Pinkdingo Raises $1.4 Million To Make Charity Easier By Killing The Checkout Page

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Pinkdingo, a young startup looking to breathe new life into the charity space, is announcing today that it has raised $1.3 million in seed funding from a host of angels, including John Paul DeJoria, the Founder of Patrón Spirits and Paul Mitchell Systems as well as Sunil Sani, an New York-based angel and member of the board of trustees at Save the Children. The startup has also recruited several other advisors who are well-familiar with the fundraising space, among them is Mark Sutton, Founder of Firstgiving, one of the largest P2P social fundraising platforms and Founder of General Assembly, Brad Hargrreaves. ]]>

Ebyline Raises $5 Million From E.W. Scripps To Help News Organizations Fight Off Content Farms

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Last September, a group of former L.A. Times veterans launched Ebyline as a better way for news organizations to manage their freelance talent and syndicate their own content. The goal was to give the Web's shady content farms a run for their monies by creating an open marketplace for freelance journalists to pitch story ideas, take assignments from editors they work with, and get paid. Publishers, on the other hand, can use Ebyline to bring their content to other newspapers and publications. Variety, for example, uses the platform to syndicate its movie reviews to other websites. (You can read our initial coverage here.)In November, Ebyline raised $1.5 million from E.W. Scripps, and today the newspaper publisher is demonstrating further confidence in the growing startup, announcing that it is leading a $5 million series B round investment to help the platform scale.]]>

Less Than A Month After Winning Disrupt, Shaker Raises $15 Million

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Shaker, the Israeli startup that won Disrupt SF less than a month ago, is raising a hefty $15 million series A. The round is being led by Menlo Ventures, with good-karma VC Shervin Pishevar doing the deal. Michael Arrington's CrunchFund is also an investor, along with Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors, Lady Gaga's manager Troy Carter, and Pitango Venture Capital. (The picture at right is one of the Shaker founders crashing with the $50,000 Disrupt winner's check, which wasn't part of the round, I just love the picture).The company previously raised $3 million ($1 million in July, 2010 from Israeli angel investor Zaki Rakib, who s also the father of one of the founders) and $2 million in March, 2011 from Pitango. A few more strategic investors from the music and entertainment industry might still join this round. ]]>