Funding daily: beer, real estate, data optimization, payments, and health

There was a lot of money placed today, not least on health-tech. Here's a quick round-up of funding stories for April 10.

Israel’s Dragonplay raises $14M for free-to-play mobile social games

Israeli social and mobile game startup Dragonplay has raised $14 million in a first round of funding. The investors are Accel Partners, Entrée Capital, and Founder Collective.

This is a large amount of money for a Series A funding for …

Vaultive keeps your data safe in the cloud, raises $10M

Vaultive, which encrypts data before its gets stored in the cloud, just announced a second round of funding for $10 million.

Many companies are still hesitant about using cloud services due to security concerns. Vaultive wants to calm those fears …

Paddle8 raises $4M series A led by Founder Collective to bring fine art online

There are a number of startups in New York trying to coax the fine-art world out of its exclusive galleries into the bustling world of e-commerce.

The newest is Paddle8, a one-year-old Silicon Alley startup that raised $4 million from …

Rentcycle raises $1.4M from Andreessen-Horowitz, cast of internet stars

What do venture firm Andreessen-Horowitz and successful internet companies Opentable, Paypal, Netflix, Yelp and Shopzilla have in common? Rental eCommerce company, Rentcycle and its first $1.4 million round.

Finding the right investors, let alone advisors and board members, can be …