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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Los Angeles-based Leads360 , the developer of leads management software headed by Nick Hedges, said this morning that it has raised $15M in new funding. The round was led by Volition Capital, and also included Rustic Canyon Partners.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2010

Irvine-based RealPractice , a developer of software used by law firms to manage their practices, said today that it has raised a new round of funding and appointed a new executive team. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. RealPractice is headed by Carey Ransom. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based Gaikai , which is developing technology which allows computer gamers to play computer games online through their web browser, said today that it has raised more than $10M in a Series B funding round. Benchmark's Mitch Lasky sits on the board, as does Rustic Canyon's Nate Redmond.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

Los Angeles-based Gaikai announced Wednesday that it has raised $30M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included Qualcomm, Benchmark Capital, Rustic Canyon, and Intel Capital. Gaikai said the new funding will go towards accelerating growth and adoption of its products.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Factual is developing an online platform which allows anyone to share and mash open data. Applied Semantics was the original developer of Google AdSense technology, and was purchased for pre-IPO Google stock in 2003.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

a new, Santa Monica based company headed by former Myspace CEO Mike Jones , announced this morning that it has scored capital and funding, and is building a "technology studio" to develop new businesses, provide them with advice, and provide them with funding. > Science, Inc. , READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 6, 2009

Camarillo-based Transonic Combustion , which is developing fuel injection systems for the automotive industry, said Wednesday that the firm has raised a Series C round of funding. The funding came from Venrock, Khosla Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partnres, and Saints Capital. Amount of the investment was not disclosed.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2010

Altadena-based Perfect Market , which is developing technology to help publishers monetize their long tail content, confirmed today that it has raised $6M in a Series C funding round. The firm said the round was led by Tribune Company, and also included Trinity Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners, and Idealab. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 13, 2009

DocStoc, which is venture funded by Rustic Canyon Partners, also said that it has redesigned its home page to feature documents by breaking news and most sought-after professional documents, and added a new API which allows developers to upload, convert documents, and manage documents from third party products or services.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. experts, developers, and many, many others. Venture Partners , Rustic Canyon Partners , Binary Pulse Technology. Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com). Funding great entrepreneurs. to San Diego.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Silicon Valley had the lion's share of the venture funding dollars in Q3, with $1.75 in funding raised; followed by Otonomy , a San Diego maker of treatments for hearing disorders, which raised $38.5M. funding, fellow San Diego cloud computing firm RightScale , with $25.0M in funding. in funding. in investments.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

The firm, which develops flywheel energy storage systems, said the funding will go to fuel expansion of the firm into new markets. Chatsworth-based Pentadyne Power said Monday that it has raised $22M in a financing round. Pentadyne's flywheel systems are used for large-scale, uninterruptible power supplies.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2008

Budzik joined Perfect Market in November, after the firm acquired Chicago-based MediaRiver, a developer of content being used to match advertising to web pages. Perfect Market is funded by Idealab, Trinity Venture, and Rustic Canyon Ventures. READ MORE>>

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JULY 8, 2010

Funding: Around $4.0M. Backers: Rustic Canyon Partners, Scott Walcheck, Brett Brewer, Robin Richards, Matt Coffin. Funding: $12.8M. Funding: Over $41.0M. Funding: $50.0M. Funding: $150.0M. Funding: $300.0M. In the other corner: Scribd - Profile. Backers: Insight Venture Partners.

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JUNE 29, 2010

Boone Pickens; Aptera Motors , in Carlsbad, which has funding from Google and Idealab; and Phoenix MC , based in Ontario. On the automobile side, there are at least six Southern California companies also working on their own, electric or other alternative vehicles, competing against Tesla and the traditional carmakers.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

Nate Redmond is the managing partner of Rustic Canyon Partners – he’s probably one of the youngest managing partners of a major fund you’ll meet. And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. Both companies were in Los Angeles.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 21, 2011

It’s a three-month program providing its selected startups with $21,000 in seed funding, plus the typical incubator benefits like shared office space, legal assistance, infrastructure and hosting, and mentorship from a network of advisors. What are you waiting for startups! Applications are now being accepted HERE.

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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. The investment will be used for product development initiatives. SV Angel / Ron Conway closes $20mm venture fund.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

This second annual fest brings together technology leaders, startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood studio executives, entrepreneurs, developers, students and more to celebrate LA’s dynamic technology industries with panels, workshops, hackathon, mixers, and a start-up showcase spotlighting 40 local startups. In 2012 over $3.2

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. In 2000, we set up our second fund--worth almost $400M--and for that vintage year, that fund is one of the top tier performing funds in the entire country.

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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. If you’re complaining that its too hard to raise money as the founder of an LA tech company, stop bitching about a lack of funds and focus on being a bigger badass.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

And it is one of the reasons that NYC is developing a vibrant technology community. 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. I’m sure there’s a lot of truth to that.

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