Rustic Canyon Partners
VC Fund
Santa Monica, United States
Rustic Canyon Partners is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in exceptional entrepreneurs building transformational companies.The firm typically invests in Internet, digital media, energy and efficiency, consumer web, clean technology, wireless, computer storage and peripherals, security software, and outsourcing sectors.
- Total investments:
- 104
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 31%
- Fund size:
- $130M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Rustic Canyon Partners invests in
Stages Rustic Canyon Partners invests in
Countries Rustic Canyon Partners invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 18 (17%)
- Internet 10 (10%)
- E-Commerce 7 (7%)
- Advertising 6 (6%)
- Social Media 6 (6%)
Stage
- Series B 33 (32%)
- Series A 18 (17%)
- Series C 18 (17%)
- Funding Round 14 (13%)
- Seed 4 (4%)
Country
- United States 60 (58%)
- India 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ben T Smith
EIR
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EIR | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
David Travers
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 7 | Find email | |
Gabrielle Sulzberger
General Partner and Investment Manager
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General Partner and Investment Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
John Babcock
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Nate Redmond
Managing Partner
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Managing Partner | Total investments: 44 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Navigating Cancer
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Navigating Cancer owns and operates a Website for cancer patients and their supporters that allow them to read about the disease, discuss ailments with others, organize personal health records, and track medications and treatments. Navigating Cancer’s mission is to transform healthcare through patient-centered care by using technology to connectevery cancer patient to their healthcare team, their own health records, and the right information at the right time. Navigating Cancer’s Patient Engagement Portal provides oncology clinics with a branded, online extension of their care model and helps them save time and money while providing better quality care.The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Seattle, Washington. | $26M / Series D / Sep 17, 2019 | |
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Navigating Cancer
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Navigating Cancer owns and operates a Website for cancer patients and their supporters that allow them to read about the disease, discuss ailments with others, organize personal health records, and track medications and treatments. Navigating Cancer’s mission is to transform healthcare through patient-centered care by using technology to connectevery cancer patient to their healthcare team, their own health records, and the right information at the right time. Navigating Cancer’s Patient Engagement Portal provides oncology clinics with a branded, online extension of their care model and helps them save time and money while providing better quality care.The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Seattle, Washington. | $12M / Mar 19, 2019 | |
UrbanSitter
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UrbanSitter uses members' existing networks to match families with babysitters... Babysitters post their credentials and availability. Parents search and book sitters online. Parents like to share their enthusiasm for sitters by writing reviews. The use of Facebook Connect and affiliation groups mimics community and trusted networksbetween families and sitters | $17M / Series C / Oct 05, 2017 | |
Factual
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Factual is the location data company the world’s most valuable brands and tech companies trust to understand and intelligently grow their businesses.Factual provides product and engineering teams, marketers and data analysts access to the world’s most trusted, accurate and comprehensive data on places and people worldwide, transforming products,advertising and businesses with data that puts everything in context. | $35M / Series B / Dec 10, 2015 | |
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Navigating Cancer
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Navigating Cancer owns and operates a Website for cancer patients and their supporters that allow them to read about the disease, discuss ailments with others, organize personal health records, and track medications and treatments. Navigating Cancer’s mission is to transform healthcare through patient-centered care by using technology to connectevery cancer patient to their healthcare team, their own health records, and the right information at the right time. Navigating Cancer’s Patient Engagement Portal provides oncology clinics with a branded, online extension of their care model and helps them save time and money while providing better quality care.The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Seattle, Washington. | $10M / Series C / Aug 20, 2015 | |
Kin Community
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Kin is a lifestyle entertainment company that develops, creates and distributes lifestyle entertainment in all forms and across all platforms for women in the “Builder” stage of their lives. | $12M / Series C / Sep 18, 2014 | |
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UrbanSitter
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UrbanSitter uses members' existing networks to match families with babysitters... Babysitters post their credentials and availability. Parents search and book sitters online. Parents like to share their enthusiasm for sitters by writing reviews. The use of Facebook Connect and affiliation groups mimics community and trusted networksbetween families and sitters | $15M / Series B / Feb 14, 2014 | |
Dollar Shave Club
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Dollar Shave Club is a lifestyle brand and e-commerce company that invents and delivers smart, affordable products to make lives easier. Through an exclusive R&D process that includes botanicals and chemists, the company makes all its own products at affordable prices.Dollar Shave Club was founded in 2012 and is based in Santa Monica,California. | $12M / Series B / Oct 08, 2013 | |
Emergent Payments
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Emergent Payments delivers optimized payment solutions in high growth markets. We help merchants and partners grow revenues and open new markets. The company is based in Palo Alto, California with development centers in North Carolina and Shanghai, as well as international offices in Luxembourg, India, China, South Korea, Brazil, Singapore,Malaysia, Nigeria, Bangladesh and Japan.The company sold its Digital Commerce platform (Live Gamer Elements) to Autodesk in 2014, in order to focus on its core payments technology and business. It rebranded as Emergent Payments in early 2015 and invested in the payments platform, team and operations in high growth international markets. | $6.8M / Series C / Jul 01, 2013 | |
Chromatik
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Chromatik connects the world's musicians. Their applications enable millions of musicians to play, learn, and share their favorite music through sheet music, guitar tabs, lyrics, and more. Chromatik was acquired by TakeLessons (https://TakeLessons.com) in April 2017. | $5.7M / Series A / May 08, 2013 | |
| See all 104 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Rustic Canyon Partners invest in?
Rustic Canyon Partners invests primarily in Software, Internet and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 104 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Rustic Canyon Partners?
The team at Rustic Canyon Partners includes Ben T Smith (EIR), David Travers (Partner) and Gabrielle Sulzberger (General Partner and Investment Manager), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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