2009

was invested in 65 Southern California deals in Q3, compared to $773.3M billion invested in 637 deals in Q3, up 17 percent quarter-to-quarter, but down three percent in deals. round; San Diego-based Zogenix with a nearly $36M funding round; and Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technology (SpaceX) , which raised $30.4M.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2009

A quick analysis by socalTECH of our tracking of venture capital deals in Southern California finds that there was around $879M in venture funding activity here in Q3. San Diego led investment activity in Q3, with a large number of the biggest VC deals all located in the area.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2015

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners , the venture capital investment firm led by Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milkin, and Jamie Montgomery, is the lead investor in a new cyber security startup, E8 Security. in a Series A funding, for its cyber security analytics software, used to help detect cyber attacks. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2018

Los Angeles-based March Capital Partners has joined Verizon Ventures in backing a new, early stage investment accelerator--called The Fabric --whose co-founders include Sumant Mandal, a Managing Partner at March Capital Partners, and former Managing Partner at Clearstone Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 27, 2012

The German American Business Association (GABA) invites you to our Annual Business and Financial Outlook Event to discuss the current state and the 2012 outlook of the economy, financial markets, trade, funding climate and real estate market both in the US and Europe. Moderated by Michael Metzger, Covert and Co.

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socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2009

The investment included $5M in equity funding from Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, and IDG Ventures Asia, and also included $8M in debt from Silicon Valley Bank. According to Rubicon, the follow on funding round brings its total raised to $33M. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2016

LeisureLink which provides booking and distribution software for the vacation rental industry, announced today that it has raised $17M in a funding round. The funding came from Clearstone Ventures, Kinderhook Industries, and Escalate Capital Partners. LeisureLink was became part of VacationRoost in 2014.

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socalTECH

MAY 8, 2017

The company says it had over 500 companies on its platform in 2016 receive approximately $173M in total reservations for funding. Crowdfunder said the move will help create a "more seamless solution" for its customers.

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Clearstone Draper Santa Monica Venture Capital 113

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. It looks like GRP has been making lots of early stage investments lately--can you talk a little bit about your investment preferences and what you are looking at nowadays?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

But more importantly we talked in the video about fund raising and how Scott has become so efficient at it. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Used by hedge funds, the intelligence community and multiple government agencies. Investing much of new cash to build presence in Android platform. Current round: $4.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2009

billion was invested in 3,808 deals in the fourth quarter of 2008. The report, based on data from Thomson Reuters, found that 2008 investments declined by 8 percent in terms of dollars, and 4 percent in terms of deal volume, with fourth quarter results seeing a 26 percent drop to $5.4 billion in 818 deals, down from $7.3 in 10 deals.

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socalTECH

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). It was him investing his own money. or $1.5M, for our first investment.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2013

Organizations such as TiE Silicon Valley, TiE Mumbai, TiE New Delhi and The Morpheus Fund and several others are among the first to support CFI. Mehta too has been appointed by Governor Brown to the Workforce Investment Board in California. Over 20 years of experience. and international markets, something great will happen.

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Clearstone Organization Education Google 79

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

funding round for the firm's travel booking service. 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. What will the funding be used for? We're investing pretty heavily in people and upgrading systems and tools those folks use to do their job.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in. Our Panelist Include: Brock Pierce - Starting & Investing in Bitcoin, Games, and Gambling Businesses. The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2016

E8 Security said on Tuesday that it has raised $12M in Series B funding, led by Strategic Cyber Ventures, and also including prior investors March Capital Partners, Allegis Capital, and The Hive. in funding. March Capital Partners made its first investment in E8 back in March of 2015. E8 Security has now raised $21.8M

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

In the bay area there are dozens of firms that are actively making investments. They’re the ones that rise to the cream of the crop and get the attention of the folks that are investing in LA, and they often have Bay Area or East Coast suitors who want to invest in their companies.

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The Quigley Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Most of the companies Clearstone invests in have angel money. The first group includes angel investors who know the space they are investing in. When a company comes to Clearstone with some money in the bank from smart in-the-know angels, we get interested quickly. As a VC, I divide angel investors into two buckets.

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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. He doesn’t see many digital media VC firms in the space and makes it a point to invest in and work with companies who engage more deeply with content.

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Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

Jason Nazar

DECEMBER 7, 2008

If the limited partners who fund venture firms either a) change the percent of funds they allocate to VCs or b) don’t come through on their capital calls, we’ll all quickly find the venture community becoming drastically constrained.

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The Quigley Report

MARCH 2, 2008

They get funded by VCs who have little more than a superficial understanding of the underlying trends in the industry. Getting a mention in one of these periodicals is an excellent way to stoke demand in your business from the investment community. What can you do to improve your odds of getting funded?

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