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Internet Veodia San Mateo, Calif., software-as-a-service video company Veodia has raised $8.3 million in Series A funding. Investors included Clearstone Venture Partners of Santa Monica, Calif., D.E. Shaw & Co.[...] [ The Deal Blogs ] - Via Orglex

The Internet video start-up, whose technology is used by Stanford University and Frog Design, raises a first round of funding from Clearstone Venture Partners and the D.E. Shaw group.[...] [ CNET ] - Via Orglex

Have been traveling all this week. From Memphis to Seattle to leaving for Pasadena in a little bit. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum is organizing the event on advertising tomorrow. Online Advertising - Getting Up Close and Personal: How will new avenues for advertising influence the buying decisions of consumer? Tim Cadogan, [...] [ Always On Real-Time ] - Via Orglex

Sandalwood Partners, the Santa Clara headquartered early stage VC firm, has invested $2 million in a Bangalore based unnamed luxury mobile phone company, according to a report in The Economic Times. It plans to invest around $10 million in the company over a period of time. The name of the [...] [ VC Circle ] - Via Orglex

| Posted by rcwhiting | Fund Rated 3.8 | 287 Chars in Private[...] [ The Funded ] - Via Orglex

| Fund Rated 3.8 | 334 Chars in PrivateI had an introduction to them and really liked them. They took the time to do the right research and asked good, intelligent questions.[...] [ The Funded ] - Via Orglex

Sumant Mandal who is managing director at Clearstone Venture Partners in Santa Monica, says that SoCal is brimming with opportunities and growth for VC investment and with 1.10 billion invested over 66 deals, the first time investments have topped $1 billion in a single quarter since 2000.[...] [ Startup News ] - Via Orglex

| Fund Rated 3.8We pitched to Sumant, This guy has no technical clue, he kept asking boiler plate MBA school questions. Also no real world logic either. I wish he would have invited a technical guy along. Stay away on Semi-space from these guy's.[...] [ The Funded ] - Via Orglex

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.tv was launched as a video content network, but they're looking to beyond just video - they claim that their network of over 2500 widgets can also [...] [ ContentSutra ] - Via Orglex

Social shopping has proven to be a popular concept lately, with a number of companies offering varying ways for shoppers to network with others have similar tastes to their own. ThisNext's take gives shoppers a way to comment on products they like, moving them up and down in the popularity [...] [ VentureBeat ] - Via Orglex

A day after rival shopping recommender StyleFeeder said it closed its first round funding, now comes news of a $5 million second round for ThisNext, according to PEHub. Previous investors Anthem Venture Partners and Clearstone Venture Partners participated in the round. Santa Monica-based ThisNext earlier raised a $2.5 million first [...] [ PaidContent.org ] - Via Orglex

Social shopping service ThisNext has taken $5 million Series B in a round that included previous investors Anthem Venture Partners and Clearstone Venture Partners. ThisNext launched in 2006 with a product that offers shopping combined with comments, tagging, social recommendations, comment ratings and a wishlist. Users can also create a [...] [ TechCrunch ] - Via Orglex

ThisNext, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based social shopping site, has raised $5 million in second-round funding, peHUB has learned. Return backers included Anthem Venture Partners and Clearstone Venture Partners. ThisNext previously raised a $2.5 million Series A round in early 2006, and also an undisclosed amount of venture debt. CEO Gordon Gould previously [...] [ PE Hub ] - Via Orglex