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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.

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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. The new, oversubscribed round was led by Black Diamond Ventures, and also included SingTel Innov8, Levensohn Partners, Formative Ventures, Lucas Venture Group and Rustic Canyon Ventures.

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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. in a Series A round.

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MAY 27, 2011

Both Rustic Canyon Partners and Steamboat Ventures were venture backers of MerchantCircle, which Reply said it would acquire yesterday for $60M in cash and stock. MerchantCircle's other backers are Scale Venture Partners and IAC.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Renewables Group , and Rustic Canyon Partners. percent of Fulcrum; Rustic Canyon Partners owns 23.4 percent of Fulcrum; Rustic Canyon Partners owns 23.4 Fulcrum BioEnergy said it is looking to looking to raise up to $115M in its IPO offering, trading as FLCM. The firm has not yet selected an exchange.

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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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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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OCTOBER 9, 2017

Los Angeles-based venture investor Rustic Canyon Partners is one of the returning investor in a new round for mobile, on-demand babysitting app and marketplace provider UrbanSitter. Rustic Canyon was an existing investor in UrbanSitter, which is based in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

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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. According to InSync, it has raised $4.7M

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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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AUGUST 20, 2015

Los Angeles-based venture investor Rustic Canyon Partners has re-upped on an investment in cancer portal developer Navigating Cancer , in a new, $10M investment. The round was led by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, and also included ORIX Healthcare Capital in addition to the investment by Rustic Canyon Partners.

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

Adhesive Games , the Alhambra-based, independent game publishing studio which is part of Meteor Entertainment has just scored a big, $18M funding round from Rustic Canyon Partners , Chinese game publisher KongZhong, and others to help bring its first title to market, Hawken. Adhesive and Meteor are looking to launch Hawken in December.

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MARCH 15, 2012

Those angels included Renee LaBran , a partner at local investor Rustic Canyon / Fontis Partners, and Howard Lindzon , the founder of San Diego-based StockTwits. According to RETROFIT, it raised $2M in a financing round, which came from I2A Fund, New World Ventures, and FireStarter Fund, as well as angels.

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

Docstoc was venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners, Crosscut Ventures, as well as local angel investors like Mike Jones, Scott Walchek, Matt Coffin (LowermyBills), Brett Brewer (Intermix/MySpace), Robin Richards (MP3.com), com), and others.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Science is also backed by Tomorrow Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners, and White Star Capital. As part of the investment, Hearst said that George Kliavkoff, EVP and deputy group head of Hearst Entertainment & Syndication, join's Science Inc.'s READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

Los Angeles-based TopFloor revealed today that it has raised $6M in a funding round, from Polaris Ventures, Google Ventures, Crosslink Ventures, and Rustic Canyon Partners. Science, Inc. , the startup incubator headed by Michael Jones, has debuted another fashion-related startup out of its incubation efforts this morning.

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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. GaiKai was founded by Andrew Gault and Rui Pereira.

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APRIL 8, 2010

Leads360 is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners, and headed by former Overture Services CIO Dan Morefield. According to Leads360, Infinity's independent agents will have access to its lead management software and services at a reduced price. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 7, 2011

RealPractice is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners and Miramar Venture Partners. The firm said its new My RealPractice app allows legal professionals to manage and respond to client leads, track their online and offline marketing campaigns, and track hours and billing, among other features. The nwe app is free.

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JUNE 15, 2010

RealPractice is venture backed by Miramar Venture Partners and Rustic Canyon Partners. Practice Technologies , a developer of software for attorneys and law firms, is announcing today that it has renamed itself RealPractice , moved its headquarters to Santa Ana, and also hired Carey Ransom as its new CEO. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2014

rentlytics venture capital rental real estate management software rentals apartme rustic canyon' San Francisco-based Rentlytics disclosed today that the new funding was led by Trinity Ventures and Rincon Venture Partners. The company also counts Cue Ball and Daher Capital as investors. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 19, 2013

Leads360 is led by Nick Hedges; the firm is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners and Volition Capital. The firm says its algorithms instead assign more leads to sales reps that are skilled at converting particular lead types, based on their historical performance. Pricing on the new product were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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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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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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JULY 2, 2012

The firm's backers included Benchmark Capital, Intel Capital, Limelight Networks, New Enterprise Associates, Qualcomm Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners, and TriplePoint Capital. Gaikai was founded in 2008, and had raised around $45M in funding.

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JUNE 21, 2012

Venture Partners and Rustic Canyon Venture Partners, which invested around a total of $12M in Savings.com. The acquisition price is a healthy return for the investors in Loren Bendele's company, which include U.S. Savings.com is a provider of online coupons and deal information.

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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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MAY 12, 2010

The firm is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners. Tom Unterman of Rustic Canyon Partners--the majority owner of Foodlink--site on the company's board. Peters previously served at Acosta TrueDemand as President, and also served at TrueDemand Software, where he was a co-founder before its acquisition by Acosta.

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JULY 27, 2012

The firm--which had earlier disclosed the seed roudn , but without dollar amounts--said the funding included Rustic Canyon Ventures, SV Angel, and Y Combinator, as well as Yuri Milner and Mark Schwartz. Los Angeles-based PayDragon has raised $1.35M in its seed funding, the firm disclosed Friday.

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JUNE 19, 2013

Leads360 is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners and Volition Capital. The firm, which is headed by Nick Hedges, develops cloud-bsaed, sales automation and lead scoring sytsems, used to help sales organizations better prioritize leads in an automated manner. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

LimeLife is based in Menlo Park, and had raised somewhere north of $20M in funding from Core Capital, i-Hatch Ventures, Monitor Venture Partners, Rustic Canyon Partners, and US Venture Partners. LimeLife was founded by Kristin McDonnell. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 8, 2010

US Renewables Group is managed by Jim McDermott--who, aside from private equity experience and investment banking, was the founder of Stamps.com, Spoke Software, and Archive Inc--and Lee Bailey, formerly a partner with Rustic Canyon Partners. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 12, 2011

The firm is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners. The firm is also working on an Android version of the application. Docstoc allows users to share and upload documents, as well as purchase premium documents from partners and other users. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 19, 2010

Leads360 is backed by Rustic Canyon Partners. Financial details of the win were not disclosed, however, Leads360 said its software is being used by mortgage originators to manage inquiries generated from Google's mortgage lead program. 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. The post From The Valley to The Beach | Interview with Nate Redmond of Rustic Canyon appeared first on TechZulu. Viddy also announced another program, The Rule The Beach.

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JANUARY 25, 2011

Gaikai is venture backed by Benchmark Capital, TriplePoint Capital, Rustic Canyon Partners and Intel. Stevenson joins the firm from Namco Bandai Games, where he was VP of Online Development; Stevenson has also served at Atari. Wilson joins the company from Electronic Arts, where he was most recently CTO of EA Redwood Shores.

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JULY 21, 2010

Gaikai said in May that it raised $10M in a Series B from TriplePoint Capital, Rustic Canyon partners, and Benchmark Capital. Additional investment in the firm was not disclosed. Gaikai is using both Intel's and Limelight's products as part of its service.

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