Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news:
Content/Publishing
Medium, Evan Williams’s Post-Twitter Media Startup, Raises $25 Million Round (via Re/Code)
Tapastic, an online portal for webcomics, raises $2M (via VatorNews)
Translation
Human-powered translation service Transfluent raises $2M, announces 900pc sales growth (via GigaOm) (See Transfluent’s Pitch on StartUp Beat from last December)
Commerce
Yiftee Raises $2.1M In Funding To Double Down On Local Gifting (via TechCrunch)
Enterprise/Software
Yahoo Is Buying Tomfoolery, An Enterprise App Studio Led By Ex-Yahoos And AOLers (via TechCrunch)
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