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Tumblr Raises Huge $25-30 M. Round at $135 M. Valuation

Tumblr has just raised a monster funding round, reported to be in the area of $25 to 30 million at a valuation of $135 million.

Dan Primack over at Fortune put a figure on this new round, which had been reported, sans financial details, by Business Insider last week.

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