Techcrunch: Issuu Gets $5 Million Infusion, Adds Features And Premium Version

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Issuu just announced it has raised $5 million in a Series B investment from Sunstone Capital, which had already provided Series A funding to the amount of $1.25 million in early 2007. The Copenhagen, Denmark-based startup has also added a slew of new features to its existing product and launched a premium version for professional publishers. When we first came across Issuu, which turns uploaded documents into interactive online publications for free, we said it was one of the first service of its kind that didn't suck. In addition to the funding announcement, the company is also releasing a major product update.
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Reddit: Politico: Don't blame us for the Obama bias. The McCain campaign just sucks.

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Techcrunch: Dazzboard Secures $1.5 Million For A Web-based iTunes

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Last year we wrote about dazzboard, the public beta of a browser-based media manager that claims to have all the features of iTunes without locking you down to Apple's warm but sometimes stiflingly closed world. The product from Finnish startup Linkotec has now received $1.5 million in seed funding to boost growth and expand globally. The investment round was led by HTT Sixgen (a Finnish, family owned, VC) and was followed by additional funding from another Finnish VC, Veraventure. As with so many Finnish startups, there is usually an ex-Nokia person hovering around somewhere. In this case it's former Nokia Ventures head Timo Teimonen is joining the board. It's also adding Mats Therman, partner at HTT Sixgen, and Tero Salonen, a serial entrepreneur and CEO and co-founder of Dazzboard.
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Reddit: Although the local Tea Party claimed “$1.5 million of local taxes” go to the library, the reality is its total budget last year was $117,000...Fuck the Tea Party.

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Techcrunch: Deals Aggregator DailyD Raises $5 Million

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Group buying aggregator DailyD has just closed a $5 million round of what looks like Series A funding according to a Form D SEC filing, which somebody mysteriously posted to the DailyD Crunchbase. DailyD is was started by LowerMyBills founder Matt Coffin and DailyStrength founder Doug Hirsch and currently aggregates deals in 53 cities while also offering exclusive family deals in Los Angeles.
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