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Marlin Equity Partners Acquires GiftCertificates.com

aTyr Pharma Lands $23M Round Led by Domain Associates

Zuberance Closes $8 Million Venture Funding

Zuberance, has raised $8 million in Series B financing. Menlo Park, Calif.-based Canaan Partners led the round, which included investment from Emergence Capital Partners and Correlation Ventures. Zuberance develops word-of-mouth marketing technology, and is based in San Carlos, Calif.

Neohapsis Adds $4.5 Million In VC, Acquires Texert

Cambridge, Mass.-based Neohapsis, which provides risk and compliance products and services, has added $4.5 million in venture capital financing from New Venture Partners, Trident Capital and Paladin Capital Group. The company also acquired the assets of Dallas-based competitor Texert. New Venture Partners is based in Murray Hill, N.J.

TxVia Raises $27.5 Million Led By Oak Investment Partners

New York-based TxVia, which develops payment-processing technology, has raised $27.5 million in Series D financing. Oak Investment Partners led the round, with participation by Bain Capital Ventures, Espirito Santo Ventures and Village Ventures. With the latest investment, TxVia has now raised more than $55 million. Oak Investment Partners has offices in Westport, Conn.; Palo Alto, Calif.; and Minneapolis.

Pelican Imaging Closes $10 Million Funding Round

Mountain View, Calif.-based Pelican Imaging has raised $10 million in a second round of venture capital financing led by Globespan Capital Partners. San Francisco-based Granite Ventures; Menlo Park, Calif.-based InterWest Partners; and Arlington, Virginia-based In-Q-Tel also participated. Pelican Imaging, which focuses on smart phone camera technology, raised a $7 million Series A round of financing in 2009. Globespan has offices in Palo Alto, Boston and Tokyo.

Cloudera Raises $25 Million Series C

Cloudera, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based start-up that provides Apache Hadoop-based data software and services, has raised $25 million in a third round of financing. Palo Alto, Calif.-based Meritech Capital Partners led the Series C round, which included participation from existing investors Accel Partners and Greylock Partners. Cloudera has now raised a total of $36 million.

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Pixazza Brings Aboard Chas Edwards as Chief Revenue Officer

Dow Corning CEO Calls for Focus on Green Manufacturing