Cord-cutting has yet to hit the mainstream, but one service is beefing up its offering in an attempt to make it more of a reality. The connected TV provider Boxee—which lets users watch TV programs, films and other content from the internet on their TV sets—is today announcing that it…

OMGPOP, which began as a multiplayer game developer on the web but has since expanded into mobile and Facebook, has raised $10.1 million in a second round of funding. OMGPOP is behind Cupcake Corner, a Facebook title with more than 1.6 million monthly active users. Its other popular titles include…

Video ad manager Adap.tv has raised $4.5 million in its latest funding round, according to an SEC filing. The startup initially was behind a platform that let publishers manage their online video ad inventory, but the company expanded earlier this year with the launch of a first-of-its-kind video ad exchange,…

Ad inventory optimizer AdMeld has raised a $15 million third round as it expects to attract more publishers making the move to online ad exchanges. With this round, AdMeld has raised a total of $30 million since opening its doors almost three years ago. The round was led by Norwest…

Inform Technologies, which provides semantic search technology to several top media websites, including those of CNN, NBC and CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), has raised $4 million in its latest round of funding. The company’s technology lets website publishers automatically categorize their content and add relevant related links to their pages.…

Gdgt, the newish gadget community site started by the founders of Engadget and Gizmodo, has raised about $3 million in funding, according to a report in the WSJ. The funding comes only nine months after the site launched with about $500,000 in funding from True Ventures, Betaworks, and some angel…

Browser-based streaming media service Boxee has raised $6 million in a second round of funding. General Catalyst Partners led the round—managing director Neil Sequeira is joining the board—with previous backers Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital also participating. Boxee has raised $10 million in funding since its soft launch last…

Online video site 5min has raised $7.5 million in a second round of funding. New investor Globespan Capital Partners led, with participation from previous backer Spark Capital. The startup, which started scaling out through syndication and contextual ad deals last year, will use the new funding to continue to expand…

Just a few days after changing its name from iminlikewithyou.com to OMGPOP.com (people were having trouble typing the old name as a URL), the gaming company announced it has raised $5 million in venture financing. Bessemer Ventures led the round, and current investors Spark Capital and Ron Conway’s Baseline Ventures…

Mobile entertainment company SendMe, Inc. announced today it has raised a $12 million fourth round. Triangle Peak Partners led the round and current investors True Ventures, Amicus Capital, Spark Capital and GrandBanks Capital also participated. Today’s funding brings the total amount of money raised by the San Francisco-based company to…

If blogs are over, tumblelogs never even got going. But that isn’t stopping Tumblr, short-form scrapbook blogging’s biggest exponent, from raising a $4.5 million second VC round. Beefing up, the outfit is adding former Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) technology SVP John Borthwick to its board and former CNET director John…

Update: KickApps released details about the funding, noting that it was the third round, and that closed at $14 million. New investor North Atlantic Capital led the investment, with participation from Prism Ventures, Softbank, Spark and individual investor Jarl Mohn (former CEO of Liberty Digital). Release. White label social networking…

Digital media browser software firm Boxee has received $4 million in its first round of funding. The round was led by Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital. The open-source software scans and brings all kinds of multimedia from a user’s computer or network into the application, lets users stream content…

Video ad manager Adap.tv has raised a substantial second round, taking in $13 million from lead investors Spark Capital and past backers Redpoint Venture and Gemini Israel Fund. The company’s first round was for $10 million last summer, for a total raise of more than $23 million. Adap.tv says it…

I’m in Like With You, a NY-based social gaming startup, has raised $1.5 million led by Spark Capital, along with Baseline Ventures, Betaworks, Ron Conway, and Marc Andreesen. The news was first reported by CNET’s Caroline McCarthy. The company, which began as more of a dating site, raised an unspecified…

Finally Twitter announces its funding. The popular microblogging/messaging service says its newest investors are Spark Capital and Jeff Bezos, via his Bezos Expeditions fund. That Spark was participating was already known, though Bezos’ participation is a surprise. Past backers Union Square Ventures and Tokyo-based Digital Garage also re-upped. The size…

AdMeld, a provider of ad optimization technology, has raised $5 million of a planned $6 million first round according to peHUB, citing regulatory filings. Investors include Foundry Group and Spark Capital. Otherwise, not much is known about the stealthy, NYC-based company, except that President Ben Barokas and CTO Brian Adams…

Just this weekend it was reported that video network Veoh was out for a new round and here it is: The LA-based company has raised a $30 million round led by Intel (NSDQ: INTC) Capital, Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) and investor Gordon Crawford. Past backers—Shelter Capital, Spark Capital, Goldman Sachs, Michael…

As has been reported and rumored for the last month or so, the much-hyped mobile messaging and community service Twitter is in the process of closing its $15 million round, and the investor is Spark Capital, we have confirmed through sources. Previous investor Union Square Ventures is also re-upping in…