Fab, a social network for gay men, has raised $1.75 million in a first round of funding from investors including existing backer the Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) The social network, which claims 112,000 members, is announcing the new funding, along with a remake of its site. It’s getting a…

Jelli, a startup trying to shake up the traditional radio industry by letting listeners control what songs are played on air, has raised $7 million in a round of funding five months after raising a first round. With Jelli, radio listeners search through an online catalog of songs and vote…

Xobni, which sells a Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Outlook plug-in that helps users keep track of their mail and contacts, has raised $16.2 million in a third round of funding. The startup—one of several selling e-mail add-ons that have recently raised rounds—adds a host of features to Outlook, including faster search,…

Online ad manager DoubleVerify has raised a $10 million second round funding. The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners. Previous investors Blumberg Capital, First Round Capital, Genacast Ventures and private backers also returned to provide the larger funding. The company, which is based in New York and has offices…

Social search startup PeerPong has raised $2.8 million in a funding round from Doll Capital Management, First Round Capital, Charles River Ventures and Partech International, the company tells us. PeerPong says it’s “building a new approach for getting answers from people who know them, building the most comprehensive community and…

Rixty—which offers an online payment system designed for people who don’t have creditcards—has raised $1.24 million in a funding round. The round was led by Javelin Venture Partners; Accelerator Ventures, First Round Capital, Nueva Ventures and SoftTechVC also participated. Rixty lets people take their cash to more than 20,000 locations…

Roblox has raised roughly $2.2 million in funding for its virtual world/casual game hybrid, according to an SEC filing. Altos Ventures and First Round Capital participated in the round, per VentureWire. Roblox lets kids socialize, play games and build their own virtual environments; many of the games on the site…

Travel shopping and fare-tracking site Yapta.com has picked up $2 million in a second round of funding. Voyager Capital led the round, with participation from Bay Partners, First Round Capital, Swiftsure Capital, W Media Ventures, as well as private investors. Seattle-based Yapta has raised $7.7 million in total since its…

Yieldex, a New York City-based online ad targeting optimization firm, has received $8.5 million in second round funding. It was led by Madrona Venture Group, and included new investor Amazon.com (NSDQ: AMZN) and prior investors Sequel Venture Partners and First Round Capital. Among the only customers it has publicly announced…

Meanwhile, the widget economy is functioning in a parallel, oblivious universe: Widget distribution firm Gigya has received $11 million in its third round of funding. The round was led by DAG Ventures and included previous investors Benchmark Capital, First Round Capital, and Mayfield Fund. The round brings the Palo Alto…

Update: GumGum has officially announced the news, sans-price, naming First Round Capital and Crosscut Ventures. In addition, the company says it’s no longer using Flash technology, promising greater flexibility (and SEO), and that it has signed up a few Gawker Media properties (Gawker, Jezebel, Io9, Defamer) as customers. More in…

These social network fundings, they keep coming, downturn or not. Teen-focused social network myYearbook, based in New Hope, PA, has received a biggish $13 million in its second round of funding. The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from existing investors, US Venture Partners and First Round…

See update below: Here’s another ad network getting funded: BiggerBoat, an ad net for online entertainment properties, has raised a $2 million from Draper Associates, reports socalTech.com. The Beverly Hills-based company claims to reach 15 million users through such sites Billboard.com, Allmusic, and through other social networking services, like Flixster.…

Mashery, a provider of tools to help companies build APIs and open up their content, has raised $2 million from .406 Ventures, Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, and past backers First Round Capital and Formative Ventures. The SF-based company last raised an unspecified amount last September. Given all the hoopla…

Attributor, a start-up that helps content owners profit from plagiarism of their work, has raised a $12 million third round from Jafco Ventures and Turner Broadcasting, along with return backers Amicus Capital, Draper Richards, First Round Capital and Selby Venture Partners, says VentureBeat. It has previously raised $10 million, bringing…

San Diego-based Kidzui, a service offering a filtered internet experience for kids, has launched with $8 million in funding. News.com says the company has raised two pre-launch rounds of $3 million and $5 million from its backers Emergence Capital Partners, First Round Capital and more recently Maveron. The company has…

LA-based PlayCafe, an online video game show, has raised an unspecified first round from First Round Capital, reports NTV, which notes that the raise is still in progress. The site offers a live Q&A game show, that allows users to participate for prizes and cash. So far, participation is still…

Gigya, the online widgets tracker and analytics firm based in Palo Alto CA, has raised $9.5 million in a second round of funding from Mayfield Fund and two existing investors, Benchmark Capital and First Round Capital. Gigya’s technology allows widgets makers such as RockYou, and online publishers to Gigya monitor…

London-based Openads, an open-source ad server, has managed to raise a $15.5 million (£7.9 million) second round of funding, with the aim of stepping up product development and hiring more staff. (Rafat adds: We use the software to serve ads currently, but are moving away to a commercial software) Its…