- Chris Philp
Chris Philp was the Chairman of the Bow Group in 2004-5, a British centre-right think tank. Philp was educated at St Olave's Grammar School and Oxford University, where he studied physics and was editor of "Cherwell". After university Philp worked at McKinsey & Company. He then left to start Blueheath, a distribution company, and Clearstone, a HGV driver training company.
- William Quigley
William Quigley joined Clearstone in February 1999 and focuses on Clearstone's communications investments.
- David Stern
David Stern is a Venture Partner at Clearstone where he focuses on developing early stage investment opportunities at the intersection of consumer technology and media. ... David is a graduate of Cornell University and the University of San Diego School of Law. He sits as an advisor or board member of Clearstone portfolio companies SoonR, Rubicon Project and Spock Networks.
- Jaideep Singh
Jaideep Singh is a co-founder and CEO of SPOCK. Prior to SPOCK, Jaideep was an early stage venture capitalist at Clearstone Venture Partners. He got his MBA from the Wharton School in 2002 and a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Arizona in 1991. He also completed all the required coursework for his MS in Computer Engineering. From 1992 to 2000 Jaideep worked in various marketing and engineering roles, mostly at Wind River. He started his engineering career at IBM
- Steven Kan
Steven is an Associate and Kauffman Fellow at Clearstone Venture Partners. He joined Clearstone in June 2005.
- Bob Schwartz
Mr. Schwartz the founder of SchwartzGroup, a consulting firm focused on building great on-line brands at the intersection of Commerce, Media and is currently an Entrepreneur in Residence at Clearstone Venture Partners in Los Angeles.
- Jim Armstrong
Jim Armstrong, Managing Director described the company's clients and its investment role, "Entrepreneurs who work with Clearstone are attracted by our ambition, conviction and track record for undivided attention on investments we make. We perform a dual role of investor and company builder.
- Phil Ressler
Phil joined Clearstone in 2003 to provide operating perspective on investment evaluations, decisions and guidance of portfolio companies. Phil has been engaged in building businesses in technology, consumer electronics and advertising sectors since 1979, including 16 years in executive and management positions in software and Internet companies.
- Anil Patel
Anil Patel joined Clearstone Venture Partners in May 2006 as a Principal. Anil brings a combination of technology, legal and venture capital investment experience to his current role at Clearstone.
- Vish Mishra
Vish joined Clearstone in March 2002 with over 30 years of leadership and management experience in the high tech industry including software, Internet, networking and telecommunications. He is a founder and served as a board member of Telera, a cutting edge voice web infrastructure company which was sold to Alcatel for $140 million in 2002.
- Cecilia Claudio
Cecilia Claudio Director since 1999
- Raymond Stern
Raymond Stern, President and CEO
- Dickson Chan
Dickson Chan - VP Operations & Founder, DiVitas Networks Dickson Chan is the Vice President of Operations and co-founder of DiVitas Networks and brings more than 15 years of experience in product development & management in technology start-ups. Prior to founding DiVitas, Dickson was the Senior Director of Network Management Systems (NMS) and Operational Support Systems (OSS) division at Sycamore Networks.
- Chris Graham
Over 7 years experience in Java and J2EE design and development. Have worked with a variety of companies from small startups to large coporations. Expertise in every stage of the software development life-cycle from inception through to delivery. Ability to communicate at all levels and have consistently shown my ability to be an excellent team player.
- William Steven Elkus
Bill Elkus , Managing Director, Clearstone Venture Partners Bill Elkus is the Founder of Clearstone Venture Partners, with offices in Santa Monica, Menlo Park & Mumbai. Clearstone has over $650 million in committed capital for early stage technology investments. Clearstone‚s successes include PayPal, Overture, PeopleSupport, and United Online. Bill was recognized as a top 100 VC by Forbes in its Midas List in 2004-06.
- Rahul Khanna
- Dana Moraly
Dana Moraly joined Clearstone Venture Partners in 1999 from Trust Company of the West ("TCW") where she was responsible for overseeing the finance and operations of seven international private equity funds.
- Sumant Mandal
Sumant Mandal — Clearstone Venture Partners Sumant joined Clearstone Venture Partners in October 2000, and focuses on core technology investments for Carrier and Enterprise Infrastructure. He is on the boards of portfolio companies Chutney Technologies, Mimosa Systems, Kazeon Systems and SiNett, he also led Clearstone's investments in ARIO Data Networks and works closely with Crimson Microsystems.
- LeeAndra Rosales
- Vivek Khuller
Vivek Khuller is the CEO and co-founder of DiVitas Networks. Prior to founding DiVitas, Vivek held the position of Venture Partner at Clearstone Venture Partners, where he incubated DiVitas. Vivek also was Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Matrix Partners. Before Matrix, he worked at Sycamore Networks in business development, leading strategic sales for the tier-1 carrier market and managing software business development worth several million dollars.
- Tim Turpin
Tim has been involved in technology PR and marketing since 1993. Over that period Tim has worked on clients ranging from the highly technical to the highly consumable. Tim currently heads up the Enterprise Practice Group at Spark, which includes clients such as Alien Technology, FON and Terabitz. Over the course of his career, Tim has worked with clients such as Apple, Blinkx, Compuware, Dust Networks, Oblix, Omniture, Pretty Good Privacy, Rearden Commerce and many, many more.
- Prior To Disney
Prior to Disney , William was a Senior Consultant with Arthur Andersen's Financial Services Group where he developed financial and business strategies for a wide range of companies in the media and communications and financial services industries.
- Philip Toh
- Pasadena Angels
Pasadena Angels , Inc. aims to provide seed capital and long-term business relationships with start-up companies that promise rapid growth and huge market potential. Primarily focused on technology-based ventures and enterprises across Southern California, Pasadena Angels is a non-profit organization whose members include over a hundred successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives, industry professionals, and skilled investors from different industries and capital investment firms.
- Christine Johnson
- John C. Osborne
Mr. Osborne is the founding partner of Starboard Ventures which focuses on early stage technologies in Southern California. He was previously with Clearstone Venture Partners, an early stage fund with offices in Southern and Northern California . He is also President and CEO of Intermarkt LLC, which is a fully invested early stage venture fund.
- James T. Armstrong
JAMES T. ARMSTRONG has served as one of our directors since the Merger and was a director of NetZero from 1998 until the Merger. Mr. Armstrong has been a Managing Director with Clearstone Venture Partners (formerly idealab! Capital Partners) since August 1998. From May 1995 to August 1998, Mr. Armstrong was an associate with Austin Ventures. From September 1989 to March 1992, Mr. Armstrong was a senior auditor with Ernst & Young.
- Vish Mishra
Vish Mishra , Senior Venture Partner, Clearstone Venture Partners
- Steven Kan
- Erik Lassila
Erik Lassila joined Clearstone in early 2000 and founded its Silicon Valley office. His investment focus is on Internet services and technologies for the enterprise, including software, systems, and semiconductors.
- Rahul Khanna
Rahul formed our India investment advisory, Clearstone Venture Advisors, in 2005.
- Peter Lee
Peter is an associate at Clearstone and brings more than ten years of experience in strategic, engineering and operating roles in both start-ups and large companies.
- Salli Throop
Salli Throop is Executive Assistant at Clearstone Venture Partners.
- Michele McMasters
Michele McMasters is Executive Assistant at Clearstone Venture Partners.
- Rita Cardenas
Rita Cardenas is Staff Account at Clearstone Venture Partners.
- Phil Ressler
- Phil Ressler
- Phil Ressler
- Phil Ressler
- Phil Ressler