socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2013

Los Angeles based Leads360 , the developer of sales leads management software, thinks so, announcing today that it has launched a new product which uses a fancy algorithm to better assign and drive leads and sales followups. Leads360 is led by Nick Hedges; the firm is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners and Volition Capital.

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Rustic Canyon Sales Los Angeles Pricing 193

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2011

Los Angeles-based Leads360 , the developer of sales lead management software, said today that it has named Darian Hong as its Chief Financial Officer. Leads360 is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners. Hong was most recently CFO of AT&T Interactive. READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Los Angeles Sales Software 145

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2010

Los Angeles-based Leads360 , a developer of hosted software for managing sales leads, reported yesterday that the firm has signed on Infinity Auto Insurance, a unit of Infinity Property and Casualty Group. Leads360 is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners, and headed by former Overture Services CIO Dan Morefield.

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Rustic Canyon CIO SaaS Sales 177

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

Los Angeles-based Gaikai announced Wednesday that it has raised $30M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included Qualcomm, Benchmark Capital, Rustic Canyon, and Intel Capital.

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Rustic Canyon Los Angeles Capital Funding 145

socalTECH

MAY 3, 2011

Los Angeles-based Leads360 , the developer of sales lead management software, said today that it has named Nick Hedges and President and Chief Executive Officer. Leads360 is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners. Hedges has been at Leads360 since 2008. Morefield will remain an advisor to the firm. READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Sales Los Angeles Software 157

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Los Angeles-based Leads360 , the developer of online sales lead management software-as-a-service, said Tuesday that it has launched a new, real-time prioritization product. Leads360 was founded by Jeff Solomon, and is backed by Rustic Canyon Partners. Tags: leads360 lead sales management saas software. READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Product SaaS Sales 150

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Leads360 , a developer of sales lead management software, said earlier this week that it has integrated its products with SEMCAT, a provider of quoting products for the insurance industry. Leads360 was founded by Jeff Solomon, and is backed by Rustic Canyon Partners. READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Sales Web Software 145

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JANUARY 19, 2010

Los Angele-based Leads360 , a developer of web-based, lead management software, is powering a new feature in Google's Adwords program, the firm said Tuesday. Leads360 is backed by Rustic Canyon Partners. Tags: leads360 google mortgage lead software management. READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Google Web Los Angeles 157

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Los Angeles-based Gaikai , which develops a cloud-based, game streaming services, said today that it has named Nanea Reeves to the position of Chief Strategy Officer. Gaikai is venture backed by Benchmark Capital, TriplePoint Capital, Rustic Canyon Partners, Limelight Networks and Intel Capital. READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Electronic Arts Web Los Angeles 147

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AUGUST 31, 2009

Los Angeles-based Leads360 , which provides web-based, leads management software, announced Monday afternoon that the firm has signed its 4000th client, Jones International University. Leads360 is backed by Rustic Canyon Partners. Tags: leads360 lead management software. READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Web Los Angeles Software 133

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JANUARY 25, 2011

Los Angeles-based cloud-based game streaming service Gaikai has bolstered its executive staff, saying today that it has named Robert Stevenson as Senior Vice President of Interactive Entertainment, and Tim Wilson as Executive Vice President, Strategic Relationships. READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Electronic Arts Entertainment Web 162

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Irvine-based RealPractice , a developer of software used by law firms to manage their practices, said today that it has raised a new round of funding and appointed a new executive team. Tags: saas software legal executive capital venture realpractice. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. RealPractice is headed by Carey Ransom.

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Rustic Canyon Funding Miramar SaaS 147

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

Docstoc is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners, along with local angel investors. Tags: internet software update sharing document facebook twitter docstoc. READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Santa Monica Social Network Blogging 124

socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2010

Los Angeles-based Factual , the open data startup headed by former Google engineering director Gil Elbaz, said this weekend it has partnered with Newsweek on a "America's Best Public High School" initiative. Tags: factual newsweek data mashup software google. Applied Semantics was acquired for pre-IPO Google stock in April of 2003.

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Rustic Canyon Miramar Google Santa Monica 150

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2008

Los Angeles-based Leads360, a developer of software for managing sales leads, announced Tuesday that it has released a new product called XML Poster. According to the firm, the new software allows the posting of leads information in real time in XML format.

