# Clearstone Venture Partners

> Clearstone Venture Partners is a VC fund backing Software. See 102 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santa Monica, United States
- Total investments: 102
- Last investment: Nov 2018
- Lead investor: 24%
- Fund size: $200M
- Last fund: Apr 2005
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/clearstone-venture-partners
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/clearstonevc
- Website: http://www.clearstone.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ClearstoneVC

Clearstone Venture Partners is a VC fund in Santa Monica focused on Software and Enterprise Software. Founded by Bill Elkus in 1998, Clearstone Venture Partners is a venture capital firm with offices in Santa Monica and Menlo Park, California. The firm manages over $650 million of committed capital in the technology sector, and has helped finance early-stage rounds in numerous successful companies such as eToys, Overture, PayPal, United Online,MP3.com, Jump and eMusic.Clearstone's limited partners include the investment affiliates of The State of California, JP Morgan, The University of California, The State of Michigan, The State of Pennsylvania, The University of Pittsburgh, Moore Capital and others.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $4M–$10M |
| Series B | $6M–$23M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 21 | 21% |
| Enterprise Software | 8 | 8% |
| E-Commerce | 7 | 7% |
| Information Technology | 7 | 7% |
| Internet | 6 | 6% |

98 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 27 | 26% |
| Series B | 24 | 24% |
| Funding Round | 16 | 16% |
| Series C | 12 | 12% |
| Series D | 5 | 5% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 48 | 47% |
| India | 4 | 4% |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rita Cardenas | Accountant | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rita-cardenas |
| Salli Throop | Office Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/salli-throop |
| Vish Mishra | Member of General Partner and Venture Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vish-mishra |
| Dana Moraly | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dana-moraly |
| Jim Armstrong | Managing Director | 29 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-armstrong |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Billdesk | BillDesk develops an integrated technology platform and unified APIs to make digital payments easy and accessible. BillDesk was created to help consumers leverage on the potential of electronic medium to better organize and manage their payments, while escaping some of the pitfalls of traditional bill payment services. | $71.5M | Corporate Round | Nov 16, 2018 |  |
| Vyng | Vyng has built a next-generation Caller ID platform that visualizes every call. Vyng is helping start better conversations between friends, family, and businesses for the next half billion smartphone users in India and beyond.Vyng boasts 4 billion videos played across 170 countries since its launch in 2018. The company has raised $7MM and isbacked by March Capital, Omidyar Network, a Sequoia Capital partner, and the founders of Giphy and GroupMe. | $3M | Seed | Oct 10, 2017 |  |
| Tesloop | TESLOOP OVERVIEW: Tesloop’s manages and operates an expanding fleet of electric Tesla vehicles offering city-to-city shared-car transportation. Tesloop’s service, launched in July 2015, offers daily scheduled routes from LA and Orange County to Las Vegas. The Tesloop service model disrupts city-to-city travel by leveraging the low cost ofelectricity and a business model that immediately leverages new autonomous driving technology. The autonomous, computerized, electric platform creates unprecedented economic efficiencies and delivers a new level of consumer value vs. all other transportation alternatives. The service has received rave reviews from it’s growing customer base and is rapidly expanding with routes to Palms Springs and San Diego planned for this spring.Tesloop’s mission is to rapidly increase access to an amazing & sustainable travel experience. Tesloop's goal is to employ autonomous/electric vehicle technology towards its highest utilization thus creating the maximum environmental and health benefits of every vehicle. |  | Seed | Oct 13, 2016 |  |
| LiveLike | LiveLike is a next-gen OTT sports technology company delivering the live sports experience to fans on any platform solving the linear live sports streaming paradigm. The company's white-label platform integrates the latest innovations in VR, AR, and MR to revolutionize sports viewing around the world. It also allows broadcasters to streamregular or interactive content to their end-users under their own brand on mobile and VR.LiveLike key clients and events include Fox Sports VR, French Open, UEFA Champions League, Manchester City, BT, France Television, Sky Germany, NASCAR, Super Bowl LI, Huawei, and many more.LiveLike reinvents the user experience around four pillars: social, interactivity, content, and immersive. | $5M | Series A | Sep 21, 2016 |  |
