Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news, from around the web:
Mobile
Cyanogen goes from Android mod to legit startup with $7M from Benchmark (via VentureBeat)
StrongLoop Raises $8 Million Series A Led by Shasta Ventures and Ignition Partners; Announces an Open Source, Private mBaaS From the Backers of Node.js (via company press release)
Education
Remind101 Raises $3.5 Million in Series A Financing, Led by the Social + Capital Partnership With Participation From First Round Capital and Yuri Milner (via company press release)
Entertainment
Will Wright raises $5M for Syntertainment startup to blend reality and entertainment (exclusive) (via VentureBeat)
Health
Lift Labs raises $1M for tremor-canceling spoon (via mobihealthnews)
Health & Bliss Is Raising $2M To Rethink Strep Testing (via TechCrunch)
Travel
Tonight-Only Hotel App Arena Heats Up as One Spanish Rival Acquires Another (via Skift)
Groupon Buys SideTour To Add Local, Bespoke Activities To Its GrouponLive Events Business (via TechCrunch)
Marketing
Great News For Estonian Mafia? Pipedrive Announces an €1.8 Million Round (via ArcticStartup)
Financiers/Funders
Swiss Company-Builder Centralway Opens $50M Fund, Invests $250k In Bitcoin Whitelabel Exchange Buttercoin (via TechCrunch)
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