socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2009

Katz 360 Sales, the digital sales arm of Katz Media Group--which itself is a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications--provides sales and marketing services to the broadcast industry, particularly for radio and television firms. The firm is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, and IDG Ventures Asia.

Clearstone 133

Clearstone Santa Monica Advertising Sales 133

socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2009

The site--which counts both the National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball Advanced Media as partners--offers an online site focused on interacting with friends, playing games, and chatting with other sports fans. Minard Hamilton and Ben Jones, the co-founders of the firm, were both previously at JAMDAT. READ MORE>>.

Marina Del Rey 160

Marina Del Rey Sites Clearstone SoCalTech 160

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. See [link] (more)

Tech Coast Angels 113

Tech Coast Angels Pasadena Angels Clearstone Pasadena 113

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

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

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2009

The deal includes access to Action Allstar's sports games from the National Basketball Assocation (NBA) and Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLB). ActionAllStars is operated by Six Degree Games, and is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners and Prism Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

Marina Del Rey 113

Marina Del Rey Clearstone Entertainment Sites 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

It's the source for keeping a pulse on the dynamic world of technology, reaching venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, social media. Thanks this week to our sponsors and advertisers, which include Clearstone. Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com). experts, developers, and many, many others. learn more.

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SoCalTech Advertising Rustic Canyon Glendale 127

socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2008

The new virtual world--which was developed in association with the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLB.com), allows children to play games, socialize with friends, and interact with a sports-themed community. READ MORE>>

Marina Del Rey 113

Marina Del Rey Clearstone Sites Media 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Welch joins from Experian Interactive Media, and prior to that was at LowerMyBills.com before it was acquired by Experian. The firm is venture backed by Mayfield Fund, Clearstone Venture Partners and IDG Ventures. Douglas has also served at Oracle. READ MORE>>

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eHarmony Clearstone Oracle Advertising 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Dealmaker Media LA. Speakers: Paige Craig, Founder and CEO - BetterWorks; William Quigley, Managing Director - Clearstone Venture Partners; Dana Settle, Partner - Greycroft Partners; Yves Sisteron, Managing Partner and Co-Founder - GRP Partners. Moderator: Vince Thompson, Middleshift and author of the business bestseller, Ignited.

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GRP Partners Clearstone Funding Startup 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

MENTORS INCLUDE: Charles Halloran, Attorney, KPPB Dan Gould, VP Technology, Fox Interactive Media Dave McClure, Founders Fund Daniel C. See [link] (more).

Rustic Canyon 100

Rustic Canyon MyLife GRP Partners Funding 100

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

This is based on occurrences during this time period as compared to other time periods.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Angel Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 150

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 4, 2012

Monica is also known for building several winning ventures across Europe including MTV and Walt Disney regional offices and has been actively working with innovative ventures in digital media and music technologies as an advisor and angel investor. Brock Pierce, CEO of Titan Gaming and a Managing Director of the Clearstone Global Gaming Fund.

Capital 100

Capital LAVA Clearstone Venture Capital 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 1, 2013

People like Peter Pham and Mike Jones who convinced Debbie Landa to throw monthly Dealmaker LA events, and Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and Clearstone Venture Partners for generously hosting them. I joined forces with Efren Toscano to build TechZulu, and Craig became a prolific angel investor and community champion. That’s right.

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Twiistup Clearstone Conference Training 98

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

Clearstone Venture Partners (www.clearstone.com). tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. Dealmaker Media www.undertheradarblog.com is presenting their 13th Under the Radar conference in Mountain View, CA. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Venture Capital for Technology Innovators.

Rustic Canyon 100

Rustic Canyon Southern California Technology Council High Tech 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Competitors: Google (Invite Media) , MediaMath , X+1. Current round: $4. led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Total raised: $6.0mm. See: TechCrunch. Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. Total raised: $6.0mm.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

We spoke with Phil Ressler--a former venture capitalist from Clearstone Ventures--who is now CEO of BigStage. They can put themselves and their friends into the media and the digital experience. There's been an unusually complex amount of engineering, compared to a web media startup, but that's a good thing.

Entertainment 100

Entertainment Clearstone Venture Capital Media 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

He is currently a Managing Director of the Clearstone Global Gaming Fund and sits on the boards of IMI Exchange, Xfire, Playsino, ExpressCoin, GoCoin, FGL, Spicy Horse Games, KnCMiner.cn, Robocoin China and the Mastercoin Foundation. Peter Csathy - CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures. He continues to sit on the board of Sorenson Media.

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2009

Most sectors saw drops in investment during the year, with the exception of few--including a couple of sectors where Southern California has a significant presence, in Clean Technology and Media & Entertainment. Media & Entertainment also saw an increase, up 3 percent to $2.0 billion in 277 deals. billion and 407 deals in 2008.

Southern California 100

Southern California Rustic Canyon Orange County Miramar 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

socalTECH was a media sponsor of the conference). 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. READ MORE>>

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Southern California Conference SoCal Startup 100

Jason Nazar

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

My dear friend Debbie Landa, supreme queen of DealMaker Media is hosting another kick ass event in Los Angeles, and… I’M GIVING AWAY A TICKET TO THE EVENT (keep reading below). Jim Armstrong , Managing Director, Clearstone Venture Partners. DECEMBER 2, 2008. Roundtable Discussion: 6:00pm -7:30pm.

Rustic Canyon 41

Rustic Canyon Los Angeles Venture Capital Tsavo 41

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

In LA there has typically been a small handful of firms actively making investments in tech, they include: Rustic Canyon , GRP Parners , Clearstone Venture Partners , Redpoint Ventures , Mission Ventures , Anthem Venture Partners , Greycroft , Crosscut , Palomar Ventures , and Rincon Ventures.

Company 111

Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

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. Peter Csathy – CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures, accomplished media and digital media entrepreneur. Peter Csathy jumps in to answer questions about content.

Startup 95

Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

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).

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Southern California Venture Capital Startup SoCal 113

Jason Nazar

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Last week I hosted a panel of Los Angeles Venture Capitalists with Jim Armstrong (Clearstone Ventures), Mark Suster (GRP), David Travers (Rustic Canyon), and Brian Garrett (Crosscut Ventures). You can see the recap here on the DealMaker Media Blog and here on Nicole Jordan’s new blog KickingSand.com.

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Venture Capital Rustic Canyon Capital Clearstone 44

The Quigley Report

MARCH 2, 2008

In my opinion, most of what inspires a VC to get excited about a market comes from rumor, hear say and general media publications. I mentioned that VCs tend to read a lot of general media publications (WSJ, NYT, Forbes, Fortune, ect). This is one of the reasons so many venture backed deals are flawed from the start.

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Venture Capital Clearstone Startup Education 40