Today’s technology early-stage funding and acquisitions news roundup:
Education
New online university The Minerva Project has raised record $25 million in Seed funding from Benchmark Capital. (full story via VentureBeat)
Ecommerce
Chicago-based online loyalty platform Belly has secured more than $2.8 million in funding, the company has announced. (full story via Chicago Tribune)
Cloud
Andreessen Horowitz gives Skout an infusion of $22 million for its location-based flirting app. (full story via VentureBeat)
Mobile
RR Donnelly bets big on mobile catalogs app CoffeeTable with $2.5 million Series A investment. (full story via TechCrunch)
Gaming/Mobile
The Tap Lab lands $550K from Harmonix co-founders Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy, Google’s Don Dodge, Mike Dornbrook of Common Angels and other Angels for location-based mobile games. (full story via VentureBeat)
Enterprise
Small business social network and directory Manta has closed $44 million initial funding round. The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners. (full story via VentureBeat)
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