socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2010

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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socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Michael Kim , a partner at Santa Monica-based Rustic Canyon Partners , is departing the firm at the end of the year to startup up a new fund-of-funds, Cendana Capital. Tags: rustic canyon venture capital michael executive cendana. Kim was based in Silicon Valley.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Santa Monica-based venture firm Rustic Canyon , along with Intel Capital, has put more into Silicon Valley-based InSync Software , a developer of software for the RFID and supply chain tracking business. in a Series B funding from the two investors. According to InSync, it has raised $4.7M

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Santa Monica-based KIN , which operates a female-focused lifestyle YouTube network, has raised $12M in a funding round, the company said last week. The funding came from Corus Entertainment, Emil Capital, Mayfield Fund, General Catalyst Partners and Rustic Canyon Partners. READ MORE>>.

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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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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles. There simply are NOT enough venture capital firms in the Southern California. If there were more great companies coming out of LA then it would create more demand for high quality VC firms. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

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.

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