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Jim joined Clearstone Venture Partners in 1998 from Austin Ventures, a leading venture fund, where he spent three years investing in a variety of technology and technology-enabled service companies. Jim also worked with idealab, the incubator, helping to guide and fund a variety of early Internet companies.
A successful and experienced early stage venture investor across a variety of enterprise and consumer facing technology companies, Jim has established himself as a leading investor and company builder in Southern California. Since joining Clearstone early in its formation, Jim has applied his strong management skills, communication skills, market knowledge and industry contacts to help Clearstone companies deliver a strong record of venture performance. Jim's work at Clearstone is focused on information technology investments, with particular interest in application software, information management and security, and Internet-enabled businesses. In 2004 and 2005, Jim was recognized by Forbes as one of the top 50 Venture Capitalists in the United States.
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