Funding and Acquisitions: South Africa-based FireID gets $6 million-plus in funding for mobile password authentication

Today’s funding and acquisitions news roundup from across the web:

Mobile/Security

Mobile Authentication Technology Company FireID Raises $6.4 Million (via TechCrunch)

Cloud Computing

Backupify Raises $4.5 Million To Back Up Data In The Cloud (via TechCrunch)