Today’s technology early-stage funding and acquisitions news roundup:
Commerce
Social Commerce Site Copious Raises $5 Million Series A (via Forbes.com)
Fashion Aggregation FTW: Lyst Picks Up $5M, Now Lists DFJ Esprit As Backer (via TechCrunch)
The Currency Cloud Closes Another $3M To Attack Banks’ Cross-Border Payments Monopoly (via TechCrunch)
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Devices
Disruptive: uBeam Lands $750K To Let You Charge Gadgets Without Plugs (via TechCrunch)
Gaming
Google Ventures Leads $5M Investment In Virtual Currency Startup Pocket Change (via TechCrunch)
Web/Content
Cloud
Cloudability Raises $8.7 Million Series A Round for Rapid Expansion, Led by Foundry Group
P2P Storage Startup Space Monkey Raises $2.25M Led By Google Ventures And Venture51 (via TechCrunch)
Stealth/Pre-Launch
General Catalyst And Andreessen Horowitz Parlay $4 Million On X-Googler Startup Parlay Labs (via TechCrunch)
Marketing/Advertising
Demand Media Alums Invest $575,000 In iSpot.tv, A Platform For Social Marketing On TV (via TechCrunch)
Healthcare
23andMe Acquires CureTogether, Inc.
Finance/Investment
Mayfield stuffs $365M into its VC warchest in just 3 months (via VentureBeat)
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