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OCTOBER 12, 2010

Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Rustic Canyon Partners has upped its investment in social games firm PlayFirst , which is based in San Francisco. According to PlayFirst, Rustic Canyon, Mayfield Fund, Trinity Partners, and DCM--all current investors in the game developer--have invested $5.2M

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APRIL 13, 2011

Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Rustic Canyon Partners has re-upped its investment in optical switching firm Capella Intelligent Subsystems. Capella said it raised $20M today for its wavelength selective switches, used in the reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) market.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Rustic Canyon is the lead investor in a round of funding from a social shopping site out of Y Combinator. The round came from new investor Rustic Canyon Partners, and also included prior investors Blumberg Capital and Redpoint Ventures.

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Rustic Canyon Partners is announcing later today that it has added Ed Fu as an Associate at the firm. According to Rustic Canyon, Fu will support the firm's investments in Internet and Clean Technology. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

Michael Kim , a partner at Santa Monica-based Rustic Canyon Partners , is departing the firm at the end of the year to startup up a new fund-of-funds, Cendana Capital. According to Kim, he will become an Advisory Partner to Rustic Canyon, and transfer his responsibilities at Rustic Canyon by the end of the year.

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

One of the portfolio firms of Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Rustic Canyon , Trion World Network , is reportedly prepping for an IPO, according to reports over the weekend. Rustic Canyon's investment in Trion World Network is managed by Nate Redmond; the firm also has part of its game studio in San Diego.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Fulcrum's primary backers are two, Southern California venture capital firms, U.S. Renewables Group , and Rustic Canyon Partners. percent of Fulcrum; Rustic Canyon Partners owns 23.4 Fulcrum BioEnergy , a Pleasanton, California-based producer of biofuels from municipal solid waste, filed for an IPO Thursday.

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MAY 27, 2011

Two Southern California venture capital firms have benefited from an acquisition yesterday of Mountain View-based MerchantCircle , an online local business advertising and networking site, by fellow online advertising firm Reply!

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

Santa Monica-based venture firm Rustic Canyon , along with Intel Capital, has put more into Silicon Valley-based InSync Software , a developer of software for the RFID and supply chain tracking business. Tags: rustic canyon venture capital rfid software supply chain.

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MARCH 30, 2009

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Rustic Canyon Partners is part of a group investing $50M in private equity in San Francisco-based LoopNet, which operates an online marketplace for commercial real estate. Tags: rustic canyon venture capital loopnet realestate real estate.

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AUGUST 3, 2011

Tuesday, August 9, 2011 -- Annual Venture Capital Panel. Meet the top VCs who are investing in Southern California. Find out what does it take to secure Venture Capital for your company. Find out what they are looking to invest in. Learn about the hottest trends and the mistakes NOT to make. See [link] (more)

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 -- Venture Capital in Southern California: Catching Up and Going Beyond. Northern California gets all the attention when it comes to venture capital investment. But Southern California does VC, too, just not at quite the same scale as Silicon Valley. See [link] (more)

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Venture capital investments in Southern California in Q3 totaled to $464.18M, according to the latest numbers released by the PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA Money Tree Report this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. billion invested in 780 venture capital deals for Q3. Nationwide, there was $4.8 in investments.

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DECEMBER 9, 2008

San Francisco-based investment firm Saints Capital , and Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Rustic Canyon Partners said Tuesday that they have formed a new fund, Saints Rustic Canyon, L.P., the parent firm of the Los Angeles Times before its acquisition by the Tribune Company.

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JULY 19, 2011

Southern California companies raised $739M in venture capital in Q2 of 2011, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) based on data from Thomson Reuters. According to the MoneyTree report, released last night, Orange County led fundraising, with $319.3M

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APRIL 28, 2010

This was the first episode where Jason wasn’t on the show, which gave me the chance to have another VC on the show to discuss deals. This week’s guest was David Travers from Rustic Canyon Partners. Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund.

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MAY 20, 2010

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 -- How To Raise Venture Capital. This months Startups Uncensored will be on How to Raise Venture Capital. Startups Uncensored. See [link] (more).

