Investors



Clearstone Venture Partners excels at leading early-stage investments and company development across numerous sectors including: business and consumer internet opportunities within digital media, publishing and internet advertising, mobile and communication offerings as well as enterprise and carrier technologies.

Clearstone seeks out founders with a passion for their project and insight into large existing and potential markets. With many incubated projects having seen success, Clearstone prides itself on its expertise in helping founding teams all the way from initiation to exit. Past successes for the firm have included companies such as Overture (sold to Yahoo), Paypal, MP3.com, eToys, Netzero/ United Online and many others.

Clearstone is headquartered in Los Angeles with branches in Menlo Park and Mumbai, India.



Mayfield Fund provides "venture capital with impact" by partnering with exceptional individuals to create industry-leading companies. Mayfield has domain expertise in communications/wireless, consumer/media, enterprise software and semiconductors. The firm has over $2.7 billion under management and a team of eleven investing professionals. Since Mayfield's founding in 1969, the firm has invested in more than 470 high-growth companies, taken more than 100 public and more than 150 have merged or were acquired.



IDG Ventures is a global network of venture capital funds with over $2 billion under management and a portfolio of over 220 companies built over the last 15 years. The IDG Ventures network is comprised of six independent partnerships managing funds in North America and Asia. Each partnership makes investments on behalf of its limited partners, including International Data Group (IDG), the world's largest IT media company. By combining the IDG platform – an unparalleled combination of global publishing, market research (IDC), and conferences and exhibition resources – with years of hands-on experience in early-stage company building, each IDG Ventures fund helps companies understand their markets better and penetrate them faster than their competition.

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