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OCTOBER 15, 2012

the startup incubator headed by Michael Jones, has debuted another fashion-related startup out of its incubation efforts this morning. Los Angeles-based TopFloor revealed today that it has raised $6M in a funding round, from Polaris Ventures, Google Ventures, Crosslink Ventures, and Rustic Canyon Partners. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 16, 2013

Article after article points out that Los Angeles is on its way to becoming one of the most robust startup communities in the United States. It is meant to bring everyone together so that they can learn, network and leave with the sense that they now belong to a family of entrepreneurs, all trying to make LA a startup hub.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Los Angeles area startups and would-be entrepreneurs were gathered Thursday as a part of the annual Twiistup technology conference, being held at the Skirball Center. The startup event--which continues until tonight--included keynotes by David Cohen of TechStars, Suneel Gupta of Groupon, Loic Le Meur of Seesmic, and many others.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The new firm said it is backed by Rustic Canyon, White Star Capital, The Social+Capital Partnership, Tomorrow Ventures, Siemer Ventures, Philippe Camus, Jean-Marie Messier, Jonathan Miller and Dennis Phelps. > Science, Inc. ,

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

the startup incubator headed by Mike Jones, has just tossed its ring into the another e-commerce category: women's activewear. Science just launched Ellie , a site which offers up clothing for activewear for women, via subscription. Science, Inc.,

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

There will be an extra session from 9am -10am for attendees that will focus on green start-ups and the introduction of the Green LAVA special interest group, following the traditional panel session. Moderated by John Babcock, Partner, Rustic Canyon Partners.

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MAY 4, 2012

Thursday, May 10, 2012 -- LA Demo Day (featuring 20 new LA startups). Come see the next crop of great LA tech companies demo their startups to the LA community of entrepreneurs, investors and techies as well as a number of esteemed guests. LA Startup Demo Day will showcase the latest batch of up-and-coming LA Startups.

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APRIL 12, 2012

The startup--headed by Hamilton Chan, and the team behind Paperlinks--said that LA food trucks The Bun Truck, CambalaCHE's, Auntie's Fry Bread, Chunk n Chip, The Grill Sergeant, The Wien, and Rounds Premium Burgers, along with dessert and sweets chain Beard Papa, are now using the firm's app to allow users to pay for their purchases.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 -- "Raising Money for Startups in a Down Market" Dealmaker LA. with Jason Nazar, CEO of DocStoc and David Travers of Rustic Canyon Partners and other surprise guests. See [link] (more).

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AUGUST 10, 2012

Moderator Lori Kozlowski (Forbes) will be joined by mobile company founders Matthias Galica (ShareSquare), Nick Smoot (Here on Biz), Dave Matthews (NeuAer) and VC David Travers (Rustic Canyon). An evening chat with Los Angeles based mobile startup founders/executives and an experienced VC about what?s

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MAY 20, 2011

This upcoming Splash will showcase 10 up-and-coming startups, prominent VCs and founders of the leading LA-based companies - Demand Media and ReachLocal. Hear Zorik Gordon, co-founder and CEO of ReachLocal, share his lessons and advice on building his startup since 2004 to become one of the hottest tech IPOs last year.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

OnGreen.com is seeking green tech start-ups to exhibit at Demo Day III on February 15, 2010, in Los Angeles, California OnGreen.com is a LA based start-up building a global cleantech community of entrepreneurs, investors, academic institutions, government industries, and business and technical experts. See [link] (more)

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JULY 8, 2010

Here are three, Southern California startup firms--and their competitors--who are engaged in head to head battles to dominate their industry. Backers: Rustic Canyon Partners, Scott Walcheck, Brett Brewer, Robin Richards, Matt Coffin. Any other epic startup battles you think are worth watching? DocStoc vs. Scribd.

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

A new, technology startup accelerator modeled after the TechStars venture incubator in Boulder said today it has launched, and will bring business acceleration to Los Angeles.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 -- Venture Capital in Southern California: Catching Up and Going Beyond. Theyll also grapple with the challenges that Southern California faces in attracting it share of startup investment. Northern California gets all the attention when it comes to venture capital investment. See [link] (more)

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Nazar--who moderated a panel on the venture capital industry in Los Angeles at Twiistup 8 yesterday, and who is considered by many to be one of the key "super connectors" in the LA technology community--took a few minutes with us to give his advice to startup entrepreneurs.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Santa Monica-based Factual , the new data focused startup run by Gil Elbaz , the co-founder of Applied Semantics , which invented Google's AdSense technology, is announcing the investors in the firm this evening. Factual is developing an online platform which allows anyone to share and mash open data.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

Many funds have not performed and will start to disappear. I suspect both were at play in Rustic Canyon Partners that went from a $500 million fund to around a $200 million fund. There are some very talented partners remaining at Rustic Canyon and I’m told some committed LPs. Think about the math.

