Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news:
Commerce
First Data Acquires Cardless Customer Loyalty Startup Perka (via AllThingsD)
Ingram Micro Buys Shipwire, The Cloud Logistics And Supply Chain Management Platform (via TechCrunch)
IfOnly raises $12M led by NEA to let you hobnob with the rich and famous (for a big fee) (via GigaOm)
Content/Publishing
Random House acquires Figment, the teen writing site founded by Condé Nast vets (via GigaOm)
Mobile
Q Factor Communications Launches with $6.5 Million Funding from Sigma Prime Ventures and Venrock (via company press release)
Mobile Video App Snapverse Raises $3.5M And Announces Deals With Universal, Warner Bros, And Sony (via TechCrunch)
Enterprise/Development
Communications Platform For Mobile And Web Apps And TC Disrupt Winner Layer Raises $6 Million (via TechCrunch)
Devices/Gadgets
Berg launches AWS for connected devices, raises $1.3M from Index, VCs (via GigaOm)
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