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Crowdpark Raises $6M for "Social Betting" Games

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 Acquires $5 Million to Optimize Ad Campaign Value

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.

Dropbox Raises $250 Million in Second Round

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 Leverage Favorite Shows into Educational Games

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 Closes $1.05 Billion Fund

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.

Black Duck Raises $12 Million to Support Open Source

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.

Genwi Attracts $4 Million for Mobile Cloud Publishing

Genwi, which makes cloud publishing platforms for tablets and smartphones, raised $4 million in Series A funding in a round led by Nexus Venture Partners with participation from existing investors Inventus Capital Partners and Quest Venture Partners.

Qwips Secures $1.25 Million for Social Voices

Social voice platform Qwips announced today the company secured $1.25 million in series A funding, led by Shawn Landgraf of Magnus Partners and Allan Watson of NYC Trading Floor.

Box Raises $81 Million to Simplify Sharing

Box, a Palo Alto-based provider of online file-sharing services, said on Tuesday it has raised $81 million in an expansion of its fourth round of venture capital, which was led by salesforce.com and SAP Ventures.

VC Fundraising Drops 53% in Third Quarter

Fundraising by venture capital firms totaled $1.7 billion in the third quarter this year, down 53 percent from the same period last year, according to newly released statistics from the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA).