We reported in early January that PowerReviews (which ... well, powers reviews on e-commerce sites, like Drugstore.com and Staples) had so far raised $4.9 million in a third round of funding. The company now tells us that it’s closed the round at $6.1 million, bringing its total funding to just…

Online ad exchange DataXu has raised an $11 million second round led by Menlo Ventures. Atlas Venture and Flybridge Capital Partners, who backed DataXu’s $6 million first round in April 2009, also participated this time out. The proceeds will be used to fund new product development, sales and marketing, and…

Berkeley, CA-based music service Mog.com, which recently launched its subscription music service with good review, is taking a new VC round to finance an entry to the UK market, promising to undercut the much-hyped Spotify and CBS-owned social site Last.fm, we have learned. The second round closed at around $10…

Set-top box-maker Roku has raised nearly $8.4 million in funding from Menlo Ventures as part of a fourth round. Contentinople first reported the raise, citing a regulatory filing. This follows a third round of funding from Menlo late last year (Another filing shows it totaled $10 million).

Online video conferencing tech firm Vidyo has picked up $15 million in a third round of funding. Menlo Ventures led the round; previous investors Rho Ventures, Sevin Rosen Funds and Star Ventures also participated. New Jersey-based Vidyo has raised $38 million in funding since it was founded in 2005; it…

Virtual chat room service IMVU has raised $10 million in a fourth round of funding. Best Buy Capital led the round; previous investors Menlo Ventures, Allegis Capital and Bridgescale Partners also participated, bringing Palo Alto, Calif.-based IMVU’s total raise to $30 million. Launched in 2004, the company’s mostly teen registered…

In-game commerce provider Playspan has closed a $16.8 million second round of financing. Previous investors Easton Capital, Menlo Ventures, Novel TMT Ventures and STIC all participated in the round, in addition to undisclosed sources. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company will use the funds to build out its publisher base and…

Roku, the digital media device player company and maker of the cute little Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) Player by Roku, has closed its third round of funding, from Menlo Ventures. The amount was not disclosed. This round follows a second round investment from Netflix that closed in January of this year…Netflix…

Visual search and shopping engine Like.com closed a third round of funding worth $32 million, VentureBeat reports. Luckily for Palo Alto, Calif.-based Like.com, the round officially closed at the end of July, well before the market went belly up. Menlo Ventures led the funding, with Crosslink Capital and other previous…

San Jose, Calif.-based startup Siri has raised $8.5 million in a first round of funding from Menlo Ventures and Morgenthaler Ventures. The still-stealth company is developing some sort of Web-based virtual assistant that’s based on tech from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a beta version of which Webware…

Online “wikizine” company Zimbio has raised a $6.8 million first round led by Menlo Ventures, with Draper Richards participating, according to Venture Wire (via VentureBeat). The Redwood City, Calif. company provides the technology and network for the creation of community-produced interactive magazines. Zimbio claimed 6 million-plus uniques in Julky based…

Competition in the online dating industry is starting to heat up… Speeddate has raised a $6 million second round led by Menlo Ventures, reports TechCrunch The Palo Alto-based company’s first round was not specified. Like speed-dating in the real world, the site is designed for quick interactions, based on video.…

IPTV provider Entone Technologies has raised a $14.5 million second round funding led by Coral Capital Management. Previous backers, Menlo Ventures and Scale Venture Partner, also participated in the round. The proceeds will go towards promoting general “business growth.” The San Mateo company has offices in Hong Kong and has…

Parascale, a provider of cloud storage targeting the media industry, has raised an $11.37 million first round from Charles River Ventures and Menlo Ventures. The company will use the funding to launch its Parascale Cloud Storage application. The Cupertino, CA-based company is targeting such applications as video-on-demand, digital document archiving,…

SellPoint, an on-demand video product tours provider based Pleasanton, CA, secured $7 million in funding from Granite Ventures and previous investor Menlo Ventures. SellPoint’s Active Product Tours offer sales and support materials via short video clips and are available on the product pages of major online shopping venues. It says…