Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news:
Financiers/Funds
Benchmark Capital raises $425 million for new startup fund (via GigaOm)
Commerce
Legal services and cosmetics — these two startups catch the eye of SparkLabs’ seed-stage fund (via TheNextWeb)
HR/Employment
Job Site Dice Acquires Recruiting Startup getTalent (via TechCrunch)
Education
Bloc Raises $2 Million For Its Web Development Apprenticeship (via company blog)
Clever Gets $10 Million From Sequoia To Provide A Standardized API For School Data (via TechCrunch)
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