Newswire startup NewsCred picks up $15M and partners with NYT

Media businesses, especially those based online, count on a variety of sources of revenue to pay the bills, but not a lot of time to deal with the contractual agreements on an individual basis -- which is something newswire startup NewsCred is doing pretty well.

Hot messaging app MessageMe already has over 1M users, nabs $1.9M in funding

MessageMe has been busy since its launch a week and a half ago. The messaging application has been cut off from Facebook’s Open Graph, raised $1.9 million in seed funding, and attracted more than 1 million users

Vasona Networks raises $12M to fix our mobile data congestion issues

Vasona Networks has raised $12 million in fresh funding to help it continue to fix bandwidth problems plaguing mobile networks and smartphone owners.

Former Zynga guy gets $1M for his new live broadcast app

Brace yourselves for... AIRXP! We don't know much, but we do know it's already raised a million-dollar seed round while still in private alpha.

HG Data gets $2M to map connections between businesses

HG Data uses a data-driven approach to help salespeople build lists of potential enterprise customers, and is ready to disrupt the legacy IT market.

Nabsys nabs $20M for single-molecule genetics platform

This startup uses a semiconductor-based, single-molecule platform for genomic analysis -- and that's worth $20 million to a group of investors.

Storage startup SwiftStack gets $6.1M to take on EMC and NetApp

SwiftStack's software defined storage solution can run on commodity hardware, and is cheaper than building a storage system from scratch.

Catchpoint nets $3.2M from Battery to boost real-time web monitoring

Web-performance monitoring startup Catchpoint Systems has raised $3.2 million in new funding that will help it better keep an eye on companies’ web services, APIs, DNS, and more.

Mobile publishing service Pressly gets $1.5M to turns sites into apps

It's a hunka hunka burning money, folks. And it's all about HTML5 for tablets and smartphones. Still got suspicious minds? Read on.

Cory Booker confirms that LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman is among WayWire’s angel investors

WayWire, the video startup that counts super-hero Newark, New Jersey mayor Cory Booker among its founders, has confirmed to VentureBeat that LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman is one of its angel investors.

Funding Daily: Substitute teachers are the worst

Our regular Funding Daily reporter is off this week, sunning her hard-working carcass in Hawaii. You know what that means: No more witty headlines for you!

Don’t freak: Mobile ad startup Dobleas nabs $5.4M from Japan’s FreakOut

New York City-based mobile ad startup Dobleas has emerged out of stealth with a $5.4 million investment from FreakOut, a Japanese digital marketing company.

Appcelerator is going to the bank with yet another big, fat, Sand Hill Road check

The white-hot mobile developer company is stirring a $16 million pot with the help of a few major investment firms.

Bitglass nabs huge $10M first round for … it is a mystery

A huge sum of money, two computer-scientist founders with IT backgrounds, top-shelf investors ... all we're missing is WHAT BITGLASS ACTUALLY DOES. Sigh.

MyPermissions raises $1M from 500 Startups to improve personal security online

The robots are looking over your shoulder, and you don't even recognize it. Enter MyPermissions, flush with a million clams and ready to smack those apps down.

Actifio nets $50M from TCV, Andreessen Horowitz, & more to dominate copy data management

Copy data management startup Actifio has raised $50 million in a new round of funding to help companies reduce the number of extra copies of data they need to operate.