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MAY 22, 2009

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SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Science is also backed by Tomorrow Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners, and White Star Capital. As part of the investment, Hearst said that George Kliavkoff, EVP and deputy group head of Hearst Entertainment & Syndication, join's Science Inc.'s READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Incubator Venture Capital Entertainment 223

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Santa Monica-based Total Beauty Media , the online fashion content site run by Emrah Kovacoglu, said this morning that it has acquired LimeLife.com , a female lifestyle and celebrity news site. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. LimeLife was founded by Kristin McDonnell. READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Santa Monica News Acquisition 160

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JANUARY 18, 2011

The round was led by Comcast Interactive Capital, and also included Idealab, Rustic Canyon Partners, Tribune Company, and Trinity Ventures. As part of the funding, David Horowitz of Comcast Interactive Capital joins the company's board of directors.

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Rustic Canyon Marketing Idealab Social Media 147

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JANUARY 8, 2009

The funding was led by new investor Rustic Canyon Partners, with participation from Series A investors Atomico, General Catalyst Partners, and Mayfield Fund. The firm's CEO, Michael Wayne, confirmed the funding with socalTECH, but said that the company would not be making any official comments until a formal announcement next month.

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Rustic Canyon Santa Monica SoCalTech Hollywood 100

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JUNE 8, 2011

The firm said it has signed consumer games Eurogamer as its first media affiliate in Europe, as part of its affiliate program. The firm is venture backed by Benchmark Capital, TriplePoint Capital, Rustic Canyon Partners, Limelight Networks and Intel Capital, and is headed by David Perry. READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Los Angeles Report Capital 133

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

MuckerLab , headed by Erik Rannala, William Hsu, Greg Bettinelli and Yan-David Erlich, said it will employ a similar model to TechStars and Y-Combinator, recruiting Internet softwar,e services, and media entrepreneurs through a three month program.

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Los Angeles Incubator Rustic Canyon Angel 170

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MARCH 20, 2009

Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com). tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. Dealmaker Media www.undertheradarblog.com is presenting their 13th Under the Radar conference in Mountain View, CA. socalTECH readers. socalTECH readers. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com).

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Rustic Canyon Southern California Technology Council High Tech 100

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Elbaz was founder of Applied Semantics, which was acquired by pre-IPO Google for its AdSense technology, which became Google AdSense.

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Software Review Rustic Canyon Miramar Google 206

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Factual is developing an online platform which allows anyone to share and mash open data.

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Rustic Canyon Miramar Google Santa Monica 150

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Media and Entertainment came in second, with $70.1M--but only because San Diego's SkinIt boosted totals by $60M. In Orange County, the biggest deals were for Irvine-based WaterHealth International , a developer of water purification products with $22.1M raised, and Irvine-based Brand Affinity Technologies , a. in funding.

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 195

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JUNE 11, 2013

ABC Family, Fox, Universal Music, Google, Facebook, Demand Media, MyLife, Riot Games, DFJ Frontier, Rustic Canyon, GRP Partners, Siemer and Associates, Marketshare, Saatchi Online, OMD, Ignited, Rubicon Project, Smashbox Cosmetics, NFL, UCLA, USC, and dozens of start-ups. Saturday Night Closing Party by Media Temple.

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GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

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JUNE 14, 2010

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Rustic Canyon Miramar Google Santa Monica 150

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APRIL 15, 2010

Media and Entertainment was at $55.5M Interestingly enough, the most active local venture capital firms did not necessarily invest in Southern California, with Redpoint ventures (11 investments), GRP Partners (4 investments), Enterprise Partners (4 investments), and Rustic Canyon Partners (4 investments) ranked on the most active firms here.

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Southern California Orange County Invest GRP Partners 208

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

We last shared the thoughts of John Babcock at Rustic Canyon Partners. We've seen a lot of innovation come out of Los Angeles in the past few years, with Demand Media, Socialvibe, Zag, ShoeDazzle, Factual and many others. This morning, we're sharing the insights of Greg Martin , a venture capitalist at Archer Venture Capital.

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Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Redpoint 234

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JANUARY 23, 2009

Most sectors saw drops in investment during the year, with the exception of few--including a couple of sectors where Southern California has a significant presence, in Clean Technology and Media & Entertainment. Media & Entertainment also saw an increase, up 3 percent to $2.0 billion in 277 deals. billion and 407 deals in 2008.

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Southern California Rustic Canyon Orange County Miramar 100

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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. We're describing ourselves as a micro-cap venture fund, focused on digital media opportunities in the emerging ecosystem of Southern California. What do you mean by infrastructure?

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Southern California Startup Rustic Canyon Palomar 153

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

In LA there has typically been a small handful of firms actively making investments in tech, they include: Rustic Canyon , GRP Parners , Clearstone Venture Partners , Redpoint Ventures , Mission Ventures , Anthem Venture Partners , Greycroft , Crosscut , Palomar Ventures , and Rincon Ventures.

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Company Companies Rustic Canyon Startup 111