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UK-based virtual fitting room firm Metail has received £2.6 million in additional funding as it prepares to move into a new headquarters in East London.

California-based hybrid storage solutions provider Nimble Storage is expected to raise $184 million on its debut on the New York Stock Exchange tomorrow with shares priced between $18 to $20 apiece.

Bangalore-based big data startup Spire Technogies reportedly secured $8 million in a Series A funding round to help its clients manage talent to expand into Asia and the US.

Ottawa, Canada-based e-commerce company Shopify has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round to help it transition to a commerce company that reaches the online and offline market.

San Francisco-based mobile game business engine Playhaven and mobile analytics firm Kontagent have decided to merge in an all-stock deal is said to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

US-based big data company Palantir Technologies Inc has raked in USD107.5 million in a funding round filed last week that valued the firm at USD9 billion.

California-based gifting service Loop Commerce has added a PayPal investment to its previously closed Series A round, increasing the round's total funding from USD7 million to USD12 million.

San Francisco-based gaming startup nWay has raised USD5 million in a funding round led by Translink Capital to build out its ChronoBlade massively multiplayer online (MMO) game.

Washington-based tech firm Opscode has raised USD32 million in a Series D funding round and changed its name to Chef after its configuration management and IT automation "cookbook" has become popular in the enterprise market.

Former Square Wallet technical lead David Byttow and former Google product manager Chrys Bader-Wechseler are raising USD1.2 million in seed funding for their new startup called Secret.

US-based mobile analytics and advertising company Flurry has secured USD12.5 million in new funding from undisclosed investors, bringing in a total funding of USD62.5 million to date.

California-based venture capital firm Benchmark has closed its eighth fund with a total of USD425 million, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing.

Frances's 3D model sharing service Sketchfab raised USD2 million in funding from Partech, Balderton, and angel investor David Cohen to develop its 3D object browser.

San Francisco-based recruiting startup getTalent's founder Abraham Shafi told TechCrunch that his company was just acquired by job website Dice, but financial terms of the said deal were not disclosed.

Philadelphia-based company Monetate has raised USD8 million for the development of its platform that helps other companies drive their sales through analysis of data from various sources.