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MAY 20, 2010

Startups Uncensored. This months Startups Uncensored will be on How to Raise Venture Capital. Wednesday, May 26, 2010 -- How To Raise Venture Capital. See [link] (more).

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Santa Monica-based Factual , the open data startup headed by Gil Elbaz, the inventor of Google's AdSense technology, said today that it has launched a new open set of data that the firm says provides geo-coded data for 14 million local U.S. businesses.

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JUNE 16, 2009

Monday, June 22, 2009 -- Pitching Venture Capitalists - Startups Uncensored #8. This months Startups Uncensored will be on Pitching Venture Capitalists. We are joined this month by Nate Redmond, a Partner at Rustic Canyon Venture Capital, and Docstoc Board member.

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OCTOBER 29, 2008

Los Angeles-based Docstoc , an online document and sharing startup, said Wednesday that it has added email uploading and publishing to the service. DocStoc is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners. READ MORE>>

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Chatsworth-based Kinetic Traction Systems , a new startup headed by former Pentadyne Power COO Richard Newark, said today that it has launched the firm, and is looking to apply flywheel energy storage to the mass transit and rail market.

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JUNE 11, 2012

Things are starting to heat up and not just weather wise here in the LA Tech scene. Speakers From Startups/Entertainment/Tech Include: Howard Marks, StartEngine Co-Founder, formerly Activision Founder. Speakers From Startups/Entertainment/Tech Include: Howard Marks, StartEngine Co-Founder, formerly Activision Founder.

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JUNE 14, 2010

Los Angeles-based Factual , the open data startup headed by former Google engineering director Gil Elbaz, said this weekend it has partnered with Newsweek on a "America's Best Public High School" initiative. The firm said that Newsweek and Factual will enhance Newsweek's list with a mix of proprietary and open data. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

During Twiistup 8 a panel moderated by Jason Nazar (DocStoc) and joined by panelist David Travers (Rustic Canyon), Brian Norgard (Namesake), Fouad ElNaggar (Redpoint) and Demian Sellfors (Media Temple), spoke about if the next big tech company could be built in Los Angeles? Visit TechZulu for full story.

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JULY 19, 2011

Quarter to quarter, investments were up from Q1, when $585M was invested in the region. across 966 deals, up 19 percent from the first quarter, when there was $6.3 In terms of industry, nationally, Internet-specific investments hit a 10-year high--up 72 percent in terms of dollars, and 46 percent in terms of deals, with $2.3

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NOVEMBER 24, 2008

Pasadena-based Perfect Market, the Idealab startup which is looking to monetize dormant content from publishers, said this morning that the firm's CTO, Dr. Jay Budzik, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees for the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, by the Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich. READ MORE>>

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APRIL 15, 2010

for the quarter, up from both Q4 of last year as well as the comparable Q1 quarter in 2009, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the NVCA. in Q1, up from $588.033M tallied by the report in Q4 of 2009, and up significantly from the $320.2M Southern California venture capital investments totaled $686.5M

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

Excited to announce MuckerLab , a new startup accelerator and member of the TechStars Network, launched today in L.A. What are you waiting for startups! Can you feel it folks? Cause I can. Los Angeles is on the cusp of becoming a major technology hub, but the ecosystem here isn’t yet as developed as Silicon Valley.

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MAY 4, 2010

This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on “How to Raise Venture Capital”. We are also going to be offering 3 companies the opportunity to give a 5 min pitch on their business to the investors and startups uncensored crowd. TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT, CLICK HERE. Milken Institute. 1250 4th Street. Santa Monica, CA 90401-1418.

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AUGUST 29, 2012

Nate Redmond is the managing partner of Rustic Canyon Partners – he’s probably one of the youngest managing partners of a major fund you’ll meet. Nate, tell us a bit about Rustic Canyon Venture Partners. 59:00 So you were only an associate at Rustic Canyon for a few years before you became a partner.

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JULY 10, 2009

Startups Made Simple. Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com). Costello and Sons Insurance Brokers (www.costelloandsons.com). Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com). An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com).

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JUNE 19, 2012

LA City Council Member Eric Garcetti will give the opening keynote for the inaugural Silicon Beach Fest , a celebration of digital innovators in startups and entertainment happening June 21 – 23. Angel Pitch: Startups pitch to angel investors. Startup Village : Local startups and other companies featured on the show floor.

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JUNE 11, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest is gearing up to showcase the most promising startups and visionaries from across LA’s growing startup entertainment ecosystem. More than 150 speakers include top executives from local accelerators, venture capitalists, entertainment powerhouses, brands, and emerging and established start-ups.

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JUNE 19, 2009

Startups Made Simple. Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com). Costello and Sons Insurance Brokers (www.costelloandsons.com). Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com). An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com).

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JULY 15, 2010

Investments by venture capitalists in Southern California were up, both in terms of deals and dollars in Q2, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). in 91 investments, up significantly from the $451.8M Both LA and OC were both up in terms of deals and dollars.

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