Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

Lots of discussion these days about the changes in the VC industry. The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion.

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Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding Rustic Canyon 311

SoCal CTO

MAY 17, 2011

Venture Capital As long as I'm pulling this together, here are some venture capital firms in Los Angeles that can help get you wired in. I'd also recommend you subscribe to So Cal Tech Central. It brings together events and content for Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Southern California Startup Angel 196

SoCal CTO

MAY 17, 2011

Venture Capital As long as I'm pulling this together, here are some venture capital firms in Los Angeles that can help get you wired in. I'd also recommend you subscribe to So Cal Tech Central. It brings together events and content for Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Southern California Startup Angel 188

socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2010

US Renewables Group is managed by Jim McDermott--who, aside from private equity experience and investment banking, was the founder of Stamps.com, Spoke Software, and Archive Inc--and Lee Bailey, formerly a partner with Rustic Canyon Partners. READ MORE>>.

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Rustic Canyon Santa Monica Equity Venture Capital 170

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2010

Pasadena-based Perfect Market , a provider of software which enables monetization of long tail content of publishers such as newspapers, has raised $6.0M According to the filing, funding included new backer Mayfield Fund, along with prior investors Idealab, Rustic Canyon Partners, and Trinity Ventures and others.

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Rustic Canyon Marketing Idealab Pasadena 145

Jason Nazar

MAY 4, 2010

This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on “How to Raise Venture Capital”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation where we bring in venture capitalists from the top firms across the country to talk about the process and requirements entrepreneurs need to go through to successfully raise money from venture capitalists.

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Venture Capital Rustic Canyon Capital Santa Monica 108

socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2010

The firm said the round was led by Tribune Company, and also included Trinity Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners, and Idealab. Tags: perfect market venture capital tribune newspaper publishing software content. According to Perfect Market, the new funding will go to market and deploy its solutions.

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Rustic Canyon Marketing Altadena Idealab 133

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

The round was led by New Enterprise Associates, and also included Qualcomm, Benchmark Capital, Rustic Canyon, and Intel Capital. Gaikai is developing a cloud-based, game streaming service which allows users to play games without having to install software. The firm is headed by David Perry.

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Rustic Canyon Los Angeles Capital Funding 145

Technology Council

JULY 25, 2008

Wow, what a prestigous list of Southern California venture capitalists, angel investors, and conference sponsors! We’re fortunate to have such a talented group that will ensure a very exciting software and IT capital conference this year. Jim Andelman, Rincon Venture Partners John Babcock, Rustic Canyon Partners.

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VentureNet Screening Rustic Canyon Southern California 100

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

Clearstone Venture Partners (www.clearstone.com). Venture Capital for Technology Innovators. Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com). Costello and Sons Insurance Brokers (www.costelloandsons.com). Startups Made Simple.

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Rustic Canyon Southern California Technology Council High Tech 100

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. My own background, is I built and sold two software-as-a-service companies. What's your thoughts on the local venture market?

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Robin Kaminsky is the CEO and cofounder of 1 st Street Partners, Inc. 1 st Street Partners provides strategic management services to technology, entertainment and consumer goods companies. Sponsored giveaways and contests. Custom ad deals and partnerships.

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Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I’ve been meeting with LPs (those who invest in VC funds) over the past year and discussing trends I see in the market and where I think we need to be as a firm to be near to and meet the needs of our customers. In San Fran you find more recently established VCs like True Ventures, First Round Capital, Freestyle, Kii Capital and others.

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Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313