Today’s technology early-stage funding and acquisitions news roundup:
Advertising/Marketing
Ex-AdMobbers nab $6.5M to build cross-platform cookies (via gigaom)
Web/Content
Mozilla & Knight Foundation Invest $1M In Crowdsourced Translation Startup Amara (via TechCrunch)
Samsung buys streaming startup mSpot to take on iCloud and Google Play (via VentureBeat)
More funding and acquisitions news…
Ecommerce
RewardLoop Raises $1M For QR Code-Enabled Loyalty Programs (via TechCrunch)
Cloud
Exclusive: Cloud Foundry’s founder debuts Apcera with $2.2M in funding (via gigaom)
Enterprise
EMC goes all-flash, buys XtremIO for $430M (via gigaom)
BetterCloud raises $2M to make Google Apps better (via gigaom)
Finance/Investment
NEA Raising $2.5 Billion For What Could Become The Largest VC Fund In History (via TechCrunch)