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NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Santa Barbara-based venture capital investor Rincon Ventures is one of the leads on an investment in rental management software developer Rentlytics , on a new $4M funding round for the company. San Francisco-based Rentlytics disclosed today that the new funding was led by Trinity Ventures and Rincon Venture Partners.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

We last shared the thoughts of John Babcock at Rustic Canyon Partners. This morning, we're sharing the insights of Greg Martin , a venture capitalist at Archer Venture Capital. I left a great firm, Redpoint Ventures (after 11 years), to start a new firm, Archer Venture Capital.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

the technology startup incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Michael Jones, has raised around $30M in funding from Hearst Ventures , the venture capital arm of Hearst Corporation, Hearst said this morning. Science is also backed by Tomorrow Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners, and White Star Capital.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

The funding came from Corus Entertainment, Emil Capital, Mayfield Fund, General Catalyst Partners and Rustic Canyon Partners. community kincommunity content media hollywood women channel venture capital corus entertainment' The company is led by Michael Wayne. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 3, 2012

TechZulu caught up with Nate Redmond managing partner of Rustic Canyon and he tells us what is happening in the LA Tech Scene. LA is the capital of middle market companies. Are there VC’s headed South too? Are there VC’s headed South too? Viddy also announced another program, The Rule The Beach.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

Lots of discussion these days about the changes in the VC industry. The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion.

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MAY 4, 2010

This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on “How to Raise Venture Capital”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation where we bring in venture capitalists from the top firms across the country to talk about the process and requirements entrepreneurs need to go through to successfully raise money from venture capitalists.

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MAY 24, 2010

The round came from TriplePoint Capital, Rustic Canyon Partners, Benchmark Capital, as well as an un-named "mystery" investor. Benchmark's Mitch Lasky sits on the board, as does Rustic Canyon's Nate Redmond. Tags: gaikai venture capital computer gaming videogame mitch laskey.

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JULY 21, 2010

Los Angeles-based Gaikai , which is developing technology which allows computer gamers to play games through their web browser, said this week that it has added Intel Capital and Limelight Networks as investors in the firm. Tags: gaikai video game streaming venture capital intel limelight. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 16, 2009

It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation revealing the best ways to meet, court, and pitch venture capitalists on your business ideas. We are joined this month by Nate Redmond, a Partner at Rustic Canyon Venture Capital, and Docstoc Board member. See [link] (more).

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Transonic Combusion is venture backed by Venrock, Khosla Ventures, Rustic Canyon and Saints Capital. The firm said the round will go towards expanding development of its product and meeting customer commitments. The firm has now raised around $53.5M in funding for its efforts. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 17, 2011

Venture Capital As long as I'm pulling this together, here are some venture capital firms in Los Angeles that can help get you wired in. I'd also recommend you subscribe to So Cal Tech Central. It brings together events and content for Los Angeles.

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MARCH 8, 2010

Santa Monica-based US Renewables Group , a private equity firm focused on renewable power, biofuels, and clean technology, said this morning it has created a new company, Westerly Wind LLC , to provide capital and expertise to developers of wind power systems. US Renewables Group did not say how it has capitalized Westerly Wind.

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MAY 17, 2011

Venture Capital As long as I'm pulling this together, here are some venture capital firms in Los Angeles that can help get you wired in. I'd also recommend you subscribe to So Cal Tech Central. It brings together events and content for Los Angeles.

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MARCH 2, 2011

Please join LAVA, PwC and a distinguished panel of industry experts and local VCs for their insights on the results of the Q4 2010 PwC/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Report based on data from Thomson Reuters. The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The firm aid this morning that it has raised $2M in a funding round from Trinity Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners, and Blumberg Capital. Science just launched Ellie , a site which offers up clothing for activewear for women, via subscription.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The round was led by Volition Capital, and also included Rustic Canyon Partners. Los Angeles-based Leads360 , the developer of leads management software headed by Nick Hedges, said this morning that it has raised $15M in new funding. Leads360's software is used for managing and tracking sales leads.

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MARCH 2, 2010

According to the filing, funding included new backer Mayfield Fund, along with prior investors Idealab, Rustic Canyon Partners, and Trinity Ventures and others. Tags: perfect market venture capital idealab publishing content newspaper publish. Perfect Market is a spinout of Idealab. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Southern California venture capital investments totaled $686.5M in 29 venture capital deals for Q1. Tags: venture capital financing investment quarterly moneytree nvca. According to the report, released today, Southern California investments totaled $686.5M received in the region in Q1 of 2009.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Please join LAVA, PwC and a distinguished panel of industry experts and local VCs for their insights on the results of the Q3 2010 PwC/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Report based on data from Thomson Reuters.

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