| LeisureLink | LeisureLink is a private, high-growth company headquartered in Pasadena, California, and funded by leading Southern California venture capitalist firms Clearstone Venture Partners and Mission Ventures, with a strategic investment from Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN). Over 1,500 “LeisureLinked” independent vacation rental properties, timeshares,villas, bed and breakfasts, condo hotels and boutique resorts throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe and the Caribbean trust our online system to manage their brands, maximize their profitability, streamline their revenue-driving efforts, and put heads in beds, every day. | $17M |  | Jan 19, 2016 |  |
| Rhone Apparel | Rhone was born out of a need-created to fill the void in the modern mens lifestyle offering. To provide an attire option with purpose-clothing that refuses to be designated as business or leisure or any pursuit between. For the man that values form and function alike. For the man that demands something technical enough to keep up with him in hisactive pursuits and stylish enough to keep up with the rest of his lifestyle. Our aim is to deliver the most premium quality mens active apparel that leaves you inspired. | $5M | Series A | Sep 21, 2015 |  |
| Managed by Q | Managed by Q makes it easy to run an office. Known as the operating system for offices, Q saves businesses and employees valuable time by providing a range of subscription and on-demand services, from cleaning and maintenance to supply replenishment and wellness. Today, the Managed by Q technology platform connects thousands of businesses to theservices required to seamlessly run their workspaces. The company is committed to spreading a mission of economic empowerment, by creating good jobs for its Operators and providing opportunities for small business to flourish. With operations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco, Managed by Q is redefining the way the world works. | $15M | Series A | Jun 18, 2015 |  |
| AOptix Technologies | AOptix Technologies, Inc. develops free space optical communications and iris biometrics based identification solutions for government and commercial markets. It offers advanced biometric iris recognition systems and ultra-high bandwidth laser communication solutions. Its products are used in advanced biometrics applications, such as bordersecurity, national and regional ID cards, aviation security, governmental and commercial access control, and law enforcement; defense applications, including network-centric operation and ground and air nodes; and commercial applications comprising outdoor sporting event remotes, wireless ad-hoc networks, and wireless breakthrough delivers uncompressed HD video. | $20M | Series F | May 19, 2015 |  |
| At The Pool | At The Pool is the best way to connect with people around you, through beautiful profiles and intelligent interest-mapping.1) At The Pool re-imagines the Contact List, showing your friends nearby and making it easy to get offline. 2) ‘Shout’ to the people around you like a proactive status update: what you are doing / want to do? Findout which friends want to go for a hike, try a restaurant, or discover an event in your area.3) 'Explore' the people around you based off of distance and time. If you find someone interesting, comment on their shout, or message them directly.Already with members in 100+ countries, getting offline and finding like-minded people is easier than ever in your town or on the go. Stay in touch with your friends nearby by easily viewing who is closest to you at any given time. Share pictures of the adventures, and memories you make through private messaging or by ‘Shouting.’ |  | Angel | May 15, 2013 |  |
| Kuapay | Kuapay offers a mobile payment application that enables its users to make purchases with smartphones. The system allows consumers to present one-time QR codes to merchants, authorize purchases, and receive receipts. While its features also include location-based coupons and loyalty marketing, its one-time mechanism increases security overpresenting a credit card number. Kuapay was founded in 2011 and is based in Santa Monica, California. | $2.2M | Series A | Mar 20, 2013 |  |

10 of 102 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Clearstone Venture Partners invest in?

Clearstone Venture Partners invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 102 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Clearstone Venture Partners's check size?

Clearstone Venture Partners typically joins rounds of $4M–$10M at Series A and $6M–$23M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Clearstone Venture Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Clearstone Venture Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Clearstone Venture Partners?

The team at Clearstone Venture Partners includes Rita Cardenas (Accountant), Salli Throop (Office Manager) and Vish Mishra (Member of General Partner and Venture Director), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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