Sumant Mandal

Sumant Mandal is Managing Director at Clearstone Venture Partners in Santa Monica, Calif. He represents Clearstone on the boards of Rubicon Project, DiVitas, Mimosa Systems, Kazeon Systems, Billdesk (India), DiGibee Miicrosystems (India) and ThisNext. He is also responsible for Clearstone's investment activities in India.

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SoCal: brimming with VC opportunities

SoCal: brimming with VC opportunities

Editor’s note: This is an op-ed piece by Sumant Mandal who is managing director at Clearstone Venture Partners in Santa Monica, Calif.

There’s no doubt that California is regarded as the “mecca” of venture capital in the world with VC activity just in the first quarter alone representing 44 percent of the nation’s deal flow and 48 percent of capital invested, according to VC analyst group VentureOne. Silicon Valley has been synonymous with venture capital for… Continue Reading