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Rustic Canyon Gets Quick Exit At Mertado

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Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Rustic Canyon Partners has scored a quick exit at Redwood City-based Mertado , after Mertado said Friday that it has been acquired by daily deals site Groupon. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, however, the acquisition comes only four months after Mertado raised $2.3M

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Rustic Canyon, Steamboat Get Exit At MerchantCircle

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Two Southern California venture capital firms have benefited from an acquisition yesterday of Mountain View-based MerchantCircle , an online local business advertising and networking site, by fellow online advertising firm Reply!

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Report: Trion World, Backed By Rustic Canyon, Planning IPO

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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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Fulcrum BioEnergy, Backed By USRG and Rustic Canyon, Files For IPO

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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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Rustic Canyon Sells Positions In Portfolio

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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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Docstoc Acquired By Intuit

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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), documents business acquisition merger intuit docstoc' com), and others. READ MORE>>.

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Perfect Market Acquired By Taboola

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Perfect Market was backed by Comcast Ventures, Idealab, Rustic Canyon Partners, Square 1 Bank, Tribune Company, and Trinity Ventures. perfect market taboola merger acquisition content advertising optimization software idealab' Perfect Market was advised by Headwaters MB in the deal. READ MORE>>.