Funding and Acquisitions News: Upstart lands $1.75 million in funding; focused on crowdfunding for true upstarts—college grads

Today’s technology early-stage funding and acquisitions news roundup:

Finance/Investment

Former Google Executive Dave Girouard Launches Crowdfunding Service Upstart, Raises $1.75M (via TechCrunch)

Marketing/Advertising

Influitive Closes $3.75 Million To Drive B2B Advocate Marketing Platform

More funding and acquisitions news…

Networks/Connectivity

Boingo buys Cloud Nine Media, aiming to bring more ads to free Wi-Fi (via VentureBeat)

Networks/Backend

PLUMgrid Raises $10.7 Million in Series A Funding From US Venture Partners and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners

Web/Content

AwesomenessTV bags $3.5M for online tween entertainment (via VatorNews)

Commerce

Pivotshare Raises $1 Million To Help Anyone Sell Media Direct To Fans (via TechCrunch)