Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news:
Content/Publishing
Ezoic Secures $5.6 Million Series A Investment (via company press release)
Travel
Lonely Planet Acquires Mobile Travel App TouristEye (via TechCrunch)
Social
Finnish Sticker-Happy Social Messaging App Jongla Raises Further €1.4 Million (via TechCrunch)
Mobile
Selligy Closes $2.8 Million in Series A Funding Led By DFJ and Releases Mobile CRM Solution for Enterprise Sales (via company press release)
Brian Shin Raises $4.5M for Mustbin, Looks to Mobilize Your Personal Data (via Xconomy)
Singaporean marketplace app Carousell snags $800K funding, sets sights on Malaysia and Indonesia (via Tech in Asia)
Japanese Startup Moneytree(TM) Closes AUD$1.7M Seed Round Funding From Digital Garage and Private Investors (via company press release)
Content/Photos
SCOOPSHOT RAISES $3.9 MILLION SERIES A FUNDING TO TAKE ON-DEMAND MOBILE PHOTOGRAPHY GLOBAL (via company press release)
Cloud
PasswordBox Raises $6M to Help Manage Your Passwords and Keep Them From the NSA (via AllThingsD)
Gaming
Nokia Growth Partners invests $6M in Sweden’s MAG Interactive, maker of Ruzzle (via VentureBeat)
Devices/Gadgets
SmartThings Raises $12.5 Million In Series A Funding (via company press release)
Health/Healthcare
Scanadu Raises $10.5 Million to Help Make Its Medical Tricorder Reality (via AllThingsD)
Enterprise/Software
Estonian Startup Plumbr Raises $1M To Make Memory Leaks A Thing Of The Past (via TechCrunch)
Finance
Decentralized currency exchange Ripple Labs rakes in $3.5M in new funding (via GigaOm)
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