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Rustic Canyon, Steamboat Get Exit At MerchantCircle

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Two Southern California venture capital firms have benefited from an acquisition yesterday of Mountain View-based MerchantCircle , an online local business advertising and networking site, by fellow online advertising firm Reply! MerchantCircle's other backers are Scale Venture Partners and IAC.

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MuckerLab Takes TechStars Incubation To Los Angeles

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The group has affiliated itself with TechStars, through the TechStars Network, an effort which is part of Startup America to help spread best practices for venture incubators throughout the nation.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

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. This was the first episode where Jason wasn’t on the show, which gave me the chance to have another VC on the show to discuss deals.