socalTECH

JULY 27, 2012

Los Angeles-based PayDragon has raised $1.35M in its seed funding, the firm disclosed Friday. 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.

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Seed Funding Rustic Canyon Mobile Funding 159

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. 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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Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

We're describing ourselves as a micro-cap venture fund, focused on digital media opportunities in the emerging ecosystem of Southern California. in initial seed funding for an early stage company. How tough was it to start up a new fund? Subsequently, Rustic Canyon came in a Series A round.

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Southern California Startup Palomar Rustic Canyon 153