In December, Meebo raised $27.5m in its slightly extended series D round and has used the money to buy Mindset Media.

Digitalsmiths, a video indexing and publishing technology provider, has bought Gotuit Media for an undisclosed sum.

Motricity will pay an initial $100m in cash and potentially shares with up to a further $50m in performance fees based on targets for the next 12 months for Adenyo.

Verve hires Tom MacIsaac as chief executive ahead of buying Deconstruct Media.

Kathy Savitt, founder and chief executive of Lockerz, said: "The acquisition [of Plixi] enables Lockerz to offer its millions of members the most social and easy-to-use photo sharing experience, as well as introduce millions of Plixi customers to Lockerz' interactive, engaging and rewarding site features, including e-commerce, music, and videos."

Having provided $68.5m since 2005 to Dailymotion, investors will sell a portion of their shares to France Telecom.

The acquisition of Spain-based peer Let's Bonus for an undisclosed amount makes LivingSocial active in 10 countries with more than 16 million subscribers providing an expected $500m in turnover this year.

Andrew Aitken and Greg Olsen, founder and senior partner of Olliance respectively, will join Black Duck after selling the company.

Fanhattan buys Open Movie Database ahead of its own launch next year.