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Technology Council

JULY 25, 2008

Wow, what a prestigous list of Southern California venture capitalists, angel investors, and conference sponsors! We’re fortunate to have such a talented group that will ensure a very exciting software and IT capital conference this year. Jim Andelman, Rincon Venture Partners John Babcock, Rustic Canyon Partners.

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VentureNet Screening Rustic Canyon Southern California 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Los Angeles-based Leads360, which develops leads management software, has launched a new product specifically targeting small companies. The software is free for a single salesperson, and costs $35 a month for up to five salespeople. The software is free for a single salesperson, and costs $35 a month for up to five salespeople.

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Rustic Canyon Company Companies Los Angeles 100

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

invested; Los Angeles had $169.7M, and Orange County $63.1M The other large sector for investments was Software, with $54.8M Tags: venture capital southern california angeles orange county diego moneytree nvca. Silicon Valley had the lion's share of the venture funding dollars in Q3, with $1.75 billion invested in the region.

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 195

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APRIL 6, 2009

Los Angeles-based Leads360 , a venture-backed firm developing leads management software, said today that the firm has linked into real estate site Zillow with a new product. Leads360 is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners. Tags: leads360 realestate real estate software leads zillow.

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Rustic Canyon Pricing Los Angeles Organization 100

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JUNE 5, 2009

Los Angeles-based Leads360 , a developer of Internet leads management software, reported earlier this week that the firm has partnered with firm Quote Burst to allow Allstate agents to receive, quote, follow-up, and track new sales leads. Leads360 is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners. READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Report Los Angeles Tool 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Los Angeles-based Leads360, a developer of lead management software, has tapped Dan Morefield as the firm's new President and CEO, the firm announced this morning. Leads360's software is used to manage web-based sales leads; the firm is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners. READ MORE>>

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Rustic Canyon CIO Web Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2009

Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com). Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com). Startups Made Simple. An on-line community for entrepreneurs.

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SoCalTech Rustic Canyon Southern California Glendale 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Tags: factual elbaz applied semantics good data dataset open developer software mashup.

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Software Review Rustic Canyon Miramar Google 206

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Much like the model employed by TechStars and Y-Combinator, MuckerLab will recruit Internet software, services, and media entrepreneurs through an open, but selective, application process. Los Angeles is on the cusp of becoming a major technology hub, but the ecosystem here isn’t yet as developed as Silicon Valley.

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Los Angeles Rustic Canyon Incubator Angel 58

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2009

Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com). Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com). Startups Made Simple. An on-line community for entrepreneurs.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

socalTECH

JUNE 26, 2009

Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com). Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com). Startups Made Simple. An on-line community for entrepreneurs.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2009

Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com). Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com). Startups Made Simple. An on-line community for entrepreneurs.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

socalTECH

MAY 22, 2009

Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com). Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com). Startups Made Simple. An on-line community for entrepreneurs.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com). Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com). Startups Made Simple. An on-line community for entrepreneurs.

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Rustic Canyon Southern California Technology Council High Tech 100

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2009

Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com). Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com). Startups Made Simple. An on-line community for entrepreneurs.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon Technology Council 100

Jason Nazar

MAY 4, 2010

This month’s session will be hosted by Jason Nazar (CEO, Docstoc.com), and we will be joined by Nate Redmond of Rustic Canyon , Josh Stein of Draper Fisher Jurvetson , Thomas Ball of Austin Ventures , Jim Tybur of Trinity Ventures , and Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital. Milken Institute. 1250 4th Street. Advice on Raising Money

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Venture Capital Rustic Canyon Capital Santa Monica 108

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

I suspect both were at play in Rustic Canyon Partners that went from a $500 million fund to around a $200 million fund. There are some very talented partners remaining at Rustic Canyon and I’m told some committed LPs. But in bad economies many angels get burned. I know for a fact this isn’t true.

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Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding Rustic Canyon 311

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com). Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com). Startups Made Simple. An on-line community for entrepreneurs.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon Technology Council 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

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. 11.2mm in Series A, rumored pre-money of $35mm; $1.6mm angel raised in Jan 2010. SV Angel / Ron Conway closes $20mm venture fund.

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Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. My own background, is I built and sold two software-as-a-service companies. My competition is not Rustic Canyon, it's not Clearstone, or the other venture firms in town.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I see it first hand in Los Angeles where given the growth of YouTube networks the worlds of art & technology are colliding. For those that aren’t aware of the broader technology shifts of cloud computing, the trend is described in a post I did about changes in the software industry. I’m sure there’s a lot of truth to that.

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Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313