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    Tuesday, June 26, 2012
    Rally.org Gets $7.9M
    Rally.org, the San Francisco developer of a social fundraising service, said today that it has raised $7.9M in a Series A venture capital round. The round came from Relay Ventures, Mike Maples of Floodgate Fund, Reid Hoffman of Greylock Partners, Kevin Rose of Google Ventures, Craig Shapiro of Collaborative Fund, and angels Michael Birch, Tim Ferriss, Eric Ries, Josh Spear, Scott Belsky, and others. The firm said the new funding round will go to hire eng (More info...)

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    Freshplum Pulls In $1.4M For Sales Analytics
    San Francisco-based Freshplum, a provider of sales analytics tools for e-commerce businesses, has raised $1.4M in a funding round, from New Enterprise Associates, Greylock Partners, Google Ventures, Charles River Ventures and angels. The firm is headed by Sam Odio.

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    Pantheon Raises $5M For Content Management Software
    San Francisco-based Pantheon, a developer of a Drupal-based content management software product, said this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The round was led by Foundry Group, and also included Baseline, First Round, and Founders Collective. Pantheon is headed by Zack Rosen.

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