This week’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news roundup:
Social Media
Blogger Kirkpatrick scores $1M in the bank for Little Bird, startup about real influence (via VentureBeat)
Facebook acqui-hires Carsabi, more for the sabi than the car (via VentureBeat)
Mobile
Flayvr, A Mobile App That Automatically Creates Photo Albums, Raises $450K Seed Round (via TechCrunch)
Web/Content
Ancestry.com to acquire 1000memories to expand photo digitizing (via gigaom)
MindMeld app maker Expect Labs gets $2.4M from Google, others (via gigaom)
Rent Management Startup Cozy Raises $1.5M From The Social + Capital Partnership, Google Ventures, Others (via TechCrunch)
Book discovery startup Libboo raises $1.1M seed round (via paidContent)
Enterprise
Autodesk Acquires Social Collaboration Company Qontext (via TechCrunch)
‘Big data’ startup Trifacta comes out of stealth with $4.3M in Accel funding (via VentureBeat)
Get Off Of My Cloud — Accounting Software ClearBooks Raises £300K To Battle It Out With Sage (via TechCrunch)
Ngdata raises $2.5M for big data management software (exclusive) (via VentureBeat)
Commerce
Just Eat Buys Spanish Online Food Ordering/Delivery Rival SinDelantal For A Few Million Euros (via TechCrunch)
Cloud
DocTrackr Secures $2M From Atlas, Polaris, To Help Secure Your Documents Via The Cloud (via TechCrunch)
Crowdfunded
3D Printer Form 1 Tops $1.4M On Kickstarter In A Week (via TechCrunch)
Finance/Investment
Trinity Ventures looking to raise $325 million fund (via VatorNews)
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