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AUGUST 20, 2015

Los Angeles-based venture investor Rustic Canyon Partners has re-upped on an investment in cancer portal developer Navigating Cancer , in a new, $10M investment. Navigating Cancer--which is based in Seattle--develops web-based portal software used by cancer treatment centers and programs. READ MORE>>.

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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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OCTOBER 6, 2010

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. Tags: associate executive capital venture canyon rustic.

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JULY 21, 2010

Los Angeles-based Gaikai , which is developing technology which allows computer gamers to play games through their web browser, said this week that it has added Intel Capital and Limelight Networks as investors in the firm. Additional investment in the firm was not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

We last shared the thoughts of John Babcock at Rustic Canyon Partners. Using the social web to fill excess capacity that exists in nearly every business was one of the best uses of the web that I've seen. The continuing rise of smart phones and iPad-like devices has created enormous opportunities for the mobile web.

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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. Obviously they see big things in Wildfire. 4mm in Series A.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The fund--started by Brian Garrett and Rick Smith --has been focused on digital media investments, and so far has made investments in six companies. What do you invest in? It's analytics around users and visitation on web sites, and it's knowledge of the consumption of photos--for example, GumGum--or video images on the web.

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