eBay Close to Acquiring StumbleUpon

First reported here at TechCrunch on April 18, eBay is now said to be close to finalizing its deal to acquire StumbleUpon for $75 million, according to a new online report from the Wall Street Journal. The high flying startup has been rumored to be in acquisition talks since November . The Wall Street Journal report quotes an insider saying that no final agreement has been reached and that talks could still fail. Rabble’s Mobile Social Network Gets Funding

Rabble , the mobile social networking community, has gotten some funding (or, more correctly, their parent company, San Diego-based InterCasting Corp ). Venrock, Avalon Ventures and Masthead Venture Partners have led and supported a second round of funding to the tune of $12 million, announced today.

VideoJug Gets Funding

VideoJug , the how-to video aggregator site, has raised $30 million in an equity round that included a private investment consortium that was led by private equity financier Jeremy Coller, founder of Coller Capital. The consortium also includes the venture capital arm of the hedge fund Sloane Robinson, which invested $20 million in VideoJug’s latest round of funding for a significant minority stake in the video-sharing site.

Weebly Launches Blog Platform, Closes $650K Investment

AJAX website editor Weebly has just landed $650K in investment and launched a new blogging platform today. The investment comes from Ron Conway’s Baseline Ventures, Steve Anderson, Sydin Senkhut, Paul Buchheit, and Mike Maples. Weebly plans to put the money towards new personal and product design.