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Rustic Canyon Backs Social Shopping Site

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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. According to Mertado , a social shopping service which links users with home and kitchen products via Facebook said Wednesday that it has raised $2.3M in a Series A round.

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What Mattered in 2010: John Babcock, Rustic Canyon Partners

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Today, we're featuring the thoughts of John Babcock , a venture capitalist at Rustic Canyon Partners. Under Nate's leadership, we have redoubled Rustic Canyon's focus on early stage companies working in Internet and Cleantech businesses. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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Leads360 Launches Leads Prioritization Product

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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. According to the company, the new product automatically ranks and prioritizes leads, based on custom business rules defined by its customers. READ MORE>>.

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From The Valley to The Beach | Interview with Nate Redmond of Rustic Canyon

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TechZulu caught up with Nate Redmond managing partner of Rustic Canyon and he tells us what is happening in the LA Tech Scene. Happy workers are productive workers. The post From The Valley to The Beach | Interview with Nate Redmond of Rustic Canyon appeared first on TechZulu.

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Transonic Combustion Takes $32M For Fuel Injection Technology

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

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TopFloor Takes $6M For Flash Fashion Sales

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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. The firm is building a celebrity influencer based fashion and e-commerce site, geared around flash-sales of products.

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Leads360 Becomes Velocify

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The firm said its product is being used by companies such as Allstate, Royal Bank of Scotland, USAA, Nationstar Mortgage and State Farm. Leads360 is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners and Volition Capital. READ MORE>>. velocify leads360 sales saas cloud leads management lead scoring renaming rename'