Burbank, US-based movie company Warner Bros is mulling over a $10 million to $15 million investment in YouTube game-focused web video site Machinima, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
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Kitchener to shell out $1M to provide offices for new local startups
Councillors of the city of Kitchener in Ontario, Canada have agreed to shell out $1 million for the next five years to help owners of underused spaces turn their properties into a new landing pad fro startups just out from incubators.
Little Borrowed Dress secures $1.25M in seed funding round
Little Borrowed Dress, a startup that rents out bridesmaid dresses online, has raised $1.25 million for its seed financing round participated in by a number of investors, TechCrunch reported.
American SaaS firm ClearSlide lands $50M in Series C funding to help salespeople make effective presentations
San Francisco, US-based sales communication platform ClearSlide landed $50 million in a Series C funding round led by Social+Capital Partnership to provide a service that boosts productivity of salespeople.
Lightspeed Venture backs professional Frisbee league in San Jose
Menlo Park, US-based venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners invested an undisclosed amount in San Jose Spiders, a professional Frisbee league owned by Cisco Systems Inc president Rob Lloyd.
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Smarterer, a startup based in Boston that provides jobseekers with a way to measure their skills in different subjects through online tests, has landed an additional capital of $1.6 million in a round led by Rethink Education, TechCrunch reported.
Nok Nok Labs secured $16.5 million in its latest funding round from Lenovo, DCM and Onset Ventures as it seeks to move online authentication beyond usernames and passwords, VentureBeat reported.
US-based payments startup Knox Payments raised $900,000 in funding from Virginia-based angel investors to launch a limited beta version of its service that allows merchants to accept direct payments from their clients' bank accounts.
Venice, US-based brand and content management software maker ZEFR pocketed $30 million in a Series D financing round led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) for its international expansion and product development.
For-profit social enterprise d.light obtained $11 million for its Series C funding round participated in by DFJ, Omidyar Network, Nexus India Capital, Gray Ghost Ventures, Acumen Fund and Garage Technology Ventures.
For its first institutional funding round, Palo Alto, California-based Workboard Inc secured $2.75 million. The round was led by Granite Ventures and Opus Capital and joined in by Crosslink and Shea Ventures, VentureBeat reported.
Spree Commerce, a maker of open source software that enables online retailers to build their own online storefronts, grabbed $5 million in its Series B round, VentureBeat reported.
Mountain View, US-based mobile marketing startup Kahuna bagged $11 million in a Series A funding round from Sequoia Capital to create more effective marketing messages to customers.
An undisclosed investment amount was given to Germany-based Sunfire from Electranova Capital, the clean technology venture capital fund of Idinvest Partners sponsored by EDF, and Total's venture capital arm Total Energy Ventures.
