| Website | rusticcanyon.com |
| Blog | facebook.com/rust... |
| @rusticcanyonvc | |
| Phone | (310) 998-8000 |
| ideas@rusticcanyo... | |
| Employees | |
| Founded | 9/99 |
| Description | Early-stage venture capital firm |
Rustic Canyon helps standout entrepreneurs build innovative companies to create and commercialize disruptive change.
We believe great venture capitalists provide the service, support, and resources to assist entrepreneurs realize their vision. We focus our investments on themes that have a transformative impact across industries and sectors within digital media, eCommerce, consumer online services and SaaS.
Rustic Canyon is an early stage firm actively investing out of our third fund, closed in 2008. Rustic Canyon was launched in 1999 by Founding Partner Tom Unterman, and is led by Managing Partner Nate Redmond. As the first or second institutional investor in a company, our investments range from $100,000 to $10 million.
We are one of the largest VC firms in Los Angeles and also have offices in San Francisco. Naturally, our investment activity is focused on California, but we consider opportunities in other regions when we meet remarkable entrepreneurs who are building great companies that fit our theses.
To submit your disruptive idea for consideration, email your business plan to ideas@rusticcanyon.com.
| Company | Date | Round | Size | Participants |
| Chromatik | 5/13 | Series A | $5.7M | 5 |
| Ellie | 2/13 | Seed | $2M | 3 |
| Transonic Combustion | 11/12 | Series D | $32M | 4 |
| Meteor Entertainment | 10/12 | Series B | $18M | 3 |
| TopFloor | 10/12 | Venture Round | $6M | 6 |
| UrbanSitter | 10/12 | Venture Round | $6M | 4 |
| PayDragon | 7/12 | Seed | $1.35M | 4 |
| Leads360 | 2/12 | Series B | $15M | 2 |
| Science | 11/11 | Series A | $10M | 2 |
| Mertado | 9/11 | Series A | $2.3M | 4 |
| Gaikai | 7/11 | Series C | $30M | 5 |
| Marketfish | 6/11 | Series A | $4.5M | 2 |
| PlayFirst | 10/10 | Venture Round | $9.2M | 5 |
| Marketfish | 9/10 | Venture Round | $1.5M | 3 |
| Serious Energy | 6/10 | Series D | $19.8M | 10 |
| Gaikai | 5/10 | Series B | $10M | 5 |
| Perfect Market | 3/10 | Series C | $6M | 4 |
| InSync Software | 10/09 | Series B | $4.7M | 2 |
| Serious Energy | 9/09 | Series C | $60M | 6 |
| LoopNet | 4/09 | Venture Round | $50M | 3 |
| DECA | 1/09 | Series B | $10M | 4 |
| Ohai | 1/09 | Venture Round | $6M | 2 |
| GoFish | 12/08 | Venture Round | $22.5M | 3 |
| TwoFish | 10/08 | Series B | $4.5M | 3 |
| Trion Worlds | 9/08 | Series C | $70M | 6 |
| Perfect Market | 7/08 | Series A | $15.6M | 4 |
| Pentadyne | 6/08 | Debt | $2M | 1 |
| Untangle | 5/08 | Series B | $8M | 2 |
| Docstoc | 4/08 | Series B | $3.25M | 1 |
| Fulcrum Bioenergy | 4/08 | Series B | $14M | 2 |
| ThermaSource | 4/08 | Series B | $41.5M | 1 |
| Serious Energy | 3/08 | Series B | $2.38M | 3 |
| DanceJam | 2/08 | Series B | $3.5M | 2 |
| PlayFirst | 12/07 | Series C | $16.5M | 4 |
| Serious Energy | 11/07 | Venture Round | $50M | 3 |
| Hidden City Games | 10/07 | Series B | $15M | 2 |
| Leads360 | 10/07 | Series A | $5.25M | 1 |
| MerchantCircle | 9/07 | Series B | $10M | 5 |
| Dipity | 9/07 | Angel | $900k | 3 |
| Trion Worlds | 7/07 | Series B | $30M | 6 |
| DanceJam | 5/07 | Angel | $1M | 8 |
| Capella Photonics | 3/07 | Debt | $20M | 3 |
| Untangle | 12/06 | Series A | $10.5M | 2 |
| TwoFish | 12/06 | Series A | $5M | 2 |
| iCopyright | 10/06 | Series C | $1.29M | 1 |
| Good Technology | 10/06 | Private Equity | $51.3M | 4 |
| Visto | 9/06 | Venture Round | $51M | 7 |
| Azaire Networks | 8/06 | Series C | $21M | 4 |
| CaseRev | 8/06 | Series B | $4M | 2 |
| MerchantCircle | 6/06 | Series A | $4.3M | 4 |
| Krugle | 5/06 | Series B | $6.1M | 4 |
| LimeLife | 3/06 | Series B | $10M | 4 |
| PlayFirst | 1/06 | Series B | $5M | 3 |
| InSync Software | 1/06 | Series A | $7.5M | 2 |
| Visto | 9/05 | Venture Round | $70M | 7 |
| ePartners | 8/05 | Venture Round | $25M | 8 |
| LimeLife | 8/05 | Series A | $5M | 4 |
| RiverOne | 7/05 | Venture Round | $6M | 2 |
