Dataminr announced that it has received $30 million in a new round of funding led by Venrock and Institutional Venture Partners (IVP).

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GfK announced its formation of a Global Social Media Intelligence Center in Vienna, based in part on its acquisition of Sensemetric, which will become a core component of the new center.

Sensemetric had been a GfK preferred partner since 2011. Its eponymous product has been rebranded as the GfK Social Media Intelligence Dashboard.

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uberMetrics Technologies announced its Series A round of investment from Klingel Gruppe and High-Tech Gründerfonds. The size of the investment was not announced, beyond the expectation that it will be "seven figures."

uberMetrics Technologies spun out of Humboldt University of Berlin in 2011.

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Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP) and iHorizons QSTP announced an agreement to develop technologies for Arabic social media analysis, focusing initially on Twitter data.

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Conversocial announced that it has received $4.4 million in a funding round led by Octopus Investments. The company plans to direct the investment toward product development, hiring, and building its North American presence.

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• Octopus investments press release

Gavagai announced that it has closed a new investment round, without revealing the details of the round.

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