Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Brainient gets $1.8 million for video ad platform; Sarah Lacy’s PandoDaily launches with $2.5 million to challenge TechCrunch

Today’s funding and acquisitions news roundup:

Marketing/Advertising

Brainient raises $1.8 million to scale its video ad performance platform (via TechCrunch Europe)

Web/Content

Sarah Lacy’s PandoDaily launches with $2.5 million in funding (via GigaOm)

Young Polling Startup Pollbob Acquires Older Site Misterpoll (via TechCrunch)

Cloud

Symantec buys cloud email service LiveOffice for $115M (via VatorNews)