The Honest Company, a Los Angeles-based family brand offering natural, non-toxic baby and children’s products, has raised $25 million in second-round funding. Institutional Venture Partners led the round, and was joined by fellow return backers Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst Partners. Also participating was new investor ICONIQ Capital. www.honest.com
DesignCrowd, an Australia-based crowdsourcing marketplace for freelance designers, has raised A$3 million in new VC funding led by Starfish Ventures, according to TechCrunch. www.designcrowd.com
Uniplaces, an international website for student accommodations, has raised just over £700,000 in seed funding led by Octopus Investments. www.uniplaces.com
Yododo, a Shanghai-based online hostel booking and travel community, has raised $4 million in Series A funding from Gobi Partners. www.yododo.com
Jut, a San Francisco-based stealth company focused on big data applications, has raised $20 million in Series B funding. Accel Partners led the round, and was joined by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Wing Ventures. www.jut.io
Coresystems, a Swiss mobile cloud field service company, has raised CHF 14 million ($15.5m) in Series A funding from undisclosed Swiss and German investors. www.coresystems.ch
Channel IQ, a Chicago-based provider of online retail intelligence and channel management solutions to manufacturers and retailers, has raised $12 million in VC funding from Drive Capital.www.channeliq.com
Nuvyyo, an Ottawa-based maker of technologies for streaming TV to mobile devices, has raised C$4
million in VC funding from Celtic House Venture Partners. www.tablotv.com
Lime&Tonic, a UK-based digital concierge service for people’s social lives, has raised €1 million in angel funding from undisclosed investors. www.limeandtonic.com
Astrum Solar, an Annapolis Junction, Md.–based residential solar installer, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from NewWorld Capital Group, CCM US and Constellation. www.astrumsolar.com
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