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Gaikai Names Strategy Head

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She also served as SVP of JAMDAT Mobile. Gaikai is venture backed by Benchmark Capital, TriplePoint Capital, Rustic Canyon Partners, Limelight Networks and Intel Capital. The firm's technology allows users to play any games inside a web browser, with having to download or install game software. READ MORE>>.

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What Mattered in 2010: Greg Martin, Archer Venture Capital

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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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Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com). This two-and-a-half-day executive event features high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities, content strategies and monetization schemes in the video, music, gaming, search, and mobile industries. Startups Made Simple.

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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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Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com). This two-and-a-half-day executive event features high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities, content strategies and monetization schemes in the video, music, gaming, search, and mobile industries. Startups Made Simple.

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Interview with Brian Garrett, Crosscut Ventures

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For us, digital media means consumer Internet, online advertising, mobile, gaming, and most importantly--this is Rick and my background--next generation infrastructure to support consumption of this media. Subsequently, Rustic Canyon came in a Series A round. What do you mean by infrastructure?