This week’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news roundup:
Mobile
Helpshift gets $3.2M to be mobile customer support (via VatorNews)
Advertising/Marketing
Isocket nabs $8M to revolutionize direct ad sales for web publications (via VentureBeat)
LocBox pulls in $5.1M to put the nail in the daily deals coffin (via VentureBeat)
Auto Advertising Startup adverCar Raises $2M From Canaan Partners, 1-800-Flowers, And Others (via TechCrunch)
Web/Content
Zillow acquires NYC-based real estate company Buyfolio (via gigaom)
Pandora Competitor Senzari Acquires Berlin-Based Music Startup WahWah.fm (via TechCrunch)
SmartAsset Raises $1.5M To Help You With The Big Financial Decisions (via TechCrunch)
Social Media
Fanatix comes to the U.S., raises $1M in angel funding (via VatorNews)
Greentech
AutoGrid pulls in $9M to turn ‘big data’ into an energy source (via VentureBeat)
Enterprise
Enterprise Social Network Startup NationalField Raises $1.5M To Take On Yammer And Others (via TechCrunch)
Zapier Raises $1.2M Seed Round From Bessemer Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson & Others (via TechCrunch)
iJento Raises $8M From MMC Ventures, Nauta Capital, Oxford Capital Partners For Its Customer Intelligence Platform (via TechCrunch)
Healthcare
QuantiaMD lands $12M for its doctors-only social network (via VentureBeat)
Russian Online Health Startup, VitaPortal, Raises $2M Series A Led By Prostor Capital And Backed By Esther Dyson (via TechCrunch)
Commerce
Dollar Shave Club raises $9.8 million for international expansion (via gigaom)
Yotpo Closes $1.5M Round Led by Rhodium And Gandyr Group To Scale Social Reviews (via TechCrunch)
Pickie Raises $1 Million to Fuel Expansion, Following Success at TechStars Spring Demo Day
500 Startups Alum Monogram Raises $400K More, Launches iPad App To Aggregate All Your Favorite Fashion Brands (via TechCrunch)
Finance/Investment
First Round Capital Adds Former LiveOps CEO Bill Trenchard As Partner; Raises Over $20M More (via TechCrunch)
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