A roundup of some of the recent seed-stage and angel deals from around the world:
- NoiseToys, a developer of social media applications that include Hitmaker and Apptitude, has raised $1.2 million in seed funding
- COLOURlovers (www.colourlovers.com), a startup whose products let you easily express yourself using shapes and colors, has raised $1 million
- Gigwalk (www.gigwalk.com), who turn the world’s iPhones into an instant mobile workforce, has raised $1.7m in seed funding
- graFighters, an online fighting game that allows users to create a character by uploading a hand drawn image, closes $200k seed funding
- Mobile photo-sharing startup TuiTu wins angel funding from Wang Feng – former senior VP of Kingsoft and founder of game maker Linekong
- SwaddleKeeper, whose Baby Sleep System offers a swaddling blanket system and infant blanket sleeper, has won $135,000 in angel funding
- Group buying navigation website 1000tuan.com recently won investment of nearly CNY 10 million from well-known angel investor Xu Xiaoping.
- Trustnode, whose interactive education platform eliminates the complexity of insurance education, has won funding from The Band of Angels
- Innovatient Solutions raises $1m from the state and investors for its system to improve communications between care providers & patients.
- Newtopia Inc has received seed funding from the Business Development Bank of Canada, which made the investment through its VC division
- Mumbai Angels, a group of 120 investors, has invested in MVS Efarm, which provides logistic & consulting services to the agriculture sector
- Discovery Bay Games has raised $12 million from angel investors to create a new class of iPad accessories
- Semasio, a Hamburg, Germany-based online advertising technology company, has received €500K seed funding from High-Tech Gruenderfonds
- Clipta Inc. (www.clipta.com), a Web video search start-up, has secured a $500,000 angel investment
- Grubwithus, a startup aiming to bring strangers together for meals, has secured $1.6 million in funding
- musiXmatch, the leading digital lyrics API, has raised $3.7m in Series A funding from leading investor Francesco Micheli Associati
- Nevolution (www.nevolution.com), the developer of an app store for Windows mobile device users, has raised $450,000 in angel funding
- Energy management and storage startup VCharge has won $150,000 in seed-stage funding from the Slater Technology Fund, an early-stage fund
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