Loose Lips: Yahoo M&A Head Told Employees Company Looking at Two “Significant” and a Half-Dozen Small Buys

In most cases, they sink ships. Here, perhaps not.
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Square COO Keith Rabois Departs Company

The management did not add up.
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OpenX Raises $22.5 Million in Round Led by Samsung Venture Unit

More funding for the Los Angeles-based online advertising technology upstart.
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Anne Wojcicki of 23andMe on One Million-DNA March and More (Video)

Can the personal genome company get people to keep spitting for their health?
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Cloud Media Start-Up Plizy Raises $4 Million From Atlas

Plizy, a San Francisco-based cloud media start-up, said it has raised $4 million in a Series A funding from Atlas Venture. The company, which recently launched a new version of its product on the Web and for Apple iPad, allows users to search, organize, watch and share online content, such as movies and television shows. Plizy, which had previously raised $1.2 million in an angel round, will use the money to expand its content offerings and build out to other platforms. In addition to the funding, Plizy said that PayPal President David Marcus will join Plizy’s board, along with Atlas’ Fred Destin.

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Social Media Marketing Firm HubSpot Adds $35 Million in Funding

HubSpot, which helps users with marketing via social media, has completed a new funding round of $35 million. The Cambridge, Mass., software company had previously raised about $65 million. The latest investment included previous investors Altimeter Capital and Cross Creek Capital, as well as, reportedly, Fidelity Investments. Earlier fundings have included General Catalyst Partners, Matrix Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Google Ventures, Salesforce.com and Charles River Ventures. The new money will be used for international growth and acquisitions.

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CrowdSource Raises $12.5 Million for Enterprise Tasks

CrowdSource, which uses hundreds of thousands of workers to manage labor-intensive tasks at scale, raised $12.5 million in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Highland Capital Partners. The start-up, which focuses on content creation and structuring big data, said it will use the funds to expand offerings, add workers and increase sales and marketing.

Criteo Nabs $40 Million in Funding at $800 Million Valuation

Big money for performance display advertising start-up.
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Jeff Ma Talks About TenXer Raising $3 Million More to Help You Judge Yourself (Video)

Trying to do 10 times better takes some effort (and funding).
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