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Funding Daily: Riskified nabs $25 million to fight ecommerce fraud

Communications startup ThinkingPhones rebrands as Fuze, raises $112 million

Professional networking site TalentSky raises $7.5 million to tackle Linkedin

Funding Daily: Notarize launches with $2.4 million to shake up the notary system

Funding Daily: Fit Pay raises $3.1M to bring payments features to more wearables like the Pebble

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Totspot raises $1.5 million for its second-hand fashion marketplace

Funding Daily: Recruitment startup Sonovate raises $22 million

Funding Daily: ID Experts raises $5 million led by BlueShield Venture Partners

Funding Daily: Coca-Cola Founders-backed Wonolo raises $5.7 million

Funding Daily: Branch Metrics raises $35 million led by Founders Fund

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Funding Daily: Memeni raises $2.5 million seed round

Funding Daily: Fireglass raises $20 million led by Norwest and Lightspeed

Funding Daily: Wingz picks up $11 million round led by Expedia

Funding Daily: Sentenai raises $1.8 million

Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place

Kumu Networks snags $25 million led by Cisco, Verizon Ventures

Magic Johnson and Andreessen Horowitz-backed Jopwell raises $3.25M for its diverse recruitment platform

Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place

Wearable IoT World raises $4.5 million, launches accelerator in Hong Kong

Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place

Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place

Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place

Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place

Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place

Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place

Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place

5 startups to watch from today’s Techstars NYC demo day

Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place

Database admin company Datavail raises $47 million round led by Catalyst

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Ecommerce advertising tool Mabaya scores $2.25 million seed round

Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place

ProSky gets a $2.3 million seed for its hiring tech

Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place

Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place

Twitter.com finally gets diverse emojis

Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place

Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place

Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place
