Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news:
Marketing
Google buys Spider.io to combat online fraud (via ZDNet)
Battery Ventures pour $7 million into retail intelligence outfit Smarter Remarketer (via VentureBeat)
Financiers/Funds
Looks like IDG Ventures is prepping $100M raise for its third fund (via VentureBeat)
Data
BlueTalon Raises $1.5M In Seed To Offer Single-Click Data Collaboration For Enterprises (via TechCrunch)
Social
Hubub Raises $8.5M To Be The New Home For Conversations On The Web (via TechCrunch)
Health
SoundFocus Raises $1.7M To Improve Music Fidelity (via hypebot.com)
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