Trusper, an application that allows users to share and find lifestyle tips, received $6.17 million for its Series A funding round led by DCM and joined in by other investors, a statement about the funding said.

Video distribution platform Vimeo has announced a $10 million fund targeted for filmmakers to distribute their content on Vimeo On Demand exclusively for a certain period of time, TechCrunch reported.

Payoneer Inc, a New York-based online payments platform, has secured $25 million for its Series D funding round led by Susquehanna Growth Equity and participated in by existing investors, a statement about the funding said.

Irish startup Boxever which provides an airline-focused personalization platform raised $6 million in a round led by Polaris Partners and joined in by Frontline Ventures, TechCrunch reported.

OnDeck, an alternative lending platform for small businesses, secured a $77 million investment in a round led by Tiger Global Management and joined in by its existing investors, TechCrunch reported.

In its quest to help game makers improve player engagement, GamesAnalytics has changed its name to DeltaDNA and added a self-serve consulting business to its services, VentureBeat reported.

AppsFlyer, a mobile analytics startup based in Herzliya, Israel, obtained $7.1 million in its most recent financing round from Pitango Venture Capital and Magma Venture Partners, Globes reported.

Mobile gaming startup Omnidrone has bagged $2 million in its first institutional funding round. Investors included Nokia Growth Partners, London Venture Partners and Kibo Ventures, a funding statement said.

Viddsee, an independent film platform based in Singapore, has forged a content partnership agreement with Yahoo to bring Asian independent films to a wider audience, TechCrunch reported.

The Michigan Women's Foundation plans to grant low interest business loans in their "Angel Microloans" program to female entrepreneurs in Detroit to encourage them to set up their businesses there, The Detroit News reported.

Egress Software Technologies, a provider of cloud-based email and file encryption services, has received a £2.2 million investment from venture capital firm Albion Ventures, a statement about the funding said.

Just less than a week after Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy for losing 850,000 bitcoins on its website, Flexcoin is closing shop after its "hot wallet" got hacked.

With an eye only for Israeli startups based in New York City, Eyal Bino and partner Sharon Mirsky rolled out Accelerant Ventures that will look for opportunities in young companies operating in the technology space, VentureBeat reported.

Goxcoin is the proposal that Humint and the Mastercoin Foundation have proposed that could potentially help Mt. Gox recover the bitcoins lost on its platform, TechCrunch reported.

Cloud-based customer relationship management platform ServiceMax secured $71 million in its latest financing round led by Meritech Capital. ServiceMax is a platform specifically focused for field technicians, VentureBeat reported.

Clinicient, a cloud-based solutions provider based in Portland, Oregon, raised $15 million for its Series C funding round led by Catalyst Investors of New York, VentureBeat reported.

Enrico Gaglioti, the Global Head of Equity Sales of Goldman Sachs Group Inc, will be leaving his post, Bloomberg reported citing an internal memo from the firm's co-trading heads.

A group of Ohio angel investors led the Series A funding round for Cleveland-based StreamLink Software which raised $3.5 million, a statement about the funding said.

From a rosier outlook for the PC industry in December, IDC changed gears and predicted a continuing decline for PC sales this year until 2018, TechCrunch reported.

TrackDuck, a visual feedback provider for web design and development, has obtained €200,000 from Kima Ventures and Practica Capital for its seed funding round, TechCrunch reported.

Japan will be setting out rules this week on how it would treat bitcoin under its existing rules. This is seen as the country's first step in dealing with the digital currency after the closure of Mt. Gox, Reuters reported.

"The venture capital industry as an industry is contracting." This is what Warburg-Pincus Senior Adviser and tech investor Bill Janeway told Forbes Contributor Igor Stenmark in an interview.

Machinima Chairman, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Allen DeBevoise has made an undisclosed investment amount into MovieLala for the startup's seed financing round, PE HUB reported.

Biogen Idec, a biotech firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has bought the rights of two experimental therapies for Alzheimer's from Tokyo-based Eisai Co, Bloomberg reported.

Yahoo will be requiring users who want to access its services to sign up for a Yahoo ID and will gradually be removing the option that allows them to use their Google or Facebook credentials to get access to the company's products.

After turning around the performance of Elster Group and making divestments last year, London-based investment firm Melrose Industries is ready to start making acquisitions, Bloomberg reported.

Samsung will be $1.5 million each to two charities chosen by host Ellen DeGeneres after getting pleased with the results of her popular selfie taken with Samsung's Galaxy Note, TechCrunch reported.

Airpush, a platform that helps monetize mobile applications, is said to be in talks to be acquired by Perion, a Tel Aviv-based firm, TechCrunch reported citing sources.

Moolaguides has been acquired by Flashnotes for an undisclosed amount. The purchase comes just a month after Boston-based Flashnotes secured $3.6 million for its Series A round, TechCrunch reported.

Powa Technologies Ltd has rolled out PowaTag, its e-commerce application that helps retailers and brands to reach their target customers and encourage them to buy their products, TechCrunch reported.