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Rustic Canyon Boosts Social Gaming Firm PlayFirst

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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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Rustic Canyon Adds Associate

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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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Los Angeles Startup Community

SoCal CTO

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. I'd also recommend you subscribe to So Cal Tech Central. It brings together events and content for Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Startup Community

SoCal CTO

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. I'd also recommend you subscribe to So Cal Tech Central. It brings together events and content for Los Angeles.

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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

Jason Nazar

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. In Los Angeles we are at a disadvantage because the founder(s) often have no experience in building consumer web applications. Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles.

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Why Technology is Driving More Urban Renewal

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve been meeting with LPs (those who invest in VC funds) over the past year and discussing trends I see in the market and where I think we need to be as a firm to be near to and meet the needs of our customers. In Massachusetts companies (and VCs) have migrated from out by Waltham to Back Bay (Boston) or Cambridge.