Manhattan Beach-based CapLinked , the provider of an online service for managing equity fundraising and investor relationships, has scored a funding round from the "PayPal Mafia", the group of ex-PayPal founders, executives, and employees. caplinked venture capital financing funding investment management paypalREAD MORE>>. MORE >>

As part of the funding, MK Capital said Poptent has hired Andy Jedynak as CEO. The funding had been originally been uncovered yesterday by socalTECH. San Clemente-based Poptent , an online site for crowdsourced video content for advertisers, has raised $3M in a Series A investment round, it new investor has confirmed. MORE >>

Tom’s first article for us is The Gold Rush of Digital Media Funds , which we posted this morning. Media funds - right up my alley! We’re planning on publishing regular contributions from Tom, who’s known for his insights and commentary on the market and high tech industry. Kuo, publisher of socalTECH.com. MORE >>

Los Angeles-based Circle Street , a new startup headed by Alex Nocifera, has raised a seed round of funding from Crosscut Ventures. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. Nocifera was previously founder of Ripple TV. READ MORE>>. MORE >>

Los Angeles-based Equipois , a developer of devices for providing better ergonomics, is closing on $1.25M in a Series B-1 funding round this week, the firm told socalTECH today. The new round is being led by Penny Black. The round is planned for up to $3.0M, and so far comes from existing investors. READ MORE>>. MORE >>