VENTURE CAPITAL POST

San Francisco-based business software manufacturer Intuit bought document hosting and sharing service Santa Monica-based Docstoc for an undisclosed amount to power up its small business division.

Russia-based platform for publishing and viewing educational content BeSmart.net will receive USD4 million in total investment over the next three years from Hong Kong's Education Matrix.

San Francisco-based web app Swarm Mobile raised around USD3.5 million to develop technology that can track in-store shoppers through their smartphones to help physical stores compete with e-commerce retailers.

Jacob Cook's private cloud project ArkOS has beaten its funding goal of USD45,000 with a total pledge of USD45,189 from 859 backers with less than a week remaining in a self-hosted crowdfunding campaign.

New York-based web tools and service maker Betaworks is raising a new USD20 million round of financing to build more useful services, according to the company's Chief Executive Officer.

After a successful Kickstarter campaign, Colorado-based Seamless Toy Company raised USD2.6 million in a seed round to build a system that allows kids to bring toys to life using science.

Boston-based daily fantasy sports online game DraftKings closed USD24 million in a recent funding round led by Redpoint Ventures for its marketing, acquisition, and expansion activities.

California-based private messaging app Wickr had redesigned and is in the middle of a USD7.4 million fundraising, according to a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today.

New York-based online auction site CharityBuzz has raised USD100 million in funding for good causes such as UNICEF, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, by auctioning off time and possessions of famous people.

Palo Alto, California-based digital magazine app Flipboard might be raising an additional USD50 million in funding as continuation to its first USD50 million capital, according to sources cited in a Fortune report.

US-based crowd-shipping mobile app Friendshippr closed USD670,000 in funding from angel investors in Dubai to connect consumers to Facebook friends who will help transport items for them.

Slouchy zip hoodie maker American Giant collected USD3.6 million in a recent USD2.5 million funding round, raising over USD1 million than what the company expected.

Texas-based browser security company Quarri raised USD2.35 million in its first funding round today to improve its products, expand internationally, and add more people to its workforce.

The Hunt, an online community where you can track down items you covet, raised USD5.5 million in its first round of institutional funding to create an iPhone app for the site.

Hong Kong-based tech startup Multichannel raised USD3 million in a seed round from angel investors in Asia and Europe to be used for the improvement of the company's marketing spend tracker.