This week’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news roundup:
Mobile
Mobiplug’s stunning home automation lands $2.7 million Series A and a new CEO (via TheNextWeb)
Evzdrop Raises $500K, Debuts New iPhone App to Let People Listen to Places in Real Time
Ubooly, The Plush Toy With An iPhone Brain, Grabs $1.5M In Seed Funding (via TechCrunch)
Sports Discovery App Thuuz Raises $4.2M From Major TV Partners To Dominate Your Second Screen (via TechCrunch)
Commerce
MyVR Raises $1.4M From YC, SV Angel, Chris Dixon To Attack The $85B Vacation Rental Industry (via TechCrunch)
Bureau of Trade raises $1.2M in seed funding (via VatorNews)
ShopInterest, The Startup That Lets You Sell From Your Pinterest Boards, Gets 500 Startups Backing (via TechCrunch)
Enterprise
Medallia’s digital suggestion box for businesses locks up $35M (via VentureBeat)
Business Dashboards Get Instant Widgets, And Geckoboard Gets $1.5M From Top Investors (via TechCrunch)
As The Quest For Engagement Heats Up, Canddi Gets A Sweet $600k From Northstar, A Google Angel And More (via TechCrunch)
Mobile/Gaming
Pixowl Secures $1.2 Million in Funding to Accelerate IP Development
Payments
Fuze Network, A Payments Company Focused On The Under-Banked, Raises $2.5 Million Series A (via TechCrunch)
Education
Education apps maker Duck Duck Moose nabs $7M led by Sequoia, Lightspeed (via gigaom)
Online Tutoring Platform Sofatutor Raises ‘Mid Single-Digit Million Euro’ Round From Acton Capital Partners (via TechCrunch)
Web/Content
Daily Dating Site Coffee Meets Bagel Lands $600K From Lightbank, Match.com Co-Founder (via TechCrunch)
Asian TV Conglomerate Astro Signs On To Trapit’s Personalization Platform, Invests $1.9M (via TechCrunch)
Cloud
CRM startup Capillary raises $15.5M in Series A from Sequoia, Norwest & Qualcomm Ventures (via VC Circle)
Finance/Investment
Baltics to get boost from new $250m innovation fund (via gigaom)
Advertising/Marketing
Video Ad Startup Genesis Media Raises $3M (via TechCrunch)
Everyday Health Has Bought Social Media Marketers Eqal (Price Up To $25M?) (via TechCrunch)
Gaming
Wedge Buster raises $2.2 million to be the ultimate social-sports-gaming destination (via VentureBeat)
Social Media
With $3.6M, TreeRing revives the yearbook for the Facebook generation (via gigaom)
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