About Clearstone Venture Partners

Clearstone Venture Partners is an early stage venture capital firm focused on IT investing with offices in Santa Monica, CA, Menlo Park, CA, and Mumbai, India. Founded in 1997, as Idealab Capital Partners, Clearstone is responsible for the early-stage funding of many successful startups including PayPal, Overture.com, Internet Brands/CarsDirect, NetZero, and MP3.com.

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  2. Start-ups trim costs to weather downturn

    livemint.com (Oct 26 2008) Explore Article

    Not only do many US-based venture firms such as Clearstone Venture Partners, Canaan Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson invest in India from global funds, ... Mumbai: S. Nand... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Kanwaljit Singh   Guruji   Sandeep Murthy

  3. Akoha Announces Community Challenge With Room To Read at TechCrunch 50

    CNW Telbec (Sep 13 2008) Explore Article

    ...oft, MySpace and Yahoo!, as well as venture capital firms including Sequoia Capital, Mayfield Fund, Clearstone Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures, Founders Fund and Fenwick & West. About Room to Read Room to Read is a lea... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Charles River Ventures   Clearstone Venture Partners   John Wood

  4. Akoha Announces Community Challenge With Room To Read at TechCrunch 50

    CNW Group (Sep 12 2008) Explore Article

    ...oft, MySpace and Yahoo!, as well as venture capital firms including Sequoia Capital, Mayfield Fund, Clearstone Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures, Founders Fund and Fenwick & West. About Room to Read Room to Read is a lea... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Charles River Ventures   Alex Eberts   Google

  5. Akoha Announces Community Challenge With Room To Read at TechCrunch 50

    earthtimes.org (Sep 10 2008) Explore Article

    ...oft, MySpace and Yahoo!, as well as venture capital firms including Sequoia Capital, Mayfield Fund, Clearstone Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures, Founders Fund and Fenwick & West. About Room to Read Room to Read is a lea... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Charles River Ventures   Alex Eberts   Google

  6. Venture capital firms eye mobile, Net cos for partner-level hires

    livemint.com (Aug 25 2008) Mobile Explore Article

    ...and mobile phone sector. In the last year, firms such as Canaan, Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) and Clearstone Venture Partners have hired partners from companies such as online retailer eBay Inc., Bharti Airtel and Motorola In... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Rahul Khanna   Chrys Capital   Mohit Bhatnagar

  7. Rajeev Thakore Joins SVP As Managing Director; Former eBay India CEO Joins Clearstone

    VCCircle (Aug 13 2008) Explore Article

    ...bai The other key move is that of Rajan Mehra, former country manager of eBay India, who has joined Clearstone Venture Partners. Mehra has been appointed as a Venture Partner in the Mumbai office of the US fund, which has inves... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Clearstone Venture Partners   Rajan Mehra   Nexus India Capital

  8. A Quick VC Take On Proto Startups

    VCCircle (Jul 24 2008) Explore Article

    ...that was held at IIT Delhi last week. We also bring you a quick reaction of Rahul Khanna, Director, Clearstone Venture Partners, who was present at the event. (Disclaimer: Khanna’s opinion is not based on any detailed evaluat... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Rahul Khanna   Centurion Bank of Punjab   Kaushik Mukherjee

  9. VAS, retail, energy...what’s top on the list of Indian VCs today?

    livemint.com (May 12 2008) Explore Article

    ...bilizers (Servomax India Ltd funded by Mayfield Fund), logistics (Elbee Express India Ltd funded by Clearstone Venture Partners) and even organic farming (Sum-inter India Organics Pvt. Ltd funded by Nexus India Capital). Helion... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Kanwaljit Singh   Rahul Khanna   Nexus India Capital

  10. Venture online

    livemint.com (May 2 2008) Explore Article

    ...at they are not just competing in an India context, but they are competing in a global one,” says Clearstone Venture Partners director Rahul Khanna. A company Khanna invested in, Games2win India Pvt. Ltd, tracks a blog, Gamas... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Games2Win   Rahul Khanna   Rajesh Jain

  11. Interest in offbeat sectors grows in Q1; Internet stays favourite

    livemint.com (Apr 14 2008) Funding Explore Article

    ...lly not funded by venture capital firms such as logistics company Elbee Express Pvt. Ltd, funded by Clearstone Venture Partners, and organic farming company Suminter India Pvt. Ltd, funded by Nexus India Capital. At the end of ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Komli   Indian Institute of Management   NetMagic

  12. Clearstone to expand investment portfolio

    livemint.com (Mar 4 2008) Acquisition Explore Article

    ...a and IDG Ventures India. Early-stage VC funds typically invest ... Bangalore: Venture capital firm Clearstone Venture Partners’ India-focused investment team plans to expand its 2008 portfolio of sectors for investments in t... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Games2Win   Mandal   State Bank of India

  13. Shailesh Mehta Joins Clearstone As Venture Partner; To Focus On Non-tech Deals

    VCCircle (Mar 2 2008) Explore Article

    Exclusive: Silicon Valley venture fund Clearstone Venture Partners has roped in Shailesh J Mehta, the former CEO of multi-billion dollar credit card company Providian... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Games2Win   Rahul Khanna   IIT Bombay

  14. Games2Win Games Launched On Nautanki.tv Network

    contentSutra.com (Feb 5 2008) Gaming , Video Explore Article

    Games2Win, the casual gaming co funded by Clearstone Venture Partners and SVB Financial, has launched flash based casual games on nautanki.tv's widget network. Nautanki.... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Games2Win   Clearstone Venture Partners   Nikhil Pahwa

  15. Games2Win Launches CT Racer On Indiagames' Games On Demand

    contentSutra.com (Jan 8 2008) Gaming Explore Article

    ... has a majority stake (between 56 and 58 percent) in Indiagames, while Games2Win has been funded by Clearstone Venture Partners. Related Games2Win Launches Racing MMOG - CT Racer A Tie-Up With Level Up Brings Ra... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Games2Win   TiE   Airtel

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