Funding: Crowdtap, Pley, Gigwalk, LeanData, Augmedix, and Tango can conquer new markets, build new services and expand their user base.

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Crowdtap ( Founded in 2009, New York-based brand advocacy startup), has raised $5 million in Series B funding led by Foundry Group with participation from Tribeca Venture Partners, Alta Communications, and The Mustang Group. Connectikpeople.co recalls that, this startup connects brands with consumers. The goal is to create promotional social media content. Crowdtap has raised $15 million in funding to date.

Pley ( launched in 2013, San Jose-based LEGO rental service), has raised $6.8 million in new funding from Allegro Venture Partners, Floodgate, Correlation Ventures, Maven Ventures and Western Technology Investments. Pley is a subscription service for educational toys with monthly LEGO rental deliveries starting at $15 a month. Pley will use the new funding to expand its product offering.

Gigwalk (Founded in 2011, San Francisco-based mobile workforce startup), has raised $10 million in Series B funding from Nokia Growth Partners and existing investors August Capital, Harrison Metal, and SoftTech VC. Gigwalk, focuses on providing consumer packaged goods companies with a way to track campaigns and shelves for product placement in stores. Gigwalk has raised over $17 million to date and will use the latest funds to build out its new software.

LeanData ( Founded in 2013, Sunnyvale-based business data service has raised a Series A round of $5.1 million led by Shasta Ventures with participation from Felicis Ventures, Correlation Ventures, and FundersClub. With LeanData , you can automate the manual process of matching unconverted leads with customer accounts using a SaaS-based workflow engine. LeanData will use the money raised to invest in product development and expansion.

Augmedix (Founded in 2012, San Francisco-based Google Glass app for doctors),  has raised $3.2 million in new funding from DCM, Emergence Capital Partners, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Lifeforce Ventures, and others. Augmedix has created a system that delivers electronic health records to a doctor's Glass device to simplify patient information retrieval. Augmedix will use the cash to hire new talent and expand its user base.

Tango (Founded in 2009, Mountain View-based social networking app), has raised $280 million in a Series D round led by Alibaba Group with participation from existing investors that include DFJ, Qualcomm Ventures, and Jerry Yang. Connectikpeople.co recalls that, Tango started as a text-based messaging service but added social discovery elements, games, and music content to compete with similar services. Tango plans to use the new funds to scale up infrastructure and conquer the U.S. messaging market.