This week’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news:
Education
With $1.1M In The Bank, Graduway Launches To Help Schools Reinvent Alumni Networking (via TechCrunch)
BrightBytes Grabs $750K To Help Schools Measure The Real Impact Of Technology On Student Learning (via TechCrunch)
Tutorspree Raises $1 Million Round Led By Sequoia Capital (via TechCrunch)
HR
PayrollHero nabs $1m to expand its cloud-based payroll platform in Southeast Asia (via TheNextWeb)
Gaming
Game Analytics Opens To The Game Developing Masses, Raises $2.5M From Sunstone Capital, CrunchFund, And Others (via TechCrunch)
Finance/Investment
‘X’ marks the spot for Battery Ventures’ new $900M fund (via VentureBeat)
Sequoia Capital Is Raising A New Dedicated Fund For Its Stealthy ‘Scout’ Seed Investing Program (via TechCrunch)
Mobile
Nexmo raises $3M to link apps to old-school carrier networks (via gigaom)
Indoor Positioning Startup indoo.rs Raises “Six-Figure” Seed Round From Tecnet Equity, SpeedInvest, And Techinvest (via TechCrunch)
Celly Raises $1.4 Million to Bring Emergent Social Networks to Families, Schools & Communities (via company blog)
Web/Content
With A Revenue Model In Sight, Crowdsourced News Service Blottr Raises $612K For Its Content Syndication Platform NewsPoint (via TechCrunch)
The Business of Fashion website raises £1.3m and backing from LVMH (via The Guardian)
UK-based betting exchange Smarkets lands $2.3m from Deutsche Telekom’s T-Venture, Passion Capital (via TheNextWeb)
Cloud
With $650K In Seed Funding, YC-Backed Upverter Chases The Dream Of A Hardware Startup Revolution (via TechCrunch)
Commerce
YC-Backed Referly Acquires LaunchGram, Eyes Ramen Profitability (via TechCrunch)
Food subscription service Blue Apron raises $3m to expand US service as it delivers 6k meals/week (via TheNextWeb)
David Tisch, Brad Feld, Gary Vaynerchuk & Others Put $1 Million Into Vengo, The Mini Vending Machines From TaxiTreats Maker (via TechCrunch)
Thai Mobile Shopping App ShopSpot Adds Brands, Gets $628,000 (via TechCrunch)
Enterprise
‘Big data’ startup Sociocast conjures $1M, opens up ‘Prediction API’ to SMBs (via VentureBeat)
Stormpath gives companies an easier way to authenticate users, with $8.2M (via VentureBeat)
