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Rustic Canyon Backs UrbanSitter In New Funding Round

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Los Angeles-based venture investor Rustic Canyon Partners is one of the returning investor in a new round for mobile, on-demand babysitting app and marketplace provider UrbanSitter. Rustic Canyon was an existing investor in UrbanSitter, which is based in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

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PayDragon Reveals $1.35M Seed Funding For Mobile Payments

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The firm--which had earlier disclosed the seed roudn , but without dollar amounts--said the funding included Rustic Canyon Ventures, SV Angel, and Y Combinator, as well as Yuri Milner and Mark Schwartz. PayDragon is led by Hamilton Chan, and is aimed at making it easier for users to pay for local items using their mobile phone.

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PayDragon Takes On Frictionless Mobile E-Commerce

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Hamilton Chan, head of PayDragon , has what might be considered a enormously ambitious goal: totally frictionless, mobile e-commerce. Chan is one step closer to that--or perhaps, as close as you're going to get--with PayDragon's latest mobile app, which lets users scan in a UPC on any item, and instantly order that item for delivery by mail.

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RealPractice Rolls iPhone App

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The firm said its new My RealPractice app allows legal professionals to manage and respond to client leads, track their online and offline marketing campaigns, and track hours and billing, among other features. RealPractice is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners and Miramar Venture Partners. The nwe app is free.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

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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. Zong – mobile payments has been a very hot area over the past couple of years with the success and growth of both Boku and Zong.

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