Today’s funding and acquisitions news roundup:
Web Content
Google acquires restaurant review and ratings service Zagat
Mashape Turns Down Acquisition Offers; Raises Seed Round From Big Name Investors (via TechCrunch)
TechStars Graduate FullContact Lands $1.5 Million, Helps Keep Contact Records Updated (via TechCrunch)
Trunk Club Secures $11 Million to Transform the Way Men Shop for Clothing
Cloud
SOS Online Backup Secures $3 Million Series A Round (via TechCrunch)
Platfora gets $5.7M to make Hadoop mainstream (via gigaom)
Cloud service Morphlabs grabs $5M to serve international companies (via VentureBeat)
GreenTech
Mobile
Fingerprint to Launch Mobile Learning and Play Network for Kids and Their Grown Ups
Taptu Receives $3.5 Million in Series B, Will Launch White Label Social News Aggregator Tapform (via TechCrunch)
FastCustomer Raises $750K So You Don’t Have To Wait On Hold (via TechCrunch)
IT/Network Management
French Software Company Qosmos Raises €20 Million (via TechCrunch)
Fitness/Health
Striiv Raises $6 Million in Funding to Make Fitness Fun
IPOs
Guidewire insurance software files $100M IPO (via VentureBeat)
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