Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news:
News/Media
Video News Startup Watchup Announces Investment Prompting Growth [$1 million] (via company blog)
Marketing
A Big Day…TrackMaven Closes its Series A (via company blog)
YC-Backed DataRank Raises $1.4M For Its Online Analytics Platform For Brands (via TechCrunch)
Commerce
atVenu Raises $1.1 Million Seed Round For Event Merchandise Sales (via hypebot.com)
HR/Employment
Tyra Banks And More Put A Million In The Muse (via TechCrunch)
Mobile
Confide has raised $1.9 million in seed funding (via Pulse 2.0)
Design/Development
BaseKit Raises $7.35M to Further Develop its Website Building Platform (via The Web Host Industry Review)
Content/Photos
PicHit.Me Nabs $3M To Grow Its Global Photo Market That Wants To Make PowerPoint Users Pay (via TechCrunch)
Enterprise/Productivity
Wisembly receives $2 million (via Pulse 2.0)
With $1.8M From Angels, Xola Launches A Booking And Marketing Engine For Local Activity Providers (via TechCrunch)
Health
Klinify Raises $600K To Build An Evernote For Doctors In South Asia (via TechCrunch)
Data
Ravel Law raises $8M to help lawyers gather data — and cut costs — in new way (exclusive) (via VentureBeat)
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