socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Adhesive Games , the Alhambra-based, independent game publishing studio which is part of Meteor Entertainment has just scored a big, $18M funding round from Rustic Canyon Partners , Chinese game publisher KongZhong, and others to help bring its first title to market, Hawken. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Venture capital investments in Southern California in Q3 totaled to $464.18M, according to the latest numbers released by the PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA Money Tree Report this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. billion invested in 780 venture capital deals for Q3. invested; Los Angeles had $169.7M, and Orange County $63.1M

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JULY 5, 2011

Los Angeles-based Gaikai said Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with Capcom Entertainment , to stream Capcom's games online. Gaikai is venture backed by Benchmark Capital, Rustic Canyon Partners, Limelight Networks and Intel Capital. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.

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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.

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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. Their purchases are limited to restaurants, bars, retail clothing outlets, travel and entertainment. 7mm in Series B. OpenCandy.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 16, 2013

Article after article points out that Los Angeles is on its way to becoming one of the most robust startup communities in the United States. He also went over the common misconceptions people have, dispelling the belief that Silicon Valley is the only place where you can get access to capital.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Southern California venture capital investments totaled $686.5M invested across 18 deals, followed by Los Angeles, with $224.4M in 29 venture capital deals for Q1. The energy and clean technology sector actually helped boost investments in Los Angeles, as well, with big deals for Torrance-based Amonix , which raised $64.4M

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