TriplePoint Capital, a Menlo Park-based provider of debt financing, leasing and direct equity investments to venture capital-backed companies, said it has closed a new $1 billion fund. The firm said the financing is the largest private or public capital raise by any company in the 30-year history of the venture debt industry.

Visual.ly, the startup platform that connects creators of infographic content with audiences and publishers, today announced a $2 million round of seed funding, led by Crosslink Capital, SoftTech, 500 Startups, and angels including Kapor Capital and several others.

Groupon, the Chicago-based daily deals company and chief rival of DC-based LivingSocial, is now planning a scaled-down initial public offering (IPO) that could value the company at around $12 billion – sharply lower than the $25-$30 billion that had been expected – The New York Times reported.

Qwilt Inc., which optimizes network performance for delivering high-quality video, has raised $24 million in two rounds of funding from Accel Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Crescent Point Group and other investors including Rob Glaser, founder and former CEO of RealNetworks Inc.

Crowdpark, a startup developer focused on social betting games, today announced investments totaling about $6 million from Target Partners and existing investor Earlybird Venture Capital. This brings the Berlin-based company’s total amount of funding to approximately $8 million.

TagMan has secured $5 million in its second round of venture capital funding, the tag management systems company announced today. The series B funding, led by Greycroft Partners and iNovia Capital, brings TagMan's total funding to more than $10 million.

Marking one of the largest funding rounds for a Bay Area technology company in recent years, San Francisco-based Dropbox, the developer of a service that allows users to transfer documents, photos and videos between devices, said on Tuesday it has raised $250 million in its second round.

PBS Kids has utilized its intellectual property to create more than 40 new games designed to help children build math skills, each of which spans multiple platforms to engage kids from 2 to 8 regardless of how they access the programming.

Khosla Ventures said it has raised $1.05 billion for a new venture fund. The fund, known as Khosla Ventures IV, will allow the firm to continue its strategy of investing in early stage clean tech, IT, mobile and Internet technology companies.

Waltham, Mass. – Black Duck Software, a Waltham-based provider of strategy, products, and services for supporting large-scale adoption of open source software, has raised $12 million in a round of venture capital.