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Deals, Deals and More Deals

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Deals, Deals and More Deals

ADOTAS — Arizona-based InfusionSoft, a company that makes cloud-based CRM software for small businesses, raised $7.9 million in a Series B round.

Germany-based XING, a global professional social network, acquired New York-based socialmedian for about $7.5 million in total, payable over three years.

Y Combinator startup Scribd raised $9 million from Charles River Ventures, Redpoint Ventures and Kinsey Hills Group. That comes on top of a $3.7 million Series A round in the middle of 2007, plus some scattered angel investments.

PixelFish, an LA-based online video advertising solutions firm, bought the assets of shuttered online video tools and services provider Eyespot, which earlier closed despite having raised $3.7 million.

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Tags: finance, InfusionSoft, pixelfish, Scrbd, Socialmedian and XING

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