socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

We last shared the thoughts of John Babcock at Rustic Canyon Partners. So many important companies and products come to mind in 2010, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Zynga, the iPad, Android, but I think the company that had the biggest impact was Groupon. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

Venture Capital 234

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Southern California 234

socalTECH

MAY 22, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com). Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 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. So my gut says this will be a youth-oriented product. The investment will be used for product development initiatives.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

It's pretty typical in the life of a startup, where we've proven we have a product people like, and use and demand, and can scale, and we did a pretty effective job of learning about advertising and making revenues off high yielding, CPC advertising. There is a huge demand from people, who have gone there to buy products.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

In the bay area it’s quite common for the entrepreneurs starting a company to be developers or technologists who can build the first versions of their products. He just pounded out design and code for a few weeks and got Plancast up on the web and users adopting his product right away.

Company 111

Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111