Burstly has acquired TestFlight and the start-ups are joining forces to launch TestFlight Live. TestFlight Live is a real-time dashboard that highlights actions and revenue for iOS apps. Burstly’s backers include SoftBank Capital, Founder Collective, Rincon Venture Partners and GRP Partners. PRESS RELEASE We are excited to announce that Burstly has acquired TestFlight, and we [...]

The firm finished fund-raising late last year after holding a first close on $8.1 million in March 2011.

Social TV analytics company Bluefin Labs has raised $12 million in a Series B round led by Time Warner Investments. New investor SoftBank Capital and return investors Redpoint Ventures and Lerer Ventures also participated. Bluefin Labs is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. PRESS RELEASE Social TV analytics company Bluefin Labs today announced it has raised $12 [...]

(Recent funding news based on Form D filings with the S.E.C.) New York-based Peer39 Inc. has raised $2.5 million in fresh capital, according to a regulatory filing. Peer39 provides data based on the content and structure of web pages, and aims to help companies improve the effectiveness of online display advertising. The company raised a [...]

BestVendor has closed a $3 million Series A round co-led by RRE Ventures and SoftBank Capital. Additional investors include Lerer Ventures, who invested in the company’s seed round, along with David Tisch, Founder Collective and Old Willow Partners, the company announced Tuesday. New York-based BestVendor is an online resources where users share and recommend work-related applications.

xAd, the mobile-local advertising network, raised an additional $9 million led by Emergence Capital Partners, a prior investor in the company. Other existing backers including SoftBank Capital and Palisades Ventures, as well as SVB, also participated in the funding. In March, xAd acquired mobile property go2, a mobile Web guide.

Softbank Capital and Fairhaven Capital led a $6 million first round for CrowdTwist, developer of a social loyalty and rewards platform. kbs+p Ventures, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments and several individual investors also participated in the round, the company said Monday.

As the latest funding of Buddy Media demonstrated earlier this month, VCs are placing their bets on social media analytics. After all, they made a ton of money previously in the data analytics space. VCs first cashed in on enterprise analytics, with business intelligence companies like Hyperion Software and Business Objects selling for billions. Next [...]

Start-up Opinionaided has closed on $4.3 million from SoftBank Capital, BlueRun Ventures, General Catalyst and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, as well as from angel investors, including DreamIt Ventures’ Mark Wachen and Jonah Goodhart of Point Ventures Group. Opinionaided is a free question-and-answer app, downloadable on the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, which gives advice and opinions in real-time. With the Series A round, the company also announced the formation of a board, which includes investors Jay Jamison, a venture partner at BlueRun Ventures; and Joe Medved, a partner at SoftBank Capital. Softbank and BlueRun were the lead investors on the Series A round.

Taykey, the Israel-launched mobile advertising technology company, just wrapped a $9 million funding from investors including Crescent Point, Softbank Capital and Sequoia Capital.

Now, says co-founder and CEO Amit Avner, the company—at just $11 million raised—will build out its New York offices as it looks….