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QuizUp Creator Plain Vanilla Games Raises Another $22 Million
On top of a $1.2 million seed round, a $2.5 million Series A and then a $2 million extension to that Series A, Plain Vanilla Games has just raised another bundle of money for its mobile trivia game QuizUp: A $22 million Series B, led by Sequoia Capital. The company’s previous investors, including Tencent Holdings, also participated in the round. The app now has five million active users, according to a press release.
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Knewton Raises $51M for Personalized Learning
Education technology startup Knewton, which makes tools that adapt to each student’s learning style, has raised $51 million led by Atomico, along with GSV Capital and existing investors Accel Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round Capital, FirstMark Capital and Founders Fund. This doubles the New York-based company’s funding and is meant to help it expand around the globe with schools and academic publishers.
Cyanogen Raises Another $23 Million From Tencent and Andreessen Horowitz to Help Fund a More Open Android
The company expects to hire about 70 more people in the next several months to boost its engineering and design ranks.News Byte
Freshdesk Nabs $7 Million Series C
Customer support startup Freshdesk announced on Thursday it had raised $7 million in a Series C round of venture funding. Existing investors Accel Partners and Tiger Global Management participated in the round. Freshdesk has raised $13 million in venture funding since its launch in mid-2011.Big Money for Mobile Crowdsourced Transit App Moovit, With Sequoia Leading $28M Round
The stakes go up for a previously small company that had called itself “Waze for transit.”AllThingsD Week in Review: Nokia’s Android Phone, Bitcoin Funding and Facebook the Newspaper
The Top 10 stories that powered AllThingsD this week, in one convenient post.Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe on Raising $75 Million, the “Oh My God” Demo and Working With Valve
Iribe discusses how a hardware breakthrough got the company its new mega round.Web Video Startup Ooyala Raises $43 Million
A big Web video player you haven’t heard of gets a big funding round, all of it from an Australian telco.News Byte